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Mastercard (MA) Stays Resilient with AI Integration and Payment Duopoly
Eagle Capital Management, an investment management company, released its second quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the quarter, Eagle Capital Management discussed how enthusiasm around AI capital spending…
Circular's new smart rings add contactless payments and vibrating alerts
The Circular Ring 3 comes in two versions including a more discreet Slim model that skips AFib detection. The Circular Ring 3 comes in two versions including a more discreet Slim model that skips AFib detection. LIVE IFA 2026: the biggest tech and…
Circular brings mobile payments to its 3 Series smart ring
Circular, one of the smaller stars in the smart ring galaxy, is rocking up to IFA to debut its new ring; the Series 3. The company has made its name bundling in more complex hardware than its rivals, and this time around has added NFC payments. It…
Flywire (FLYW) Bets On Open Banking To Widen Its Payment Moat
On August 12, Flywire (NASDAQ: FLYW) expanded its partnership with Trustly, bringing 'Pay by Bank' open banking payments to customers across the US and Canada. The expansion lets payers authorize ACH and Pre-Authorized Debit transfers straight from…
Always-on: The new payment advantage
Elmar Keyser, Senior Specialist: Strategic Account Management, Altron FinTech. When a payment system goes down, it's not an IT incident. It's a business continuity crisis. For decades, companies treated payment processing as back-office…
Nxera Pharma to Receive $8.6 Million Milestone Payment from Centessa Pharmaceuticals Following Late-stage Development Progress
Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 3 September 2026 – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or “the Company”; TSE 4565) today announces that Centessa Pharmaceuticals Limited (“Centessa”), a wholly-owned…
1 in 4 homeowners are making this extra mortgage payment. Should you?
The affordability crisis may be preventing some homeowners from paying off their mortgages early. The share of Americans who are forking over additional money to pay down the principal on their mortgage fell earlier this year to the lowest level in…
Video captures teen gunman discussing alleged contract killing, payment - Toronto
At the sentencing hearing for a 16-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of tow-truck driver Sulakshan Sevasingam in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, a chilling cellphone video was played in court Wednesday that captured an…
Adult Disability Payment points needed to qualify for a Blue Badge
Hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland are receiving Adult Disability Payment (ADP) to help with the additional costs of a disability or long-term health condition. The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show 504,710 people were…
DWP update for all pensioners due Winter Fuel Payment this year
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a reminder to pensioners about important September deadlines to opt out of receiving this year's Winter Fuel Payment. Older people in Scotland can opt out of receiving the devolved equivalent -…
Anyone who had children from 2002-2011 told of £2,240 HMRC payment 'waiting'
Children could be in line for a £2,000 boost - if they track down child trust funds The Financial Conduct Authority has old any parents who had children from 2002 to 2011 could be due a payment of more than £2,000 which they've lost…
WhatsApp launches bill payments in India: How to pay electricity, gas and other bills
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google There is some good news for all those who have been hassled by switching between multiple apps to make bill payments. WhatsApp has announced its latest feature, Bill Payments, in India, which…
US to seek back payment from Europe for Ukraine aid, Trump says
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Published Sep 03, 2026, 11:21 PM WASHINGTON, Sept 3 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would ask European nations to pay back the United States for military aid and munitions…
Suppliers Put Payment Acceptance to Work
There's a sea change sweeping over B2B payments. But this change isn't being prompted by a new rail. Instead, firms are wising up to the realization that the final step of a B2B transaction is still part of the sale. “For so long, the act of…
The Fed's Research Arm Just Engaged Stablecoins as Payment Infrastructure. The Chair Didn't.
The Federal Reserve is currently navigating a period of calculated ambiguity and academic signaling. At the recent Jackson Hole symposium, which centered on the theme of financial innovation and its implications for payments, the institution…
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