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This year's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees are uniquely positioned to make the most of disruptive factors such as the advancement of artificial intelligence, central bank digital currencies and real-time payments. 

A new product enables consumers to initiate a transaction by typing in a merchant's web domain — even if that business doesn't have an e-commerce site. It's the web-hosting company's latest bid to provide more to small proprietors.

Citizens Financial Group, which has offered point-of-sale financing for iPhones sold through Apple since 2015, is finding that as objects such as refrigerators become more complex and internet-connected, they are also more frequently replaced — creating new categories for installment lending.

This week's global news roundup include Canada's crackdown on crypto operators, Westpac's cloud project and more. 

As firms like Klarna and Sezzle attempt to reach profitability, fintechs that offer point-of-sale financing brace for consolidation, regulation and other drastic changes to their market.

The boom in digital commerce led to a boom in hiring, and many payment companies have started cutting back. This is creating an experienced pool of talent for employers that have room to grow.

The fintech added support for Android handsets, giving the company more juice for its brick-and-mortar ambitions and making it more competitive with the many companies trying to transform the point of sale.

The card network is offering incentives to help cash-strapped small businesses eke out savings they can't get on their personal cards.

The terminal maker's collaboration with Splitit, Klarna and biometrics firm Fujitsu Frontech are an attempt to go beyond the limitations of traditional payments hardware.

CBDC tests in Japan, real-time payments in Singapore and India, and more. Here's what's happening around the world.