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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…
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Visa-only Games highlights Europe’s payments headache
Anyone trying to buy a souvenir at the official Olympic stores at the Milano Cortina Games will have been exposed to an issue troubling…
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Singapore’s payments sector raises over US$319 million in funding for 9M 2025
This surpasses combined fintech funding of US$104 million for Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam Investment in…
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Singapore’s digital payments set to hit US$113.7 billion by 2030, cementing regional lead
Gen Z and millennial consumers are driving the shift towards cashless transactions in the city-state Digital payments in Singapore are…
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Improving Global Commerce with Secure Digital Payments
Think of a scenario where purchasing groceries in a busy market in Mumbai, or ordering electronics from a store in Tokyo can take place in…
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Bridging the Last-Mile Gap in Payments: The Power of QR Codes
Today's tech-assisted world is a space where trillions of dollars move across borders every year, supporting everything from personal…
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China shadow bank’s missed payments show growing property stress
The recent trouble in Zhejiang is a reminder that the problem never fully went away A US$3 billion redemption crisis in eastern China is…
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Vietnam's Street Vendors Embrace Cashless Payments as QR Transactions Jump 85%
A quiet transformation is under way in Vietnam's markets, where the familiar clink of coins is increasingly being replaced by the beep of…
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Global Payments selects Uber Eats as preferred delivery partner
Payment technology and software solution provider Global Payments has named Uber Eats as its preferred delivery partner. The company is…
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DBS, Ant International expand partnership to boost cross-border payments
Singapore’s biggest bank DBS Group and Ant International have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their partnership and scale…
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Citigroup to tie up with Coinbase to boost digital payments for institutional clients
Citigroup and cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plan to collaborate on digital asset payment solutions for the US bank’s institutional…
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Nexperia’s China unit resumes chip sales to domestic distributors, requires renminbi-only payments: sources
The chipmaker is seeking chip packaging partners outside China as the dispute drags on [BEIJING/TAIPEI] Dutch chipmaker Nexperia’s Chinese…
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Advancing Secure and Scalable Systems: Swaminathan Sethuraman's Contributions Across Payments and AI
To operate in a digital infrastructure, the design of secure and scalable systems is paramount. Swaminathan Sethuraman is a data…
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Visa tests pre-funded stablecoins for cross-border payments
The programme has the potential to eliminate a worst case scenario for clients: an underfunded account causing service delays for their…
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Asia’s real-time payments surge, but gaps persist: StanChart
A common challenge is reconciling payment data, where mandatory fields needed in one country’s transactions differ from those in another…
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Indonesia's central bank to share some bond coupon payments with government
Indonesia’s central bank has agreed on a “burden sharing” deal where it will give the government some bond coupon payments it receives to…
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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…
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SoftBank selects banks for US IPO of payments app PayPay, sources say
SOFTBANK has selected investment banks to help organise a potential initial public offering in the United States for its Japanese payments…
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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…
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Citigroup looks to issue its own stablecoin to smooth payments
Citigroup is considering issuing its own stablecoin, positioning the company as a possible early mover in the push by traditional banks to…
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Stablecoin has long road to mainstream payments, Mastercard says
For all the hype around stablecoins, they are a long way from becoming a viable everyday payment tool, according to Mastercard’s chief…
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Nissan seeks to delay supplier payments to free up cash, company emails show
Nissan Motor has asked some suppliers to allow it to delay payments to free up short-term funds, according to several emails and a company…
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Coinbase launches stablecoin payments service for e-commerce
Coinbase Global is launching a platform designed to make stablecoins a go-to payment method for online transactions, a potentially big…
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Chinese automakers pledge to make payments to suppliers within 60 days
Most Chinese automakers have pledged to make payments to suppliers within 60 days, responding to regulatory pressure that followed a…