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PayPay and SoftBank raise $879.8 million in payments firm's U.S. IPO
PayPay and an arm of SoftBank Group raised $879.8 million in the digital payments firm's U.S. IPO, in the biggest listing for a Japanese company on a U.S. stock exchange in a decade. Tokyo-based PayPay priced the initial public offering of American…
Binance, PayPal, and Ripple join Mastercard's massive new push into blockchain payments
Mastercard has launched a new Crypto Partner Program that brings together more than 85 companies from across the digital asset and payments industries, an effort to link blockchain technology more directly with the infrastructure that underpins…
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RBI Clears CRED To Operate As A Payment Aggregator
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gradually granted operational licences to platforms that meet compliance, security, and governance standards. The latest entrant to receive such approval is CRED, which has secured final authorisation from the…
Iran war could hurt Global Payments, CEO says
Key insight: Global Payments CEO Cameron Bready said the Iran war could create economic pressure due to the company's work with airlines in the Middle East. What's at stake: The war in Iran could boost inflation, which could put pressure on…
Coinbase-backed AI payments protocol wants to fix micropayment but demand is just not there yet
Since the emergence of ChatGPT and chatbots, the artificial intelligence (AI) hype has evolved into 'agentic payments,' billed as the next wave of internet commerce in which humans won't be transacting. It will be AI agents paying each other: The…
Ripple Joins Mastercard Crypto Partner Program to Advance On-Chain Payments
39 minutes ago Updated 32 minutes ago CoinGape has covered the cryptocurrency industry since 2017, aiming to provide informative insights to our readers. Our journal analysts bring years of experience in market analysis and blockchain technology to…
JPMorgan Payments' agentic commerce play; Ripple's Australian deal
Key insights: JPMorganChase's payments unit is expanding its use of agentic AI via a partnership with a French software company. What's at stake: Most large banks and payment companies are developing uses for agentic AI, which enables payments and…
Mastercard Teams With Crypto Giants on Blockchain Payment Program
The company's Crypto Partner Program, announced Wednesday (March 11), brings together 85 different digital asset and payments companies, including high-profile players like Binance, Circle, Gemini, PayPal and Ripple. According to the announcement…
Mastercard Moves to Normalize Crypto Inside Its Payments Ecosystem
In turn, it's finding a new role as financial infrastructure. The latest sign of that shift came from Mastercard Wednesday (March 11) with the announcement of a new Crypto Partner Program designed to bring together more than 85 crypto companies…
5 days left to claim $150k for down payment on your home under 'Dream' program
AMERICANS looking to buy a home only have five days left to apply for a home loan through a state-backed program. The California-based program, called Dream for All, will close its application window on March 16. Your info will be used in…
How CFOs Convert Payments Data Into Growth Signals Using AI
Every invoice issued, payment received, and purchase order fulfilled contains latent information about how businesses interact. Traditionally, that information has been relied on mostly as a ledger of past performance. But as the Wednesday (March…
XRP News Today: Ripple to Acquire BC Payments to Secure License in Australia
33 minutes ago Updated 22 minutes ago Expertise: Bitcoin, Crypto, Global Macro, DeFi, Blockchain, Web3, US Stocks, AI, Regulations and Lawsuits, & More CoinGape has covered the cryptocurrency industry since 2017, aiming to provide informative…
Detroit program offers up to $25,000 to help first-time homebuyers overcome down payment hurdles
DETROIT – Homeownership is one of the biggest drivers of generational wealth in the United States, but for many would-be buyers, saving for a down payment can feel out of reach — especially with today's prices and higher costs of…
Social Security payment schedule change as 1 group won't receive checks this month
The first wave of Social Security recipients will get their checks on Wednesday, March 11 For the millions of older Americans counting on their monthly checks from the Social Security Administration, the first round of crucial payments for March is…
AI is the perfect blend of insight and bullshit
I don't normally let the weather get to me, in the sense of letting it affect my mood, but there's no way around the fact that it was a grim winter. I can't remember one which was so unremittingly grey and rainy, and without even the consolation of…
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