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foxnews.com - Joshua Nelson - Cash payments are not 'ruled out' as California county officials push reparations for Black locals
Cash payments are not 'ruled out' as California county officials push reparations for Black locals
Fox News

Officials in Alameda County, California, have green-lit a sweeping reparations action plan and are not ruling out cash payments, a member of the Board of Supervisors told Fox News Digital on Thursday. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted…

coindesk.com - Francisco Rodrigues - Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments
Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments
CoinDesk

The United States will impose a 25% Section 301 tariff on most Brazilian goods starting July 22, targeting what it calls unfair advantages created by Brazil's state-run Pix instant-payment system. U.S. trade officials argue that Pix's rules…

birminghammail.co.uk - James Rodger - Andy Burnham £1,900 payment increase for state pensioners born before 1960
Andy Burnham £1,900 payment increase for state pensioners born before 1960
Birmingham Live

Andy Burnham has greenlit a £1,900 payment hike for state pensioners born before 1960. Mr Burnham, the incoming Labour Party Prime Minister on Monday, has confirmed he'll keep the Triple Lock pledge. Over 12 million pensioners across the…

birminghammail.co.uk - James Rodger - Andy Burnham £247 weekly payments for state pensioners over age 67
Andy Burnham £247 weekly payments for state pensioners over age 67
Birmingham Live

Andy Burnham has committed to keeping the Triple Lock when he becomes Prime Minister tomorrow - with 2.5 per cent MINIMUM increases coming next April as a result. Under the mechanism, the state pension rises by at least 2.5 per cent each spring…

birminghammail.co.uk - James Rodger - Andy Burnham £239 payment increase for state pensioners born before 1953
Andy Burnham £239 payment increase for state pensioners born before 1953
Birmingham Live

Andy Burnham is planning to give state pensioners born BEFORE 1953 a whopping £239 boost in their state pensioners. State pensioners who are on the basic state pension, so men born before 1951 and women before 1953, will benefit. The basic…

dailymail.com - Jamie Boys - Water bosses get multi-million-pound payments despite bonus ban
Water bosses get multi-million-pound payments despite bonus ban
Mail Online

Executives at water companies will get multi-million-pound payments despite the regulator's new power to ban bonuses. Northumbrian Water will pay its chief executive £1.5million as a 'retention payment' over the next five years. While water…

cryptodaily.co.uk - Darnell Whitaker - Zcash Zakura Targets 50,000 TPS for Private Payments
Zcash Zakura Targets 50,000 TPS for Private Payments
Home

Zcash has a new full node on the block. It's called Zakura, and its team just planted a bold flag: private payments should scale like card networks, on the order of tens of thousands of transactions per second. Big promise, gritty engineering. If…

cryptodaily.co.uk - Lena Carter - Brazil Stablecoins Enter the U.S. Dispute Over Pix Payments
Brazil Stablecoins Enter the U.S. Dispute Over Pix Payments
Home

Picture a São Paulo merchant taking a Pix payment at lunch, then wiring dollars to a U.S. supplier by dinner. That neat flow just ran into geopolitical headwinds. A trade dispute in Washington named digital payments, pointed at Pix, and now…

bollywoodhungama.com - Bollywood Hungama News Network - Tanishk Bagchi says he earned 'zero' from Saiyaara title track; YRF responds with clarification on royalty payments : Bollywood News
Tanishk Bagchi says he earned 'zero' from Saiyaara title track; YRF responds with clarification on royalty payments : Bollywood News
Bollywood Hungama

As Saiyaara completed one year on July 18, music composer Tanishk Bagchi shared an emotional note reflecting on his experience of working on the film's title track. While celebrating the music that resonated with audiences, Bagchi also expressed…

cointelegraph.com - Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups
Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups
Cointelegraph

Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin's disruptive potential, suggesting that this might lead to more partnerships between traditional electronic…

fool.com - Anthony Di Pizio - Prediction: XRP (Ripple) Will Be Worth This Much in 5 Years
Prediction: XRP (Ripple) Will Be Worth This Much in 5 Years
The Motley Fool

The XRP (XRP +0.86%) cryptocurrency was created in 2012 by a company called Ripple. It was designed to standardize transactions on the Ripple Payments network, which lets banks send money around the world instantly, and with nominal fees. XRP…

businessinsider.com - Ayelet Sheffey - A bunch of red tape': Student-loan borrowers can't get clear answers from the companies that manage their debt
A bunch of red tape': Student-loan borrowers can't get clear answers from the companies that manage their debt
Business Insider

Jessica Salmi waited nearly an hour on hold before her call was disconnected. Jason Marques' servicer can't say if his next student-loan payment will be $100 or $633. Robin Binkley is struggling to find out which repayment plan she qualifies for.

u.today - Arman Shirinyan - 3 Important XRP Ledger Metrics Are Down, Halting Any Market Recovery Potential
3 Important XRP Ledger Metrics Are Down, Halting Any Market Recovery Potential
U.Today

The most recent on-chain data indicates that the network itself is not offering the support required for a sustainable breakout, and XRP's recent recovery attempts are still encountering opposition. Three important XRP Ledger metrics are…

express.co.uk - Luke Chillingsworth - DVLA warns motorists are being 'targeted' in latest scam - 'protect yourself'
DVLA warns motorists are being 'targeted' in latest scam - 'protect yourself'
Daily Express

The DVLA has warned road users are being targeted in a fresh scam The DVLA has warned British drivers are being “targeted” by scammers, with road users hit with fake emails and text messages from fraudsters. Previous scam messages…

yahoo.com - Tim Manni - Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, Sunday, July 19, 2026: Rates moved higher last week as Iranian conflict escalated
Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, Sunday, July 19, 2026: Rates moved higher last week as Iranian conflict escalated
Yahoo!

According to rates from the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are higher compared to last week. The current 30-year fixed rate rose by 4 basis points to 6.48%. The 15-year fixed increased by 8 basis points to 5.90%, and the 5/1 ARM rose by…

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