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forbes.com - Geri Stengel - Eynat Guez Built Papaya Global By Turning Payroll Into Payments Infrastructure
Eynat Guez Built Papaya Global By Turning Payroll Into Payments Infrastructure
Forbes

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…

dailymail.co.uk - Matt Jones, Senior News Reporter, Australia - Fury as ANZ payment system CRASHES and wages and bills go unpaid
Fury as ANZ payment system CRASHES and wages and bills go unpaid
Mail Online

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…

mirror.co.uk - Rory Poulter - DWP State Pension scheme sees 42,000 boost payments
DWP State Pension scheme sees 42,000 boost payments
The Mirror

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…

mirror.co.uk - Nicholas Dawson - Nationwide update over deadline for £175 payments offer
Nationwide update over deadline for £175 payments offer
The Mirror

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.

mirror.co.uk - Linda Howard, Fiona Callingham - New DWP update on payments and tax for State Pensioners
New DWP update on payments and tax for State Pensioners
The Mirror

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…

bbc.co.uk - Angus Cochrane - Tories call for two-child cap on Scottish Child Payment
Tories call for two-child cap on Scottish Child Payment
BBC

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…

bbc.co.uk - Angus Cochrane - Tories call for two-child cap on Scottish Child Payment
Tories call for two-child cap on Scottish Child Payment
BBC

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…

newsweek.com - Suzanne Blake - Trump Accounts Launched: How to Get $1,000 Payments for New Babies
Trump Accounts Launched: How to Get $1,000 Payments for New Babies
Newsweek

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…

hackaday.com - Lewin Day - The Fancy Payment Cards Of Taiwan
The Fancy Payment Cards Of Taiwan
Hackaday

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…

hollywoodreporter.com - Ethan Millman - Spotify Paid Out $11B in Royalties to Music Industry in 2025, All-Time Payments Surpass $70B
Spotify Paid Out $11B in Royalties to Music Industry in 2025, All-Time Payments Surpass $70B
The Hollywood Reporter

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…

express.co.uk - Rory Poulter - State Pension scheme sees thousands get higher payments
State Pension scheme sees thousands get higher payments
Express.co.uk

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…

asiatimes.com - Jan Krikke - BRICS laying first tracks for new global payment system
BRICS laying first tracks for new global payment system
Asia Times

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…

seekingalpha.com - Liz Kiesche - Visa, Mastercard quarterly earnings seen trending up on payment volume growth (V:NYSE)
Visa, Mastercard quarterly earnings seen trending up on payment volume growth (V:NYSE)
Seeking Alpha

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…

cointelegraph.com - Amin Haqshanas - OSL Group Raises $200M to Expand Stablecoin, Payments Business
OSL Group Raises $200M to Expand Stablecoin, Payments Business
Cointelegraph

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…

coindesk.com - Will Canny - Crypto payments firm BCB Group appoints Tim Renew as CEO in leadership reshuffle
Crypto payments firm BCB Group appoints Tim Renew as CEO in leadership reshuffle
CoinDesk

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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