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Catterick Garrison developer bids to scrap Section 106 payments
A councillor has branded a housing developer's attempt to scrap a six-figure cash injection into a local community an 'absolute disgrace'. Summerhouse Development Ltd has applied to North Yorkshire Council to modify what is known as a Section 106…
Catterick Garrison developer bids to scrap Section 106 payments
Joe Willis Local Democracy Reporting Service A councillor has branded a housing developer's attempt to scrap a six-figure cash injection into a local community an 'absolute disgrace'. Summerhouse Development Ltd has applied to North Yorkshire…
African payments firm Airtel Money plots debut on London stock market
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Airtel Africa has unveiled plans to float its mobile…
Indian billionaire's payments firm plots biggest London flotation in years
A payments business that operates across Africa and is ultimately controlled by an Indian billionaire has announced its intention to float on the struggling London Stock Exchange. Airtel Money, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, is planning one…
African payments firm Airtel Money plots debut on London stock market
Airtel Africa has unveiled plans to float its mobile payments firm on the London stock market in what could deliver a major boost to the City. The company, which is already listed on London's FTSE 100 index, said it wanted Airtel Money to be listed…
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Cashfree takes a dig at 'default' payment gateway choices
Cashfree has launched its festive campaign, ‘Mithai Joint Family', featuring comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath. The campaign uses the familiar soan papdi joke to question default choices in payment gateways. The film draws a parallel between soan…
Can Flywire's (FLYW) Hotel Payment Deals Justify Its Growth Story?
Flywire's (NASDAQ: FLYW) underlying business model rests on a powerful operational driver: digitizing complex, cross-border, and vertical-specific payment workflows that legacy rails struggle to handle efficiently. By embedding its software…
Medicare Update: Beneficiaries Just Got New Lab Payment Rates
Millions of Medicare beneficiaries could see changes in how common laboratory tests are reimbursed after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released preliminary 2027 payment rates for clinical lab services. The preliminary rates…
DWP capping 70,000 Universal Credit claimants' payments at £200
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures reveal 160,000 households are being affected by the benefits cap - with nearly all receiving Universal Credit. The figure for capped households has risen by 53,000 (48 per cent) compared with February…
AI agents drive edge payments and hosting trends - TechNewsDaily - Technology News & Reviews
Cloudflare reports 52% of crawler requests involve AI training as of June 2026. This trend drives demand for agent-to-service micropayments using the x402 protocol. The x402 Foundation, which launched under the Linux Foundation in April 2026…
What happens to PIP payments after a DWP award review
Almost four in five people having their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) award reviewed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) see their payments either maintained at the same level or increased, according to the latest official figures.
Corporate tax disclosures reveal gulf between payments by tech giants and other multinationals
The State's reliance on a select number of multinationals for tens of billions of euro of corporation tax receipts has been exposed in filings newly published by Irish authorities, showing Apple and Microsoft accounted for 98 per cent of the total.
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DWP confirms claimants on 21 benefits could have payments stopped for 3 years
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has strict regulations which could result in benefits being stopped for THREE YEARS as part of a stringent crackdown. The DWP's enforcement measures could see certain benefits withdrawn for up to 36 months…
DWP Winter Fuel payment dates and who is eligible
Over 10 million people in the UK could receive up to £300 as part of the Winter Fuel Payment scheme. This week marks 'Qualifying Week', where the DWP will assess your circumstances and how much you could be be paid. If you're eligible, you'll…
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