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Global Payments Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors
Shares of Global Payments Inc. GPN slid 3.18% to $84.08 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.70% to 7,489.72 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising…
Social Security update: Republican wants to end required worker payments
Senator Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, on Thursday characterized Social Security as a ' scam ' and a 'Ponzi scheme,' using a speech on the Senate floor to advocate for allowing Americans to retain and independently invest a greater share…
Phoebe Gates' shopping app Phia is in damage control mode and offering refunds after a payment scandal
The shopping startup cofounded by Bill Gates' 23-year-old daughter, Phoebe, is doing damage control after a bombshell Bloomberg report revealed it had been earning commissions on sales it didn't help drive. Phia is working with at least one…
Keros Therapeutics to Receive $20M Development Milestone Payment From Takeda
Keros Therapeutics said it will receive a $20 million development milestone payment under its global license agreement with Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The milestone was hit when the first patient was dosed in a Phase 3 trial for elritercept, an…
RLUSD's Next Big Move? Google and Mastercard Integration Fuel AI Payments
Chandler Fang, cofounder of t54ai, a company building an agentic economy on the XRP Ledger, makes a prediction for Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin as agentic payments gain traction. According to Fang, given that RLUSD natively supports x402 and all…
The Hole Faces Fresh Non-Payment Claims-and Other Art World Matters
The Artnet Bulletin is our new daily digest of five items from around the art world that are worth knowing. A different writer will do it every morning. This is Katya, subbing for Andrew. Several artists who participated in the rowdy…
BIS Project Agorá Settles $1 Million in Tokenized Cross-Border Payment Trials
Latest News PublishedJul 31, 2026 Twenty-eight financial institutions and central banks completed real-value settlements across six currencies using tokenized central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits. The Bank for International…
Mastercard and Amex Turn B2B Payments Into a Living Control Layer
However, moves from Mastercard and American Express point to a different phase of the B2B payments market, one where corporate payments are shifting from moving money faster to moving money with more control, more visibility, and fewer…
AI Agents Need Rules Before They Can Run Payments
Moving from manual work and processes to copilots and then to agents means a sea change in how work gets done. Now businesses can assign real responsibility to systems that can execute tasks, make decisions and operate across enterprise workflows.
Andy Burnham new £4,500 payments for Universal Credit households
New payments have been confirmed for certain Universal Credit households. Bursaries will be worth up to £4,500 a year for each household to allow more people to take up apprenticeships. The DWP said the grants would 'remove a barrier that can…
The Next Evolution Of AI In Finance: From Insight To Action
Terrence McCrossan, Oversight CEO leading AI-powered financial risk & compliance monitoring solutions for Fortune 1000 & government clients. Just a few years ago, finance leaders were still debating whether AI belonged in the finance function.
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Board approves Spurs' $2.6 million penalty payment for failed soccer bid
The board of the Bexar County Soccer Public Facility Corp. approved accepting a $2.6 million payment from the San Antonio Spurs organization to cover a penalty owed for its failed effort to attract a Major League Soccer team, the Express-News…
Favara-UPI cross-border payment corridor goes live between Maldives, India
NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) and Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) have announced the successful go-live of the integration between the Maldives' Instant Payment System 'Favara', and Unified Payments Interface (UPI). This marks a…
Coinbase's Q2 Miss Hides the First Public Proof of Where Agent Payments Settle
Coinbase's Q2 2026 earnings report arrived with the predictable thud of a missed consensus estimate. The headline numbers are stark: total revenue landed at $1.2 billion, missing the $1.3 billion analyst target, while the company posted an EPS of…
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