payments innovation

Circle and Proof Help Businesses Trust AI Agent Transactions

Circle and Proof Help Businesses Trust AI Agent Transactions
Circle and Proof Help Businesses Trust AI Agent Transactions
October 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Proof and Circle Internet Group said Monday (Oct. 19) that they will demonstrate at Money20/20 how open identity and payment protocols can work together to...

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Everyone Is Selling CFOs Real-Time Finance. Most of It Isn’t.
Everyone Is Selling CFOs Real-Time Finance. Most of It Isn’t.
September 22, 2026  |  CFO

The term “real time” is becoming to corporate finance what “AI-powered” became to enterprise software: Ubiquitous enough to sound meaningful, but elastic enough to mean...

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Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
August 25, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The biggest opportunity for chief financial officers (CFOs) isn’t adding another day to pay. It’s eliminating the uncertainty inside the days they already have. Today’s...

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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
August 21, 2026  |  Blockchain

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. This live cross-border transaction demonstrated...

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Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace
Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace
August 12, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments company Sionic has launched its instant bank pay service through Microsoft Marketplace. With this integration, Sionic can offer real-time, bank-to-bank payments at the...

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BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business
BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business
July 29, 2026  |  Blockchain

Banking giant BNY is bringing blockchain technology to its transfer agency business. The bank on Wednesday (July 29) unveiled its digital transfer agency (TA) capabilities,...

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Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets
Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets
July 28, 2026  |  Banking

Wire payments are starting to look less like back-office plumbing and more like a competitive tool for banks. That shift anchors “Rewiring Wires: Modernizing CHIPS...

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New QR Standard Unlocks US Instant Payments at Checkout
New QR Standard Unlocks US Instant Payments at Checkout
July 14, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The United States does not lack instant payment rails. It lacks a simple, universal front door to them. That is the larger significance of X9.150,...

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