payments

AI Agents Gain New Ways to Handle Business Payments Through XDC
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond answering questions and generating content. Increasingly, businesses are exploring how AI can automate operational tasks, from approving invoices to coordinating supply chains and...
AI Agent Payments Heat Up as Natural Takes On Stripe
Natural raised $30 million to rebuild payments for AI agents, and it is aiming at Stripe. The startup wants software agents to pay for goods and services on their...
More cash, not less digital – expanded cash access does not signal retreat from Singapore’s payments push
Observers note that cash still has a role in building consumer confidence amid scams and fraud[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s move to expand cash access does not signal a retreat from...
More cash, not less digital – expanded cash access does not signal retreat from Singapore’s payments push
Observers note that cash still has a role in building consumer confidence amid scams and fraud[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s move to expand cash access does not signal a retreat from...
Irregular payments occurred during former group financial controller’s stint: Vin’s Holdings
The automotive group is probing transactions made with an entity controlled by a former key executive officer[SINGAPORE] Automotive group Vin’s Holdings on Thursday (Apr 30) said that a series...
India’s central bank cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence
The licence cancellation puts the spotlight on the dwindling significance of payment banks in the banking systemPublished Sat, Apr 25, 2026 · 03:20 PM[BENGALURU] India’s central bank said on...
PayPal transformed digital payments. Why the California fintech giant is now struggling
PayPal, once the cutting-edge trailblazer of digital payments, is struggling to cash in on consumer clicks like it used to. The San José fintech giant is losing market share...
Strike targets Iran’s Bank Sepah data center in Tehran, disrupts military, IRGC salary payments
Bank Sepah is a state-run institution, largely responsible for paying the salaries of Iran's military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.The data center of Iran's state-run Bank Sepah was...
Indonesia’s central bank to share some bond coupon payments with government
[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s central bank has agreed on a “burden sharing” deal where it will give the government some bond coupon payments it receives to fund state programmes such as...
Cash Payments Were Never Meant to Be a Cure-All for Poor Americans
More important, this study has to be evaluated within a large body of qualitative and quantitative evidence that shows cash payments to families can have a positive effect on...
Claire’s skips rent payments, moving closer to bankruptcy filing
The retailer has struggled since a 2018 bankruptcy handed control to creditors including Elliott Management and Monarch Alternative CapitalPublished Tue, Aug 5, 2025 · 09:22 AM[NEW YORK] Claire’s Stores...