Why the once loyal bazaar merchants are now protesting in Iran | Protests
In his first public remarks since mass protests broke out in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sought to draw a sharp line…
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Shopify resolves outage disrupting merchants on Cyber Monday
Earlier today, Shopify faced a major outage that disrupted the operations of numerous merchants, leaving them unable to fulfill transactions.…
Square Flips the Switch: 4 Million Merchants Can Now Accept Bitcoin Payments Instantly
Square officially flipped the switch on bitcoin payments today, Nov. 10, 2025, giving over four million U.S. merchants (except those…
Visa, Mastercard reach new settlement with merchants. Will it shake up credit-card rewards?
A proposed settlement in a long-running merchant lawsuit would give stores more freedom to block rewards cards — but it…
Visa, Mastercard Near Settlement of Dispute With Merchants: WSJ
Visa and Mastercard are close to settling a 20-year legal spat with merchants, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified…
BNB Holds Near $1,190 as China Merchants Bank Tokenizes Fund on BNB Chain
BNB traded at $1,200 on Wednesday, down 0.5% after sliding from a new all-time high that came after a market-wide…
Square launches AI voice ordering and an integrated Bitcoin solution for merchants
Square, Block’s merchant payments platform, has launched new features for merchants, including AI-powered voice ordering for restaurants, enhancements to its…
OKX Singapore Enables USDC and USDT Payments at Grab Merchants via QR Codes
OKX Singapore launched scan‑to‑pay support allowing users to spend USDC and USDT at Grab Pay merchants by scanning Singapore’s unified…
China Merchants Bank unit ventures into crypto through Hong Kong gateway
Mainland China’s crypto freeze hasn’t stopped its financial giants from wading in where regulators allow. CMB International Securities, a subsidiary…
Huma, Arf, and Geoswift bring same-day settlements to merchants in Asia
Timezone differences and banking hours often push payments in Asia to the next day. Summary Huma, Arf, and Geoswift to…