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federalreserve.gov - Speech by Governor Waller on payments in the age of AI agents
Speech by Governor Waller on payments in the age of AI agents
The Fed –

Thank you for inviting me to speak here today. Last year at Sibos I leaned into the conference theme and discussed how a range of emerging technologies could shape the next frontier in global payments. Consistent with this year's theme, today I…

forbes.com - Louis Hoch - ​The Safest Path To Agentic Payments Starts With A Separate Wallet
​The Safest Path To Agentic Payments Starts With A Separate Wallet
Forbes –

Louis Hoch is co-founder, chairman and CEO of Usio, a payments technology company offering embedded payments and digital disbursements. AI is moving from recommending purchases to completing them. AI agents could soon book travel, pay bills, manage…

mirror.co.uk - Graham Hiscott - Mortgage borrowers 'hit with £1,800 a year payment hike' amid Iran war fall-out
Mortgage borrowers 'hit with £1,800 a year payment hike' amid Iran war fall-out
Daily Mirror –

Mortgage costs have jumped by an average £1,800 a year since the start of the Iran war - denting Britain's already weak property market, analysis has revealed. Latest figures from housing website Zoopla shows a marked rise in the home owners…

gizmodo.com - Kyle Torpey - Privacy Crypto Wallet Is Bringing Anonymous Payments to Stablecoins. Will Regulators Allow It?
Privacy Crypto Wallet Is Bringing Anonymous Payments to Stablecoins. Will Regulators Allow It?
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here –

Aztec Labs is bringing back zk.money, the privacy-focused, self-custodial Ethereum wallet it first launched in 2021 and shut down in 2023. The name is the same, but nothing from the old product has been carried over, including two deprecated…

businessinsider.com - Sponsor Post - 1 in 4 Americans With Fast-Rising Debt Are Missing Payments. Here's What to Do If You're Falling Behind.
1 in 4 Americans With Fast-Rising Debt Are Missing Payments. Here's What to Do If You're Falling Behind.
Business Insider –

The interest rate on credit card debt can top 30%. It's no wonder so many Americans can't keep up. A recent study from Accredited Debt Relief and Money.com surveyed 2,000 Americans who held debt in the past year. The survey found that more than a…

econotimes.com - Riza Dagoc - El Salvador Turns to Stablecoins as Bitcoin Payments Struggle
El Salvador Turns to Stablecoins as Bitcoin Payments Struggle
EconoTimes –

El Salvador is backing a new government app that allows citizens to hold and transfer digital dollars using stablecoins, marking a shift in the country's crypto payments strategy five years after President Nayib Bukele made Bitcoin legal tender.

express.co.uk - Toby Codd - UK households handed £1,400 cash payments
UK households handed £1,400 cash payments
Daily Express –

Brits can claim cash in refer-a-friend deals. Brits can claim up to £1,400 in cash payments by making the most of referall offers. Many companies offer refer-a-friend schemes which offer people discounts or money in return for drumming up new…

express.co.uk - Toby Codd - State pensioners getting second £965 monthly payment on Wednesday
State pensioners getting second £965 monthly payment on Wednesday
Daily Express –

Advice has been issued to pensioners set to get paid twice this month. Some state pensioners may see a second payment of around £965 hit their bank account this Wednesday (September 30). However, they should be aware that the cash is not a…

americanbanker.com - 'It's the 'how' that has changed' in payments
'It's the 'how' that has changed' in payments
American Banker –

Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Okay. So what is it that your clients are asking for…

newswire.ca - Cibc - CIBC joins global initiative to advance cross-border payments
CIBC joins global initiative to advance cross-border payments
CNW –

Project builds on CIBC's continued investment in modern, scalable payment solutions TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2026 /CNW/ -- Today, CIBC (CM: TSX and NYSE) announced it will join Project Agorá, a global public-private initiative to test the use of…

express.co.uk - Claire Schofield - HMRC hands UK households extra £108 Tuesday payment this September
HMRC hands UK households extra £108 Tuesday payment this September
Daily Express –

Some Child Benefit claimants will get double payments this September HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will be sending extra £108.20 payments to some UK households claiming Child Benefit this Tuesday. The extra payment comes as September is a…

express.co.uk - Alex Evans - Winter Fuel Payment cut to just £100 for state pensioners born in these years
Winter Fuel Payment cut to just £100 for state pensioners born in these years
Daily Express –

Winter Fuel Payments can drop as low as £100 State pensioners born in certain years who live with another state pensioner could see their Winter Fuel Payment slashed to just £100 this coming winter. While most pensioners will see news…

americanbanker.com - How payments innovation is getting faster
How payments innovation is getting faster
American Banker –

Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Okay. So what are you expecting for the next year?

newswire.ca - Interac Corp. - Konek™ digital wallet to be enabled for Global Payments merchants nationwide
Konek™ digital wallet to be enabled for Global Payments merchants nationwide
CNW –

New rollout signals growing demand for flexible, pay-by-bank checkout options TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2026 /CNW/ -- Interac Corp. (Interac) today announced that Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), a leading payment technology and software company that powers…

express.co.uk - Claire Schofield - Another one-off winter payment confirmed for UK households from October
Another one-off winter payment confirmed for UK households from October
Daily Express –

The Warm Home Discount Scheme reopens in October Another one-off winter payment has been confirmed for UK households from October, separate from the Winter Fuel Payment. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) provides a payment between…

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