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newsweek.com - Aliss Higham - Social Security payments predicted to be cut in 2032
Social Security payments predicted to be cut in 2032
Newsweek

A new report has found that Social Security benefits could be cut by 28 percent in the coming years if no solution to a long-standing funding issue is found. The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that the Social Security retirement trust…

newsweek.com - Giulia Carbonaro - Map shows where housing down payments falling fastest
Map shows where housing down payments falling fastest
Newsweek

The typical homebuyer's down payment fell for the first time in five months in December, dropping 1.5 percent compared to a year earlier, according to a new Redfin report. The reason, researchers believe, is that Americans are increasingly seeking…

wsj.com - Lauren Thomas - Exclusive | Activist Jana Builds Stake in Payments Business Fiserv
Exclusive | Activist Jana Builds Stake in Payments Business Fiserv
Wall Street Journal

Activist investor Jana Partners has built a stake in and is pushing for changes to boost the payments company's underperforming stock, according to people familiar with the matter. Fiserv, which provides fintech services to banks, credit unions and…

globenewswire.com - Agfa-Gevaert - Agfa provides update on payment of the receivable related to the sale of Offset Solutions division
Agfa provides update on payment of the receivable related to the sale of Offset Solutions division
GlobeNewswire

February 16, 2026 – 5.40 PM CET Agfa provides update on payment of the receivable related to the sale of Offset Solutions division Mortsel, Belgium – February 16, 2026 – 5.40 PM CET On 16 January 2026, Agfa announced that it…

yahoo.com - Chris Clark - WA mom dishes out $1,100/month in car payments - and 20% of Americans are in the same boat. How to afford the new normal
WA mom dishes out $1,100/month in car payments - and 20% of Americans are in the same boat. How to afford the new normal
Yahoo!

Melissa Dickerson didn't go shopping for an expensive SUV. She went looking for a replacement. After her teenage son walked away from a serious crash, the Washington state paralegal needed another vehicle quickly — one that felt safe…

leicestermercury.co.uk - Howard Lloyd - WASPI campaign issues update as £3K payments battle goes on
WASPI campaign issues update as £3K payments battle goes on
Leicestershire Live

The campaign fighting for women born in the 1950s who were affected by Government pension reform has issued an update in its battle for compensation. The Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group has long fought for financial…

afr.com - James Eyers - Westpac short on morality, judge says after fight over $44.11 payment
Westpac short on morality, judge says after fight over $44.11 payment
Australian Financial Review

A NSW Supreme Court judge took the drastic action of demanding that Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller appear in court because it had refused to remove adverse credit information about a customer. Fiona Vinall sued Westpac-owned St George for…

wishtv.com - Joseph Viney - Struggling with student loans? Get help now before payments restart
Struggling with student loans? Get help now before payments restart
Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic | WISH-TV |

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — If you're having trouble keeping up with student loan payments, you may have a little more breathing room to find a repayment plan that fits your budget before the Department of Education restarts collection…

express.co.uk - Claire Schofield - HMRC says boost State Pension payments with £26 a week claim
HMRC says boost State Pension payments with £26 a week claim
Express.co.uk

Claiming Child Benefit can give you National Insurance credits towards your State Pension HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging people to make a claim for a benefit that could boost their future State Pension payments. Child Benefit can be…

decrypt.co - Vismaya V - Binance Founder CZ: Privacy 'Missing Link' for Crypto Payments Adoption
Binance Founder CZ: Privacy 'Missing Link' for Crypto Payments Adoption
Decrypt

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has argued that privacy is the most significant unresolved challenge facing crypto, and that the industry needs to move faster to address it. Speaking on the All-In Podcast with venture capitalist and Social Capital…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Banks Shift Loyalty From Points to Everyday Payments
Banks Shift Loyalty From Points to Everyday Payments
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

That structure still exists, but it no longer defines how loyalty is being designed. Banks, card networks and merchants are now approaching rewards as a way to influence routine payment behavior across multiple methods, with the aim of becoming…

coingape.com - Sneha Agrawal - Jack Dorsey Backed Cash App Rolls Out Zero-Fee Bitcoin Payments
Jack Dorsey Backed Cash App Rolls Out Zero-Fee Bitcoin Payments
CoinGape

Cash App, the popular mobile payments platform from Block, has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its Bitcoin fee structure and withdrawal policies. Aimed at making Bitcoin more practical for everyday use, Jack Dorsey-led app has now slashed its…

wsvn.com - Kathleen Ditton - Estate sale payment issue - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
Estate sale payment issue - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

After their father died, a family hired an estate sale company to help clear out his house. But that left them not only grieving the loss of a loved one, but also fighting for their money. That's when they called Help Me Howard with Brandon Beyer.

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Real-Time Payments Give Contractors Back 2 Workweeks a Month
Real-Time Payments Give Contractors Back 2 Workweeks a Month
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

However, the latest Money Mobility Tracker, a PYMNTS Intelligence collaboration with Ingo Payments, found that these familiar culprits are no longer the dominant forces behind why projects get behind schedule and over budget. Increasingly, the most…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - What CFOs Need From Banks and FinTechs in Cross-Border Payments
What CFOs Need From Banks and FinTechs in Cross-Border Payments
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

While FinTechs have redefined speed and usability, launching new corridors, pricing models and APIs, banks are re-engineering their global plumbing and modernizing the settlement, compliance and liquidity infrastructure that still underpins the…

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