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Nxera Pharma to Receive US$10 Million Milestone Payment from AbbVie under Collaboration Targeting Neurological Diseases
This marks the third milestone achieved under the collaboration and reflects the steady progress of the pipeline Under the terms of the agreement, Nxera is eligible to receive up to US$1.2 billion in potential option, development and commercial…
Morally indefensible' - Widows start the fight to change bereavement payments
Widowed parents want the government to change bereavement payments - and here's why. Earlier this week, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) shared the stories of widowed West Yorkshire mums Holly O'Connor and Caroline Booth. Holly, who is…
Instant Payments Grow but the Real Barrier Is Human
Across survey waves from July 2024 to November 2025, the share of recipients choosing instant rose as access expanded, while the share opting out stayed relatively small and stable. That matters because it suggests that demand is already there. The…
Analysts Positive On Mastercard's (MA) Future Prospects
Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) is one of the 10 Best Major Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts. On April 10, Bank of America Securities' analyst Matthew O'Neill maintained his Buy rating on the Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) stock. Alongside the…
Payments Modernization Is Insurance's Next Big Margin Engine
Insurance carriers are under pressure and operating on the edge. With margins often hovering between 1% and 2%, even small inefficiencies can erase profitability. One of the biggest and most overlooked drivers of margin compression sits inside the…
The Real AI Edge in Payments Comes From Better Judgment
Artificial intelligence is already embedded in how payments companies operate. At Maverick Payments, we are intentional and not reactive when strategically implementing AI to handle repetitive and mundane decisioning to streamline non-complex…
DWP announces 6.2% payment increase - but state pensioners won't get it
The Department for Work and Pensions is hiking Universal Credit payments by a huge 6.2 per cent - but the state pension will only rise by 4.8 per cent in 2026. From 6 April, the Universal Credit standard allowance increased by 6.2 per cent…
DWP major announcement over scrapping Employment and Support Allowance payments
The DWP has sent an important update to households who claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ESA is among so-called legacy benefits set to be scrapped as part of a major overhaul to welfare. Before this happens, claimants will have to sign…
DWP told to hand all state pensioners £180 one-off payment
The Department for Work and Pensions has been told to hand all state pensioners a £180 one-off payment. A petition is calling for the DWP to uprate the Christmas Bonus - after years and decades of it being frozen. A petition on the…
XRP Road To $10 Broken Down By Experts, Who Are Also Backing This New Payment Token To Shine
CoinDesk recently reported that XRP is getting a fresh payments narrative after Rakuten integrated the token for transactions in Japan, adding real-world utility to a market that has been watching for the next leg of adoption. The same report also…
France's CB Payments Network Aims to Take on Visa/Mastercard in EU
That's according to a report Sunday (April 19) from the Financial Times (FT), which says this effort is happening as European Union (EU) officials express concern that the two payment companies' dominance could be used against the region. Philippe…
DWP has axed two benefits and will make no more payments
Two benefits have been scrapped by the DWP with no further payments to be made. It's part of an overhaul of the welfare system which has taken years. Older, so-called legacy benefits have been phased over recent years and rolled into Universal…
XRP Use Case Expands as Tottori Bank Partners SBI Remit for Cross-Border Payments
A new banking partnership in Japan is adding to the steady expansion of Ripple-powered payment infrastructure, with implications for XRP in global remittances. Tottori Bank joins SBI Remit, expanding Ripple-powered remittance services in Japan's…
Commercial real estate market at turning point as vacancies drop: report
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Turning global ambition into action: how Australia-founded Airwallex builds financial infrastructure to power growth
As the business expanded internationally, the constraints of traditional banking models became more pronounced. Managing payroll, cross border payments and customer receipts across currencies created cost, delay and fragmented visibility, driven…
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