"Over the past couple of months there have been an increasing number of announcements about Chinese banks executing cross border payments using mBridge, the cross border CBDC initiative. The project was originally an initiative of the BIS Innovation Hub in Hong Kong...
Payments Unbound
"As new technology disrupts industries, the most successful companies are exploring new organizational paradigms. Crucially, the role of the treasury is evolving. J.P. Morgan Payments and WIRED take a closer look at how real-world treasurers are navigating these...
Green Dot, Along with Its Rapid! Pay Division, Joins the Workday Partner Program to Bring Seamless and Value-Driven Payroll Solutions to Workday Clients
"Green Dot Corporation along with its wage and disbursements division, rapid!, announced it has joined the Workday Partner Program. Through this partnership, Green Dot will deliver innovative payroll and payment solutions including earned wage access (EWA) designed to...
Chase Supports Customers with Transition to Direct Deposit for Government Payments
"In light of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's announcement to phase out paper checks for most federal payments by September 30, 2025, Chase branches will be actively informing customers about the advantages of direct deposit, such as: Safety: Reduces the risk of...
Driving Commerce: 3 Developments Putting the Automotive Economy in the Fast Lane
"More seamless EV charging, real-time parking info and remote software updates can help revolutionize how we get around."
Episode 272 – Fanning the Flames – 2025 Mid-Year Payments Industry Trends Update
To help you read the tea leaves in the mountains of publications, Yvette Bohanan rounded up Chris Uriarte and Drew Edmond for this mid-year update on payments industry trends. Tune in to hear updates and perspectives on topics like regulation, stablecoins, agentic commerce, tokenization, and fraud.
Instant Payment Use Cases: Property and Casualty Insurance
"The FedNow® Service can offer insurance carriers the ability to instantly send final and irrevocable funds 24x7x365, creating an opportunity to modernize the policyholder experience, thus growing satisfaction and enhancing loyalty. This resource describes the...
Mastercard Expands Partnership With Circle to Transform Digital Settlement for Merchants and Acquirers in Region
"Mastercard and Circle are deepening their longstanding partnership to enable USDC and EURC settlement for acquirers in the Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) region. This expanded effort marks the first time that the acquiring ecosystem in EEMEA will be...
Google Cloud Is Developing Its Own Blockchain for Payments, Currently in Private Testnet
"Google Cloud is building its own blockchain network, named Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), for the financial sector, according to Rich Widmann, Google Cloud's Web3 Head of Strategy, who announced this on Tuesday. Widmann wrote in a LinkedIn post that GCUL aims...
German Banks Halted 10 Billion Euros in PayPal Payments on Fraud Concerns, Says Newspaper
"German banks blocked PayPal payments totalling more than 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) over fraud concerns, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Wednesday, without specifying its sources. The payments were halted on Monday after lenders flagged millions...