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September 21, 2023
Transaction Trends: How Real-Time Payments are Driving Innovation in the B2B Space [Video]
Raconteur
“Sean Pitman, head of product and commercialization at Visa Direct Europe, explains how the B2B payments landscape is shifting as payments technology improves and the financial services sector works to keep up with modern expectations.”
September 14, 2023
Finastra Launches Compliance as a Service to Help Banks Combat Financial Crime for Instant Payments
PR Newswire
“Finastra, announced the launch of its new payment solution, Finastra Compliance as a Service on Microsoft Azure. The service includes Fincom’s real-time AML (Anti-Money Laundering) transaction screening and ThetaRay’s AI-powered transaction monitoring as a pre-integrated packaged solution with Finastra Payments To Go.”
September 13, 2023
Newsroom BNY Mellon and Datos Insights Release Global Survey on the Growth and Future of Real-time Payments
BNY Mellon
“BNY Mellon, in collaboration with Datos Insights, today released a report examining the ongoing growth of real-time payments as a result of increasing demand from consumers for faster payment options. The reports finds that a focus on faster payment rails represents a significant market opportunity – and businesses that are not investing in new payments […]
ACI Worldwide Unveils End-to-End Digital Central Infrastructure Solution
Businesswire
“ACI Worldwide, a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, today announced the launch of digital central infrastructure, a single ISO 20022 native solution that bundles digital overlay services with ACI Central Infrastructure.”
September 12, 2023
Visa Invests in Form3 with a Focus on Reducing Fraud and Increasing Operational Efficiency in Real-Time Payments
Bloomberg
“Form3 today announces that Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has invested in the cloud-native account-to-account platform, which will help Form3 continue its expansion. This funding is in parallel to news that Form3 will provide Visa’s clients with access to their best-in-class payments platform, to enable them to modernise their payments’ infrastructure.”
September 6, 2023
ACI Worldwide Survey Reveals Bill Payment Anxiety Driving Interest in Real-Time Payments
ACI Worldwide
“According to the 2023 ACI Speedpay Pulse report, published by ACI Worldwide, 35% of consumers express readiness to switch their bill payment method to achieve faster processing. This shift in consumer behavior can be attributed to the fear of being penalized for late payments among the growing number of people making urgent or same-day bill payments.”
RTP® Network Surpasses 1-Million Payments on a Single Day
The Clearing House
“The RTP® network, the instant payments system operated by The Clearing House that is available to all insured depository financial institutions in the United States, surpassed the one million daily payment milestone on September 1 as more financial institutions and their customers realize the benefits of real-time payments, including immediate funds availability, confirmation of payment receipt, […]
September 1, 2023
UPI Creates History, Payment Transactions Touched 10+ Bln Mark For First Time In August [India]
MSN
“India is galloping on the digital horse when its ingenious Unified Payments Interface (UPI) crossed 10 billion transaction marks for the very first time. Launched in India in 2016 by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), UPI, the country’s very own developed real-time payment method, has grown in leaps and bounds in the last seven […]
August 17, 2023
Corporate One Federal Credit Union and CU*Answers Partner to Expand Real-Time Payments for Credit Unions
CU*Answers
“Corporate One Federal Credit Union, an industry leader in immediate payments, and CU*Answers, a leading credit union service organization (CUSO) based in Grand Rapids, Mich., today announced a partnership to expand the accessibility of real-time payments for credit unions across the nation.”
DataVisor Releases New Fraud Solution to Address Real-Time Payments Fraud
Businesswire
“DataVisor, the world’s leading AI-powered fraud and risk platform, announced the release of its newest solution to prevent instant payments fraud as the FedNow Service expands instant payments options.”
August 14, 2023
iWallet™ First to Adopt FedNow™ Real-Time Check Deposits
PR Newswire
iWallet a fintech startup, developed a payment app for businesses and is one of the first processing apps to integrate FedNow, the newest, real-time mobile check deposit technology by the end of 2023. The real-time mobile check deposit provides businesses instant payments and peace of mind if a transaction is completed or if it failed.
July 24, 2023
Visa Invests in Borderless Money-Movement Network
Yahoo Finance
“While the real-time settlement schemes like FedNow attract attention from banks and payments providers in mature markets, a race to connect underserved consumers to digital wallets is taking shape in emerging markets.”
July 19, 2023
TerraPay (Mobex) Partners with Safaricom's M-PESA to Facilitate Seamless Outbound Cross-Border Remittances
PrnAsia
“TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure company announced its partnership with Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telecommunications, IT and financial services provider…The partnership, through TerraPay’s group company Mobex (Kenya), a licensed Money Remittance Provider, will enable more than 30 million M-PESA mobile wallet-holders in Kenya to send real-time payments through TerraPay’s interoperable network across all wallets in Bangladesh & Pakistan, with plans […]
July 7, 2023
By the Numbers: Australian Credit and Debit Card Statistics
Investing.com Australia
“The Covid-19 pandemic saw Aussies take advantage of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders to save and pay down debts, taking credit cards to the sword. However since then, spending has been elevated. Further, since its introduction in 2018, Australians have welcomed Osko and the New Payments Platform to transfer money in near real-time, which is a […]
June 20, 2023
Jack Henry™ Launches Real-Time Payments Fraud Feature
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
“Jack Henry™ announced today the launch of Payrailz® Fraud Monitor, a cloud-native, AI-based feature of the Payrailz Digital Payments Platform that provides real-time fraud detection when payment transactions are initiated.”
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