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JPMorgan and Citi Square Off on the Next Payments Frontier
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have long competed for dominance in global payments, processing trillions of dollars worth of flows from corporates moving money across borders. That rivalry is now extending to new payment rails. As digital…
Live Nation settlement includes $8.9 million payment to customers for 'deceptive fees.' Are you eligible to file a claim?
After years of complaints, some customers who were overcharged for an event by Ticketmaster might finally get some of their money back. On April 20, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company…
Millions more people set to be eligible for £100 Nationwide Fairer Share payment
MILLIONS more people are set to be eligible for Nationwide's Fairer Share payment, worth £100. Around 6.3million Virgin Money customers became members of the building society when the business officially transferred to Nationwide earlier this…
New Pension Credit claimants could receive three months of backdated payments
Thousands of older people may be missing out on Pension Credit and those who apply could receive up to three months of backdated payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Under DWP rules, successful claims can usually be backdated…
Offset Accused of Using Producer's Song Without Payment Deal in Lawsuit
Rapper Offset is facing renewed legal scrutiny after a music producer filed a federal lawsuit alleging unauthorized use of a song featured on the artist's solo album “Set It Off.” According to court documents, producer Chase Dalton…
Mastercard Moves to Settle Card Payments Using Stablecoins
Mastercard is integrating stablecoins into its payment infrastructure to modernize the back-end settlement process, allowing banks and issuers to settle card transactions using regulated digital dollars such as SoFiUSD. The partnership with SoFi…
DWP alert over payments not arriving in bank accounts
Many DWP payments are failing to arrive in people's bank accounts, with people missing out on £3,000 in the average case. Benefits experts have shared some helpful guidance about the worrying trend. Thousands of pounds a year in payments are…
CX Exchange 2026: Fiscal Service's Tannura Elie on phasing out paper checks, expanding digital payments
The Treasury Department's Bureau of the Fiscal Service is in the midst of a sweeping effort to transform how the federal government issues payments. At the center of the effort is a push to replace paper-based processes with faster, more secure…
DWP state pensioners set for £170 boost amid calls to raise benefit payment
The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged to provide all state pensioners with a one-off payment of £180. A petition is demanding that the DWP increase the Christmas Bonus, which has remained frozen for years and decades, reports…
Bybit Pay Expands Into Europe, Building a Trusted Layer Between Crypto and Everyday Payments
VIENNA, April 20, 2026 /CNW/ -- Bybit EU, the Vienna-headquartered crypto-asset service provider authorized under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), announced the expansion of Bybit Pay into Europe, marking an important step in the…
Older people most likely to get long-term Attendance Allowance payments
The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show at the end of August 2025, over 1.7 million older people were receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Similar data from Social Security Scotland…
CAB Payments hits out at largest shareholder for blocking buyout
CAB Payments has hit out at its largest shareholder for thwarting a takeover offer from trading platform Stone X, accusing it of ignoring minority investors' interests in a bid to force through its own hostile takeover. In a statement ramping up…
British Gas, Octopus, EDF customers told to 'increase payments' from Tuesday
Octopus Energy, OVO, EDF, British Gas and EON Next customers are being urged to INCREASE their payments - for a very good reason. As the conflict in the Middle East continues, an economics professor has guidance for customers with some of the…
How the Clearing House is pushing international real-time payments
Key insights: The Clearing House's RTP network is planning to support cross-border payments. What's at stake: Real-time networks have focused primarily on domestic payments, while blockchain tech firms build international networks for instant…
Visa Expands Payment Orchestration Pact With Dubai's MoneyHash
The expanded collaboration, the companies announced Friday (April 17), is designed to enable Visa's Cybersource across the MoneyHash platform. Dubai-based MoneyHash first teamed with Visa in 2004 in a partnership designed to offer secure digital…
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