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Global Payments Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Global Payments Inc. GPN rallied 2.81% to $85.88 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.02% to 52,867.98 and the S&P 500 Index SPX…
Money Never Sleeps: Banking And Payments As A 24/7 Ecosystem
Sam Sidhu is the President and CEO of Customers Bancorp and Customers Bank. For most of modern banking history, money kept business hours. Wires cut off in the afternoon. Automated clearing house (ACH) ran on windows and cutoffs. Markets closed at…
OARK Sets $0.1499 Weekly Distribution for Oct. 23 Payment
Investors in the YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF (OARK) are due $0.1499 per share, down from a previous $0.1908 distribution scheduled for payment Oct. 16. Oct. 22 serves as both the fund's ex-dividend date and record date. YieldMax…
Brim Financial Partners with Manulife Bank on Credit Cards and Payments Modernization
Delivering a Modern and Robust Embedded Platform & Capabilities for Manulife Customers TORONTO, Oct. 22, 2026 /CNW/ -- Brim Financial ('Brim') announced a credit card portfolio transition and platform modernization for Manulife Bank, supporting…
Tether Backs Peso's Stablecoin Payment Expansion in Four Countries
Tether said Oct. 21 it led a pre-seed round for Bolivian fintech Peso to expand local-currency access to its stablecoin across four South American markets. Peso plans to widen deposit and withdrawal channels in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and…
Nigeria's NIBSS Selects Transactility Switch for National Payment Stack
Transactility, Inc. said Oct. 13 that Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) selected its jPTS switch for the National Payment Stack (NPS), which NIBSS said had topped 100 million transactions. NIBSS reported Aug. 12 that NPS had processed…
North East Lincolnshire MP brings kinship care payment debate to Westminster
A North East Lincolnshire MP spoke in Westminster on the positives of paid employment leave for kinship carers and how “We should not rely on kinship carers taking unpaid leave”. Labour MP for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Melanie Onn…
DWP lists five groups who will not get Winter Fuel Payment 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed the groups of people that will not receive the Winter Fuel Payment this year. The financial help of up to £300 is given to pensioners by the Government to help keep their homes warm.
DWP lists the 71 conditions that could qualify for up to £748 payment
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the complete list of 71 neurological conditions that may entitle individuals to financial support worth up to £748 each month. Those living with specific neurological conditions…
New proposal requires big payments for international students' career opportunities
Under a new proposal by the Department of Homeland Security, Texas A&M and other universities could be required to submit proof of payment of $70,000 for an international student's first Optional Practical Training, or OPT, recommendation and…
Down Payment Resource identifies 2,833 homeownership programs nationwide in Q3 2026
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 22, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading affordability intelligence platform, today released its Q3 2026 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report, identifying 2,833…
Duluth Transit adds open payments
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Ebanx Adds Recurring Wallet Payments in Nigeria Through OPay
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Electronic Arts lays off 400 in latest blow to beleaguered gaming industry
Electronic Arts (EA) is reducing its global workforce by 3%, or about 400 jobs, and shutting down BioWare, the 31-year-old studio behind the Mass Effect series. The cuts, announced yesterday, are the first major changes at EA since the gaming giant…
Currency Costs Test the Promise of Cross-Border Payment Bundles
The PYMNTS Intelligence report “ The Cross-Border Opportunity: What Global Sourcing by US SMBs Means for Payment Providers,” produced with Mastercard, found in May that 57% of surveyed small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) sourced…
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