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US Sanctions Iran-Linked HormuzSafe, Cites Bitcoin Payments
Latest News PublishedJul 30, 2026 The US Treasury said HormuzSafe accepted Bitcoin and other digital assets to evade sanctions and generate revenue for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The US Treasury has sanctioned two Iranian maritime…
Ottawa to 'eliminate' streamers' CanCon payments, provide government funding instead
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InstaPay raises transfer limit to P500,000 for real-time business payments
MANILA, Philippines – Businesses can now use InstaPay to make real-time payments of up to P500,000 per transaction, opening the widely used fund transfer network to larger transactions such as B2B supplier payments, payroll, insurance…
Cross-Border Payments Top Stablecoin Use Case in UK Policy Sprint
Latest News PublishedJul 29, 2026 Industry participants said stablecoins offer the biggest near-term benefits for cross-border payments, while domestic UK retail adoption is likely to remain limited. Cross-border payments are the clearest near-term…
Agentic commerce has a payment tech opening for banks
Key insight: Cards are the major payment method for agentic commerce, but that will change as usage of the technology grows. What's at stake: Not supporting local payments, such as digital wallets and account-to-account payments, will stymie the…
Apple's new Upgrade plan won't punish missed payments with restrictions, but three strikes could end your lease
Apple recently announced its new Apple Upgrade leasing plan, which lets customers pay monthly for an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch through Klarna. The program replaces the long-running iPhone Upgrade Program and expands the option beyond phones…
Freehand Raises $75 Million to Automate Enterprise Procurement and Payments
These agents automate procurement, supplier management, invoicing and payments, the company said in a Wednesday (July 29) press release. The agents can negotiate rates, enforce contracts, manage suppliers, process payments and reconcile data within…
Top 10 Firms Helping Businesses Accept Stablecoin Payments In 2026 | Metaverse Post
Stablecoins are gradually making their way into the mainstream of business finance. Stablecoins are gradually making their way into the mainstream of business finance. It's only a few years back that stablecoin payments were restricted to crypto…
Medicare's Proposed Cut to 340B Drug Payments Would Hit Safety-Net Hospitals While Benefiting For-Profit Hospitals
Authors: Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Juliette Cubanski, and Meredith Freed The recently proposed 2027 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Perspective Payment System (OPPS) rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes a…
Oakland Roots say they're making payments and Saturday's Coliseum game is on
The Oakland Roots Soccer Club say they've paid fees associated with Saturday's match and that the game is on. Saturday's match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds was in jeopardy over an unpaid rent dispute in the reported amount of $1.4M. Neither…
Texas is growing up, smart builders will redesign for payment math
Texas real estate is not running out of opportunity. It is simply becoming less forgiving of lazy assumptions, expensive land and undisciplined execution. For more than a decade, the Texas housing story was easy to tell. People kept coming…
Thredd's McCarthy Says Payments Will Govern the Agentic Enterprise
The interesting question about the agentic enterprise is not whether agents can act. They clearly can. It's whether enterprises can scale that action safely — and the evidence so far is that autonomy is harder to scale than the demos…
Payments giant Visa cuts 7pc of its workforce in AI pivot
Layoffs partially a cost-saving measure, sources told Bloomberg. Payments giant Visa is cutting roughly 7pc of its workforce in a now familiar pivot towards AI. The layoffs translate to about 2,600 employees. The job cuts are expected to primarily…
Ottawa to 'eliminate' streamers' CanCon payments, provide government funding instead
A sign for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), is shown in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. The Liberal government plans to 'eliminate' the financial contribution requirement for streamers set by the…
The Future of Tech Is Owning Nothing
Do you think you already have too many monthly subscriptions? Better buckle up. Apple, with its new Apple Upgrade program, has opened the floodgates for an all-leased future, where you won't actually own the tech you pay for. Apple, just like every…
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