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Eynat Guez Built Papaya Global By Turning Payroll Into Payments Infrastructure
As companies expand globally, payroll increasingly centers on tax compliance, payments reliability, and regulatory risk—not just HR administration. As companies expand across borders, payroll has quietly become one of the most expensive and…
Fury as ANZ payment system CRASHES and wages and bills go unpaid
Customers go without pay and slam major bank READ MORE: ANZ Bank to cut THOUSANDS of jobs in Australia ANZ customers have slammed the bank after an outage left many without their weekly pay cheque and unable to pay rent and bills. ANZ released a…
DWP State Pension scheme sees 42,000 boost payments
Thousands of pensioners are strategically using a certain State Pension scheme to secure substantially larger weekly payments. Nearly 42,000 Brits claimed a previously deferred State Pension in 2023/24, receiving enhanced payments as compensation…
Nationwide update over deadline for £175 payments offer
Nationwide Building Society has provided an update regarding bonus payments for its customers. The savings provider has offered numerous bonus payments in recent years, including several £100 payments through its Fairer Share Payment scheme.
New DWP update on payments and tax for State Pensioners
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that pensioners whose sole income is the flat rate of the New or Basic State Pension will 'not be required to pay tax next year' if the amount exceeds the Personal Allowance threshold of…
Tories call for two-child cap on Scottish Child Payment
Angus CochraneSenior political journalist The Scottish Conservatives have proposed a two-child cap on the country's flagship child benefit. Party leader Russell Findlay also pledged to save more than £1bn from the 'bloated' welfare bill by…
Tories call for two-child cap on Scottish Child Payment
The Scottish Conservatives have proposed a two-child cap on the country's flagship child benefit. Party leader Russell Findlay also pledged to save more than £1bn from the 'bloated' welfare bill by toughening up assessments for disability…
Trump Accounts Launched: How to Get $1,000 Payments for New Babies
As the $1,000 Trump payments for new babies born in America come underway, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America said Wednesday they will match the U.S. government's one-time $1,000 to new children's retirement savings accounts for their eligible…
The Fancy Payment Cards Of Taiwan
If you're an old-schooler, you might still go to the local bar and pay for a beer with cash. You could even try and pay with a cheque, though the pen-and-paper method has mostly fallen out of favor these days. But if you're a little more modern…
Spotify Paid Out $11B in Royalties to Music Industry in 2025, All-Time Payments Surpass $70B
Spotify paid out $11 billion in royalties to the music industry in 2025, the streaming platform said on Wednesday, $1 billion more than Spotify reported to have paid out a year prior. The $11 billion payout brings Spotify's all-time payments to the…
State Pension scheme sees thousands get higher payments
The data shows deferral can pay handsomely Thousands of pensioners are deliberately putting off claiming their State Pension to secure bigger weekly payouts later on – with some delaying for decades. Almost 42,000 people claimed a previously…
BRICS laying first tracks for new global payment system
As India prepares to host the BRICS summit later this year, the focus will be on a payment system linking national digital currencies. By prioritizing this infrastructure over launching a new currency, the bloc makes a pragmatic bet that practical…
Visa, Mastercard quarterly earnings seen trending up on payment volume growth (V:NYSE)
The two biggest U.S. card payment networks — Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) — are set to release on Thursday their earnings for the last quarter of the calendar year, providing further data on how well consumer spending is…
OSL Group Raises $200M to Expand Stablecoin, Payments Business
OSL Group has raised $200 million in equity financing as it steps up plans to expand its stablecoin trading and payment businesses globally. The Hong Kong–listed digital asset company said the capital injection will strengthen its balance…
Crypto payments firm BCB Group appoints Tim Renew as CEO in leadership reshuffle
Jan 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. Crypto payments firm BCB Group has appointed Tim Renew as its new CEO, naming the former deputy CEO to lead the institutional digital asset infrastructure provider through its next phase of growth. Co-founder Oliver…
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