Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
urbanists.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
We're a server for people who like bikes, transit, and walkable cities. Let's get to know each other!

Administered by:

Server stats:

553
active users

urbanists.social: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#payments

7 posts7 participants1 post today
Public *
beSpacific

#Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government #Payments Program. A little-known firm with investors linked to #JDVance, #ElonMusk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting #safeguards one expert said. There is no normal anymore.#fascism propublica.org/article/trump-p #fraud #corruption #president #fascism #lawfedi #graft

ProPublicaTrump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
More from ProPublica
Public
Bytes Europe

Medius Welcomes John Seery as Chief Technology Officer to Drive Next-Generation Innovation byteseu.com/929801/ #APAutomation #ChiefTechnologyOfficer #Medius #Payments #Technology

Bytes Europe · Medius Welcomes John Seery as Chief Technology Officer to Drive Next-Generation InnovationMedius, a leading provider of AP Automation and Spend Management solutions, has announced the appointment of John Seery as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), reinforcing its commitment to accelerating innovation through AI and driving long-term customer value. Based in Dublin, Seery will be responsible for driving greater efficiencies within Medius’s technology stack and ensuring the company continues to implement innovative use of intelligent capabilities including artificial intelligence and machine learning in its product offerings. Seery will be integral in delivering value for customers through solutions that meet Medius’ ambitions of empowering finance teams to transform their spend, create value, drive strategic decisions and
Replied in thread
Public *
s1m0n4

@RubenWA it's not what I mean.
I am talking about real credit cards, not just a #PayPal alternative allowing online payments.
You can avoid using PayPal and just purchase with your credit card, and there are different national services handling that transaction online.
But not a single EU country has a circuit like #Visa or #MasterCard. We had local debit cards s circuits and even those are being unified under Maestro, which belongs to Mastercard.

#banking#payments
Public
st1nger :unverified: 🏴‍☠️ :linux: :freebsd:

Elon Musk has appointed a team of technologists from #DOGE to "rewrite the code that runs the #SSA in months." This codebase has over 60 million lines of #COBOL and handles record keeping for all American workers and #payments for all Social Security recipients. DOGE aims to migrate all SSA systems off COBOL ... and onto a more modern replacement like #Java within a scheduled tight timeframe of a few months. After all, what could possibly go wrong? wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s

WIRED · DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseBy Makena Kelly
Replied in thread
Public
Eric Maugendre

Government, administration, nation-state, do not go bankrupt… as long as they issue their currency and maintain an army to enforce it.

In 2020, the Fed "directly lent to corporations or they bought corporate debt off of financial market participants who had this corporate debt, or anyone who really needed to sell it. […] They just made sure that anyone who needed liquidity essentially had it." crisesnotes.com/musk-in-your-c

Notes on the Crises · Musk In Your Computers: Paul Krugman Interviews Nathan TankusNotes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Thirty Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11,
#openData#payments#Krugman
ExploreLive feeds
About