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Stablecoin Payments Get Real: Cross River's Blockchain Bet
Bitcoin, ethereum and the stablecoin USDT are promoted at a cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong on July 29, 2025. Stablecoin excitement has gripped Hong Kong as the city prepares to launch a licensing system for the less volatile type of…
Judge warned Minnesota about halting payments to welfare fraud scheme org
A Minnesota judge told the state's Department of Education that it has a “real problem” after the agency suspended payments to an organization at the center of a fraud scheme that has now resulted in charges for 78 individuals. The…
December 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
As the end of 2025 draws nearer, higher bills combined with lower temperatures mean many will be facing increased costs in the approach to Christmas. For millions across the country, managing the cost of living remains a daily struggle as prices…
Top contributors to leading psychiatry journals fail to disclose industry payments, analysis finds
Amid ongoing concern over conflicts of interest that may affect medical practice, a new study found that 14% of $4.5 million paid to authors in two leading psychiatry journals were undisclosed and nearly all of the payments were made to researchers…
PAX Technology and Wink Transform the Point-of-Sale with Biometric-Powered Payments
Through semi-integration, Wink's application interfaces with PAX's BroadPOS app to deliver biometric identity authentication, including face, palm, and voice recognition. This enables fast, frictionless, and secure checkout experiences, while…
X402 ecosystem expands as Solana becomes number-one network for payments
Solana just logged its biggest week yet for x402, with daily payment volume hitting an all‑time high of about $380,000 on Sunday and about 750% week‑on‑week growth. The latest activity lifts Solana to the most active network by…
Ripple to Expand XRP, RLUSD Payments in Singapore After Securing License
Ripple has received approval from Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) to expand payment activities under its Major Payment Institution license held by subsidiary Ripple Markets APAC, the crypto giant announced Monday. This expansion allows the…
Stimulus payment December 2025, IRS direct deposit relief payment & tariff dividend fact check
No new stimulus checks are approved, and the IRS has not confirmed December payments. The last official relief was $1,400 credits tied to 2021 returns, with deadlines now passed. Trump's proposed $2,000 tariff dividend faces skepticism. Hold off on…
MRI Software selects GoCardless to offer flexible payments for tenants
MRI Software, a global leader in real estate solutions and services, has partnered with bank payment company GoCardless to launch MRI Payment Connector in the UK residential property market. This content is provided by an external author without…
Everything you need to know about DWP December payment changes
Many people who receive benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will notice a number of payment changes over the coming weeks. DWP benefits are normally transferred straight into a chosen bank or building society account on a…
Payments fintech Sokin raises $50m
UK B2B cross-border payments outfit Sokin is targeting international growth after securing $50 million in Series B funding led by Prysm Capital. This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its…
Oct. 7 families' lawsuit says Bitcoin CEO, whom Trump pardoned, facilitated $1B in payments to Hamas and its allies
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The families of victims of Hamas' Oct 7, 2023, attack on Israel filed a lawsuit against the cryptocurrency fund Binance and its CEO, claiming they facilitated over $1 billion in funding to the terror group…
China Market Update: Anti-Involution Comes To Battery Industry
Asian equities were mixed on rising expectations of another US interest rate cut, though Japan and Taiwan underperformed. China's currency, the renminbi (CNY), appreciated versus the US dollar (USD) to another 52-week high of 7.07 per USD. Media…
Special counsel indicts Seoul mayor over proxy payment for opinion polls
A special counsel team indicted Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Monday on charges of getting a longtime supporter to pay for opinion polls conducted by a self-proclaimed power broker ahead of the mayoral election in 2021. Special counsel Min Joong-ki's…
Three Regulatory Trends Shaping The Future Of Healthcare AI
David Talby, PhD, MBA, CTO at John Snow Labs. Solving real-world problems in healthcare, life sciences and related fields with AI and NLP. As healthcare AI continues to accelerate, so do the laws that promise to govern it. From radiology assistants…
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