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Women may be owed pension back payments due to DWP errors
Older women across the UK could be entitled to payments following historical Department for Work and Pensions mistakes. This matter predominantly impacts women who claimed Child Benefit prior to 2000 and whose National Insurance number wasn't…
Rethinking Cross-Border Payments: Reconsider Your Infrastructure
Gary Palmer, CEO of Payall, builds the cross-border payments infrastructure for banks worldwide. Despite broad modernization across finance, cross-border payments remain a persistent frustration and a drag on operations and finances, with high…
Global Payments Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of Global Payments Inc. GPN rallied 4.77% to $78.63 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX remaining mostly unchanged at 7,483.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial…
Car finance: Compensation payments delayed until next year
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Millions of drivers who were mis-sold car finance agreements must wait until at least 2027 to receive compensation, regulators have announced. Average payments of about £829 are expected under the…
Florida's Brightline Taps Reserves to Make Key Bond Payments
Brightline, the debt-laden Florida private railroad, tapped reserves to made a July 1 interest payment due to holders of its senior municipal bonds and corporate notes, according to people familiar with the matter. Separately, investors holding…
WORLDLINE : Worldline, ING and Visa complete a live agentic payment transaction in Europe - Press release
Worldline, ING and Visa complete a live agentic payment transaction in Europe A new use case illustrating how agentic payments can operate securely with strong customer and biometric authentication Paris-La Défense & Amsterdam, 2 July 2026…
UK Payment Blueprint Outlines Tokenized Payments for 'Multi-Money Ecosystem'
Latest News PublishedJul 2, 2026 UK regulators published an update to a national retail payments blueprint, calling for infrastructure support for tokenization and interoperability with new forms of digital money. UK regulators are calling for…
Nuvei Completes First-Party In-Agent Payment with Visa; Unveils Merchant-Led Agentic Payments Strategy
First live in-agent purchase authorized across multiple issuers on Visa rails Nuvei Agentic delivers what merchants asked for: first-party agent capabilities today, third-party agents when the market demands MONTREAL, July 2, 2026 /CNW/ -- Nuvei…
DWP issues Winter Fuel Payment deadline warning to all pensioners
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 the Pension Age Winter Heating…
Women could be owed State Pension back payments due to historical DWP errors
Older women could be due State Pension back payments due to historical DWP errors Older women in the UK could be due payments as a result of historical Department for Work and Pensions errors. This issue mainly affects women who claimed Child…
RCBC makes InstaPay transfers free as banks cut digital payment fees
MANILA, Philippines – Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) will waive most InstaPay fees starting July 4, making it the latest bank to eliminate or lower digital transfer costs after similar moves by Bank of the Philippine Islands…
New calls to increase State Pension payments to £610 a week for people over 60
A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to increase State Pension payments to £610 a week for every person over the age of 60, including Brits living abroad in retirement. Petition creator Denver Johnson, proposes increasing…
PayPal Secures EPC Seat to Help Guide Future of European Payments
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Attendance Allowance rules older people should know or DWP payments could stop
Nearly 1.7 million pensioners across Great Britain are now receiving Attendance Allowance, a tax-free, non-means-tested benefit for people over 66. However, claimants must report certain changes in circumstances immediately - or risk having their…
Down Payments Are Smaller Than They've Been Since 2021
Saving for a down payment can feel like the hardest part of buying a home. And with affordability as tight as it's been lately, it's fair to wonder how anyone manages it right now. Here's something you may not have seen coming. Some people are…
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