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Social Security COLA update: Why payment boost now predicted to be smaller
Millions of Social Security recipients could be in line for one of the largest benefit increases in recent years in 2027, but a new inflation report has prompted analysts to lower their expectations for how large the benefit boost may be.
Five Critical Questions To Ask When Building Your Payment Strategy
Chuck Yu is CEO of VGS, a trusted infrastructure powering payment tokenization and agentic commerce for the world's leading enterprises. After nearly two decades in payments, I've fielded many questions about payment strategy. My career has…
These Student Loans Are Now Cut Off From Affordable Payments And Loan Forgiveness
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. The Education Department is overseeing major changes to student loans that go into effect during July 2026. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images) A major…
Cash vs digital payments: Why going digital wins in the kasi economy
Johan Gellatly, Managing Director of Altron FinTech. South Africa's kasi economy is resilient, substantial and largely invisible to the national payment systems built to manage and service digital transactions. That invisibility is not an accident.
Linux Foundation Backs XRP for AI Payments
Ripple has joined the Linux Foundation's newly launched x402 Foundation as a premier member. It is bringing XRP and its RLUSD stablecoin into an open-source initiative that is meant to standardize internet-native payments for AI agents and…
XRP Ledger Reports 200% Spike in Payments: Analyzing If It Matters
Compared to recent lows, the daily payment volume on the XRP Ledger's important metric surged by more than 200%, indicating a significant increase in payment activity. Payments between accounts increased to roughly 291 million XRP, according to…
State Pension payment delay for older people set to retire this year
The State Pension age started a phased rise from 66 to 67 in April, with the increase due to be completed for all men and women across the UK by 2028. The planned change to the official age of retirement has been in legislation since 2014 with a…
State Pension warning as seven key checks could uncover missing payments
People are being urged to check their State Pension forecast and National Insurance record after a newly identified HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) error highlighted another way some people could miss out on money. Consumer website MoneySavingExpert…
Velocity Lands $38M to Build Enterprise Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Latest News PublishedJul 14, 2026 Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and payment workflows. Stablecoin treasury platform Velocity has…
Ripple joins card giants backing x402 as 75 million payments move just $24 million
The Linux Foundation has formally launched the x402 Foundation, backed by major card networks and tech firms, to standardize internet-native payments between software agents. The x402 protocol activates the long-reserved HTTP 402 “Payment…
JCB Signs Circle MOU to Explore USDC Payments in Japan
Latest News PublishedJul 14, 2026 The companies will explore using USDC for JCB's cross-border treasury operations and merchant payments in Japan as regulated stablecoin adoption gains momentum. Japan's largest domestic payment network, JCB, has…
Older people on PIP may be due backdated mobility payments from DWP
Certain groups of older people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) with an award for the lower rate of mobility element may be able to ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to look again at their claim following a recent change in the…
Nasdaq's IPO whisperer is betting his next chapter on fixing institutional payments
Jay Heller has spent much of the last three decades helping companies ring the opening bell. During his 18 years at Nasdaq, he worked on more than 3,000 public listings, including some of the biggest names in tech. After a career spent helping…
Former Clinton County mayor, ex-wife indicted for alleged utility payment theft
Former Clinton County mayor, ex-wife indicted for alleged utility payment theft All right, 6:43 here and we are kicking off news to go with *** live look at the sunrise over Cincinnati looking beautiful there. It is going to be hot, but it is mid…
Perpetuals.com Won't Acquire Trump-Linked Payments Firm
“Perpetuals has decided not to further pursue the acquisition of AI Financial Corporation's subsidiary Alt5 Sigma Canada, Inc. and the earlier letter of intent has been terminated,” the company's chief strategy officer Matthew…
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