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JPMorgan and Citi Square Off on the Next Payments Frontier
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have long competed for dominance in global payments, processing trillions of dollars worth of flows from corporates moving money across borders. That rivalry is now extending to new payment rails. As digital…
Live Nation settlement includes $8.9 million payment to customers for 'deceptive fees.' Are you eligible to file a claim?
After years of complaints, some customers who were overcharged for an event by Ticketmaster might finally get some of their money back. On April 20, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company…
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…
Millions more people set to be eligible for £100 Nationwide Fairer Share payment
MILLIONS more people are set to be eligible for Nationwide's Fairer Share payment, worth £100. Around 6.3million Virgin Money customers became members of the building society when the business officially transferred to Nationwide earlier this…
Offset Accused of Using Producer's Song Without Payment Deal in Lawsuit
Rapper Offset is facing renewed legal scrutiny after a music producer filed a federal lawsuit alleging unauthorized use of a song featured on the artist's solo album “Set It Off.” According to court documents, producer Chase Dalton…
Mastercard Moves to Settle Card Payments Using Stablecoins
Mastercard is integrating stablecoins into its payment infrastructure to modernize the back-end settlement process, allowing banks and issuers to settle card transactions using regulated digital dollars such as SoFiUSD. The partnership with SoFi…
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…
CX Exchange 2026: Fiscal Service's Tannura Elie on phasing out paper checks, expanding digital payments
The Treasury Department's Bureau of the Fiscal Service is in the midst of a sweeping effort to transform how the federal government issues payments. At the center of the effort is a push to replace paper-based processes with faster, more secure…
DWP state pensioners set for £170 boost amid calls to raise benefit payment
The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged to provide all state pensioners with a one-off payment of £180. A petition is demanding that the DWP increase the Christmas Bonus, which has remained frozen for years and decades, reports…
Bybit Pay Expands Into Europe, Building a Trusted Layer Between Crypto and Everyday Payments
VIENNA, April 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Bybit EU, the Vienna-headquartered crypto-asset service provider authorized under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), announced the expansion of Bybit Pay into Europe, marking an important step in the…
Older people most likely to get long-term Attendance Allowance payments
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show at the end of August 2025, over 1.7 million older people were receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Similar data from Social Security Scotland…
How the Clearing House is pushing international real-time payments
Key insights: The Clearing House's RTP network is planning to support cross-border payments. What's at stake: Real-time networks have focused primarily on domestic payments, while blockchain tech firms build international networks for instant…
Visa Expands Payment Orchestration Pact With Dubai's MoneyHash
The expanded collaboration, the companies announced Friday (April 17), is designed to enable Visa's Cybersource across the MoneyHash platform. Dubai-based MoneyHash first teamed with Visa in 2004 in a partnership designed to offer secure digital…
JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup Vie to Capture Tokenized Payment Rails
A report Monday (April 20) from Bloomberg News examines the diverging strategies of the two banking giants, getting insights from a pair of their executives: Umar Farooq, global co-head of JPMorgan Payments, and Shahmir Khaliq, global head of…
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…
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