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Fast Payments Innovation PaymentsPost Regulation Technology

Payments Post #13: At the Intersection of Tech, Regs, and Business Partnership

This month, Cici Northup joins regular contributor Justin Pituch to recap positive news in the form of fast payments growth, new fraud mitigation strategies, and evolution in cross-border transfers. All reflect, to varying degrees, the unique dynamic in the payments industry created by the intersection of technology, regulation, and new business partnerships.
Tags: Fintech
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Payments on Fire Podcasts

Blockchain Digital Currency Global Payments Stablecoins

Episode 289 - Stablecoin Infrastructure in Emerging Markets, with Chris Maurice, Yellow Card

In this episode, Chris Maurice, the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card, joins Drew Edmond to explore how stablecoins are transforming global payments, especially in emerging markets, by addressing liquidity issues, reducing costs, improving compliance transparency, and enabling faster cross-border transactions. Listen in as they highlight the challenges of legacy infrastructure, regulatory evolution, interoperability, and the evolving role of banks and technology platforms in this ecosystem.
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Payments News

Companies

CHIPS® Delivers Record Value and Resilience for Participants in 2025

The Clearing House

“The CHIPS® network, the largest private-sector high-value payment system in the world, reported increased network usage, economic value, and resilient liquidity performance in 2025, demonstrating the growing importance of its patented liquidity algorithm to participant banks and their customers. In 2025, the CHIPS network activity increased materially with average daily value rising nine percent year-over-year […]
Tags: The Clearing House (TCH)
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The Infrastructure Layer for AI Agents in Institutional Finance

Fireblocks

“We are quickly entering an era where AI agents are executing B2B payments, moving capital, settling transactions, and managing treasury operations autonomously. While the use cases are exciting (think treasury rebalancing, liquidity management, and cross-border payment routing), there’s a gap that the industry is just now starting to uncover: these agents need to be able to move […]
Tags: Fireblocks
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