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Rebuilding The City Of Healthcare: A Blueprint For Payment Modernization
Yusuf Qasim, President of Payments Optimization at Zelis. There is a world where healthcare payments are fast, secure and frictionless. That's the promise of modernization—and the opportunity for payers to lead the way. Despite the rapid…
Santander £227 payment warning as customers see money leave accounts
A major UK bank has put out a word of warning to customers, as people have been losing hundreds of pounds worth of money from their accounts. It comes as Santander has reported that as much as £50k has been taken from people in the past year.
January Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 23 days
January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 23 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, though January's payment will go out on Dec. 31. When the first of a month…
2025 unemployment benefit payments expected to hit new high: data
This year's unemployment benefit payments are expected to hit a new high after payments in January through November exceeded the previous record set in 2021, the labor ministry said Monday. According to the ministry's latest analysis of labor…
Chinese Property Firm Wanda Seeks to Delay Payment on $400 Million Bond
Dalian Wanda Group 's commercial real estate unit is seeking a two-year extension on a $400 million bond, the latest developer to seek a debt payment delay as China's property crisis weighs on liquidity. Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co.
LLM Payments To Publishers: The New Economics Of Search
For two decades, the arrangement between search engines and publishers was a symbiotic relationship where publishers allowed crawling, and search engines sent referral traffic back. That traffic helped to fund content creation for publishers…
Nigeria approves $128 million payment for gas debts
Nigeria approved $128 million in payment to settle longstanding debts owed to gas producers that supply power plants, in a move to improve electricity supply. The arrears had stifled investment into the energy sector, and the settlement aims to…
DWP warning as 1 million Brits miss out on £5,300 payment
About 1.9 million claim Attendance Allowance Over a million people could be missing out on a benefit which is worth up to £5,300 per year. About 1.9 million people claim Attendance Allowance, according to figures from the Department for Work…
UK bank £227 payment alert update as customers see money disappear
A leading high street bank has issued an urgent warning to customers after hundreds of pounds have been lifted from accounts, with Santander revealing that nearly £50,000 has been taken from victims over the past 12 months. The bank reports…
Vanar Names Saiprasad Raut Head Of Payments Infrastructure to Advance Intelligent And Agentic Payment Systems
Vanar has appointed payments veteran Saiprasad Raut as Head of Payments Infrastructure to advance AI‑driven, blockchain‑based financial systems. Vanar, an AI-focused blockchain infrastructure company developing advanced financial…
Down Payment Resource's Tim Higginson named to National Mortgage Professional's 40 Under 40 list
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 8, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Down Payment Resource (DPR), the housing industry's leading technology for connecting homebuyers with homebuyer assistance programs, today announced that Tim Higginson, partner solutions…
Banking on Stablecoins: Accelerating Cross-Border Payments in the US, UK and Europe
Webinar Join this Finextra webinar, in partnership with Volante, to explore how to reshape corporate treasury, cross-border payments, and correspondent banking with stablecoins. Tuesday, 9th December 2025 15:00 GMT | 16:00 CET | 10:00 EST How are…
DWP Cold Weather Payments and who is eligible when for extra cash
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is advising certain benefit claimants that they could be eligible for extra financial support this winter through the Cold Weather Payment scheme. These payments are automatically issued when local…
Suppliers Rip Up the One-Size-Fits-All Payment Playbook
But that worldview is rapidly collapsing. The confluence of inflationary pressure, tightening working capital cycles, digitized B2B payments, and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) are forcing suppliers to reconsider the fundamental question…
Here are the 2026 stock market predictions from all of Wall Street's top banks
The bull market turned three this year, and Wall Street thinks you should be gearing up to celebrate another big run in 2026. Analysts at top banks have rolled out their predictions for where they think the market is headed in the coming year.
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