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TCH’s Real-Time Payments Network Sets Record With 1.8 Million Daily Transactions

TCH’s Real-Time Payments Network Sets Record With 1.8 Million Daily Transactions
TCH’s Real-Time Payments Network Sets Record With 1.8 Million Daily Transactions
October 16, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Consumers and businesses increasingly expect to send and receive money immediately. The latest evidence: The Clearing House (TCH) said Thursday that its Real-Time Payments network,...

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Paxos Accidentally Mints $300 Trillion ‘Excess’ PayPal Stablecoin
Paxos Accidentally Mints $300 Trillion ‘Excess’ PayPal Stablecoin
October 16, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Paxos, the issuer of PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, said Wednesday (Oct. 15) that it accidentally minted “excess PYUSD” and then removed the excess from circulation. Get...

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Google Uses Gemma AI Model to Identify Potential New Cancer Therapies
Google Uses Gemma AI Model to Identify Potential New Cancer Therapies
October 16, 2025  |  Google

Google said its open-source Gemma AI model helped scientists identify a potential new biological pathway for cancer therapy, according to a release by Google. The...

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Nacha Shows Corporate Shift to ACH, Leaving Paper Checks Behind
Nacha Shows Corporate Shift to ACH, Leaving Paper Checks Behind
October 16, 2025  |  B2B Payments

Companies accelerated their shift away from paper checks last quarter, lifting business‑to‑business payments on the ACH Network 10% year over year as Same Day ACH...

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Financial Stability Board Urges Global Consistency in Crypto-Asset Regulation
Financial Stability Board Urges Global Consistency in Crypto-Asset Regulation
October 16, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

The Financial Stability Board said Wednesday (Oct. 16) that jurisdictions should fully and consistently implement the FSB Global Framework for Crypto-asset Activities to eliminate the...

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Uber Lets US Drivers Earn Extra Income With AI Data Labeling Tasks
Uber Lets US Drivers Earn Extra Income With AI Data Labeling Tasks
October 16, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Uber said on Thursday (Oct. 16), that it is introducing a new way for some of its U.S. drivers to earn money by taking on...

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Affirm Expands BNPL Through New Partnerships With Fanatics and FreshBooks
Affirm Expands BNPL Through New Partnerships With Fanatics and FreshBooks
October 16, 2025  |  Partnerships

Affirm Holdings Inc. is broadening its footprint in the payments sector through two new partnerships, Fanatics and FreshBooks, aimed at deepening its presence among both...

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U.S. Bancorp Sees Embedded Payments and Stablecoins as Growth Drivers
U.S. Bancorp Sees Embedded Payments and Stablecoins as Growth Drivers
October 16, 2025  |  Earnings

U.S. Bancorp’s third-quarter earnings results, released before the markets opened Thursday (Oct. 16), indicated that growth in deposits, improved credit metrics and embedded payments were...

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Coinbase Launches Stablecoin Payments Platform for B2B
Coinbase Launches Stablecoin Payments Platform for B2B
October 16, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Business is launching a new B2B payments suite of tools designed to make USDC, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, as easy to move as sending...

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