“PayU, an online payment service provider for emerging markets operating on four continents, announced that it will enable push payments in partnership with Visa, a global leader in digital payments. PayU is launching the Card Push service to provide businesses with quick, simple and efficient payments to end points. Thanks to Visa Direct, a real-time push payments platform*, businesses using PayU Card Push will be able to instantly transfer money to a bank account linked to a Visa card.”

“Cash flow is one of the most significant challenges facing a small business’ growth. In fact, 69% of small business owners have been kept up at night about issues related to cash flow and 61% of businesses have regular issues with cash flow1. In an effort to continue to solve cash flow issues for small business owners, Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) QuickBooks today announced Instant Deposit , a new feature that enables real-time2 disbursements for small business owners using QuickBooks Payments to directly access funds with their eligible debit card using Visa Direct, Visa’s (NYSE: V) real-time3 push payments solution.”

“The concept of push payments is finding favor among payments providers as two companies separately announce new disbursement services.”

“Instant money company Ingo Money today launched Ingo Money QuickConnect, a new turnkey solution that allows any company issuing disbursements to customers to quickly and easily begin offering push-to-card payments through Visa Direct. Designed to help merchants, corporations, banks and others accelerate the deployment of Visa Direct-powered real-time corporate disbursements, the new solution includes: bank sponsorship, user authentication and account verification tools, intelligent payment routing, and more.”

“Japan plans to let businesses pay their employees with electronic money, such as via smartphone apps or payroll cards, a move expected to help foreign workers who lack bank accounts. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will make the necessary legal amendments as soon as next year, pushing the country one step further into the cashless age.”

“Of the more than 100 financial institutions that have joined Zelle, seven have so far signed up for business-to-consumer payment processing, including banking behemoth Bank of America Corp. Among organizations using the service are Allstate Insurance Co. and the American Red Cross. Zelle, which is operated by the bank-owned, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Early Warning Services LLC, has not disclosed how many organizations have signed up.”