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PayPal For Agents: Startup Launches Autonomous Payments For AI Agents
AI agents will soon be able to hire, fire, and pay other agents, as well as sign up for and provision paid services If AI agents truly are agents, empowered to do work on your behalf, they need to eventually be able to transact, hire other agents…
Where did my late husband's pension payments go?' - BBC News
Public money will be used to plug gaps in a pension scheme run by an iconic bakery firm that collapsed in 2023. Former workers at Morton's Rolls Limited – well-known in the west of Scotland for its crispy morning rolls – had…
Xsolla Integrates MVola as a Payment Method to Enable Instant, Card-Free Payments for Gamers in Madagascar's Mobile-First Market
Chris Hewish, President of Xsolla Xsolla, a global video game commerce company that helps developers launch, grow, and monetize their games, today announced that MVola, Madagascar's number one digital wallet, is now available as a payment option…
China's payment system gains ground in Africa as Afrexim, Standard join in
Although Africa's trade with China is rapidly deepening, the two regions have been held back for years by slow, expensive international payment systems that rely heavily on the US dollar. That financial friction point is now shifting. In June this…
Russia to Include Crypto Payments in Balance-of-Payments Data
Russia plans to include crypto in its economic stats as mining grows into a major “hidden export” and digital assets become key for cross-border trade amid sanctions. With rising mining investments and sanctioned trade shifting to…
January Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 27 days
January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 27 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…
DWP sending Christmas payments to UK households before Monday
The one-off £10 payment is awarded to eligible households in receipt of certain benefits The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is sending Christmas Bonus payments to eligible UK households before Monday. The bonus is a one-off tax-free…
What's Next for Payments? Ripple Joins Mastercard at Key Event
Ripple Senior Executive Officer/Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, Reece Merrick took the stage at the recently concluded Binance Blockchain Week to discuss financial payment rails. The Ripple executive shared his views on where Ripple is…
Contactless payments for travel to two major London airports has been delayed
News If you're travelling to Stansted or Southend, you'll still have to book your journey online or at a ticket machine Written by Amy Houghton Contributing writer Remember when we told you that Stansted and Southend airports would finally catch up…
NPCI International partners with ACLEDA Bank to enable UPI-KHQR payments between India and Cambodia
Acleda bank has been nominated as the operator for Cambodia's national QR network, Bakong (KHQR) by National Bank of Cambodia and will work with NIPL to enable Unified Payments Interface (UPI) acceptance across Cambodia and KHQR acceptance across…
To Own or Outsource? Directions in Payment Program Strategy
Launching a payment card program has never been more complex—or more consequential. Between compliance, partner coordination and customer-experience expectations, effective program management is now the linchpin of every successful financial…
How to Choose the Best Shopify Payment Gateway for Your Indian Business
India's direct-to-consumer (D2C) market has reached a point where payments can no longer be treated as back-office plumbing. Nearly 70% of online carts are abandoned, and much of that happens at the payment stage. With UPI now powering over…
MoneyGram Taps Fireblocks to Expand Stablecoin Use in Global Payments and Treasury Ops
MoneyGram has tapped Fireblocks to bring stablecoin-powered payments and real-time treasury tools to its global network, the firms said on Thursday. The payments company, which processes transfers across more than 200 countries, will use…
New Child Benefit rates confirmed for 2026 - see exactly how much YOUR payments will increase by
Payments will increase in line with the Consumer Price Index for the year to September 2025, which is '3.8 per cent'. As a result, from April 2026: Child Benefit for the eldest child will rise from £26.05 to £27.05 per week Payments for…
DXC and Aptys Solutions Partner to Modernize Payments Connectivity for U.S. Financial Institutions
ASHBURN, Va., Dec. 4, 2025 /CNW/ - DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner, and Aptys Solutions, a provider of end-to-end payments solutions serving more than 5,500 U.S. financial institutions, today…
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