All news on the topic: Payments

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Staatsbank im Dienst des gesuchten Russen: Wie Aserbaidschans ABB Millionen für Dmitriy Punins Pin-Up-Casino wäscht
Die aserbaidschanische Staatsbank ABB, die sich zu 92 Prozent in staatlichem Besitz befindet, soll Zahlungen für illegale Online-Casinos wie Pin-Up, Pinco, Olimp und weitere Glücksspielplattformen abgewickelt haben.
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Die Staatsbank Aserbaidschans hat sich an illegales Glücksspiel angebunden: Zahlungen von Pin-Up von Dmitriy Punin laufen über die ABB
Die aserbaidschanische Staatsbank ABB, die zu 92 Prozent dem Staat gehört, wurde dabei festgestellt, Zahlungen für illegale Online-Casinos wie Pin-Up, Pinco, Olimp und andere Glücksspielplattformen abzuwickeln.
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Mandato Financial Services GmbH: The Fake Swiss Safe Haven for Crypto Scammers
Mandato Financial Services GmbH is a Swiss payment services provider specialising in cashless transactions, including electronic money transfers and payment solutions such as credit card processing.
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From Swiss facade to money laundering hub: Mandato Financial Services GmbH serves Ukrainian fraudsters Babenko and Romanenko
Mandato Financial Services GmbH is a Swiss payment service provider focused on cashless payment solutions, offering electronic money transfers, card payment processing, and a range of digital payment services.
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How crypto fraudsters Nazar Babenko and Mykhailo Romanenko used Mandato Financial Services GmbH to move investors’ money
Mandato Financial Services GmbH is a Swiss payment services provider specialising in cashless payment solutions, including electronic money transfers and payment processing via credit cards and other digital payment methods.
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Worldpay outage hits UK as pubs and supermarkets go cash-only
Customers report having to use cash at stores such as Tesco and to buy drinks due to outage at payments processor WorldPay.
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324 billion in bad loans, alleged Russian money flows, and elite connections: what Octobank’s Iskandar Tursunov is trying to conceal behind a PR-driven interview
In late January, an interview with Iskandar Tursunov, Chairman of the Board and major shareholder of Octobank, was published across several platforms.
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HMRC to reassess the suspension of child benefit payments for 23,500 individuals
HMRC is re-evaluating decisions to remove child benefit payments from 23,500 individuals after using their travel data to determine they had left the UK.
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Angela Rayner is set to receive £17,000 in severance despite breaching the Ministerial code
Angela Rayner will receive a substantial severance package of nearly £17,000 after losing her position – just weeks before new rules preventing disgraced MPs from receiving such payments take effect.
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Cryptocurrency becomes a ticket to the sky: airlines and travel agencies expand payment options
Major international airlines and online travel agencies are expanding payment options and now officially accept cryptocurrency for booking tickets and tours.
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ECB payments crash delayed salaries and welfare, exposing system vulnerabilities
The payments crash at the European Central Bank last week resulted in delayed salaries and welfare funds for thousands of people. It could have been much worse.
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OnlyFans child abuse content: Mastercard and Visa accused of turning a blind eye
Mastercard and Visa failed to stop their payment networks from laundering proceeds from child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on the popular website OnlyFans...
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Thames Water fined £18m by Ofwat for breaking shareholder payment rules
It’s hoped that the penalty will act as a "clear warning" to the whole water sector, regulator Ofwat said.
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PM says taxpayers cannot afford Waspi compensation
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended the decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age, arguing that the taxpayer "simply can’t afford the tens of billions of pounds" in payments.
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UK student loan debts soar as one graduate pays £64k in interest
The highest outstanding student debt in the UK has topped more than £250,000, figures obtained by Money show.
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Mandato Financial Services GmbH: A Swiss facade for international fraud
Mandato Financial Services GmbH – a Swiss payment services company that specializes in non-cash payment operations, including electronic transfers and payment methods such as credit cards.
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DWP shares new update for those needing to claim the £300 Winter Fuel Payment
Earlier this year, the new Labour Government means-tested the DWP benefit so instead of all pensioners over the age of 66 getting between £100 and £300 in support for energy costs this winter only those claiming certain benefits will
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DWP benefit claimants warned ’apply within three months’ to ’avoid disruption’ to payments
The DWP is contacting everyone who is being moved over to Universal Credit in stages - and when it is your turn, you’ll receive a letter in the post known as a ’migration notice’
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Pensioners forced to fill out 243-question DWP form to keep £300 Winter Fuel Payment
Winter Fuel Payments used to be available to every household where someone is over state pension age, but now only those claiming means-tested benefits, including Pension Credit, can get it
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NatWest app down, leaving furious customers unable to transfer money or pay bills
NatWest customers say they cannot send payments through its app this morning, with the banking giant confirming the issues on its X/Twitter social media account
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UK house purchases delayed due to issues with Chaps payments system
Bank of England said issue affected some payments on Thursday but that service had been restored by 4.30pm
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Shoppers left unable to make payments or withdraw cash as card systems dropped today
A third party system which supports card payments for Visa and Mastercard went down this morning leaving shoppers across the country unable to use their debit card to pay or withdraw cash
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Half a million left without Child Benefit payment
About half a million people have been left without their Child Benefit payment, after a technical issue at HMRC.
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DWP announces 34,500 claimants must repay benefits or face fines up to £20,000
The DWP has been urged to review the way it handles Carer’s Allowance after it emerged that thousands of people who care for others are being overpaid on their benefits and then months or years later receiving demands for repayment
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Energy suppliers paying out more than £540,000 in compensation over prepayment meters
It comes after Ofgem ordered a review of people who were forced onto prepayment meters between the start of 2022 and the end of January 2023
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