Industry

Real-Time Payments Are Testing the Limits of Compliance

The CFO

“Rocio Suarez, Director of Financial Crime Compliance at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, advises financial institutions across Europe on how to stay aligned with anti-money laundering rules, counter-terrorist financing policies, and customer due diligence standards. Speaking with The CFO at the sidelines Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Suarez was clear on one thing. The acceleration of payments infrastructure, […]

Industry

eTip Collaborates with Visa to Deliver Rapid, Secure Digital Tip and Wage Payments to Digital Wallets

PR Newswire

“eTip, the award-winning benefits platform specializing in digital tipping for hospitality and service industries, today announced a new collaboration with Visa to help deliver funds directly to participating digital wallets in real-time. Now, service industry professionals—from hotel staff to restaurant workers—can quickly send funds to their participating financial apps such as Venmo and PayPal without […]

Global

Accept/Pay Global Launches Real-Time Payments with Interac, Empowering Businesses to Move Money Instantly

Canada Newswire

“Accept/Pay Global announced the launch of its Real-Time Payments with Interac product, enabling businesses across Canada to send and receive payments instantly and securely using Interac e-Transfers. Enterprise customers and financial platforms looking to streamline collections and disbursements can now integrate with our API to deliver speed, convenience, and reliability in payments.”

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Industry

Carvana Launches Real-Time Down Payment Capabilities

Auto Finance News

“Carvana has implemented request for payments technology and instant payments capabilities for down payments on vehicle purchases, allowing consumers to obtain their vehicle faster.  The online used-car dealership has integrated financial services provider Plaid’s RFP technology, which leverages The Clearing House’s real-time payment (RTP) network to streamline the consumer-to-business payment process.”

Companies

Citi Expands Global Payments Platform in Shift Towards ‘Self-Sustainable’ Model

The Banker

“Citi is pushing ahead with the global implementation of a new payments infrastructure that marks a break from reliance on external vendors, as the bank rolls out a platform first piloted in Malaysia last year. Citi’s engineers built the payments processing capabilities into microservices — and used the Icon Payments Framework to develop a common […]

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Companies

Pagos Launches First MCP Server to Bring Payments Intelligence to AI Agents

PR Newswire

“Pagos, an all-in-one provider of payments optimization solutions, today announces the launch of its first Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, making it easier than ever for AI agents and applications to query the payments intelligence available only through Pagos. This MCP Server, designed for their direct-to-network BIN data solution, allows large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered tools to […]

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Companies

Deluxe and Chargent Partner to Power Integrated Payments in Salesforce

Business Wire

“Deluxe, a trusted Payments and Data company, and Chargent, the leading payment solution built natively on Salesforce, announced a strategic partnership to deliver seamless, end-to-end payment integration within Salesforce. This collaboration allows businesses to automate billing, accept payments, and gain real-time transaction insights—all without leaving the Salesforce environment.”

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Companies

BofA Clients Embrace New $10 Million Limit in U.S. Real-Time Payments

Bank of America

“Recent action from The Clearing House to increase the transaction limit on real-time payments from $1 million to $10 million is fueling new use cases in business-to-business payments among Bank of America clients. The bank is one of the first financial institutions to enable its corporate customers to send payments up to the new transaction […]

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Companies

Project Hertha: Identifying Financial Crime Patterns in Real-Time Retail Payment Systems

BIS

“Protecting payment systems from financial crime, while upholding user privacy, is an important challenge in delivering the future of payments. Building on the findings from Project Aurora, BIS Innovation Hub’s Project Hertha explored how transaction analytics could help identify financial crime patterns in real-time retail payment systems, while using the minimum set of data points.”

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Companies

Cross River Launches Request for Payment (RfP) to Power Smarter, Real-Time Money Movement

Business Wire

“Cross River Bank (“Cross River”), a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded finance solutions, announced the launch of Request for Payment (RfP), a transformative addition to its growing suite of instant payment capabilities. The capability will streamline inbound money movement and enhance funding agility across the Real-Time Payments (RTP)® network. Plaid will be the first to […]

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Industry

Neema Unveils Dynamic Routing For Cross-Border Transactions

PR Newswire

“Neema, a global cross-border payments network catering to financial institutions, launched Dynamic Routing®. Dynamic Routing, along with Neema’s vast network of financial partners, enables a smarter method for global money movement. Rather than depending on a single pathway, Dynamic Routing establishes multiple real-time routes between countries.”

Global

Europe’s Banks Brace for Real-Time Payments —And Millions in Lost Interest

IBS Intelligence

There’s no such thing as banking hours anymore. Weekends, evenings, holidays — they’re all fair game now. With the EU’s SEPA Instant Payments Regulation set to become mandatory by October 2025, banks are being pushed into a world where euro payments must clear in seconds, 24/7/365. It is a landmark shift designed to modernise European payments, but […]

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Companies

Citi Rolls Out PayTo Solution for Institutional Clients in Australia

IBS Intelligence

“Citi has launched its PayTo initiator service, providing institutional clients with a fast, secure and cost-effective alternative to traditional credit card, debit card, or direct debit payments. With PayTo, Citi’s institutional clients can now initiate real-time account-to-account pull payments, allowing their end-customers to authorise payments directly from their bank accounts. This capability facilitates instant transactions and improves […]

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Circle Launches Circle Payments Network for Real-Time Stablecoin Payments

Crypto News

“Circle has officially launched the mainnet for its Circle Payments Network. The CPN will be a new blockchain-based system designed to facilitate real-time cross-border payments and settlements using its stablecoin, USDC. The CPN is built to support business-to-business payments, cross-border remittances, enterprise treasury operations, and payroll disbursements.”

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Global

Ant International Launches Tokenised Deposit Solutions for Real-Time Treasury Management with HSBC

Business Wire

“Ant International announced its collaboration with HSBC on the bank’s new Tokenised Deposit Service in Hong Kong. The service will support treasury management with real-time, always-on HKD and USD payments between corporate wallets held by a corporate client at HSBC Hong Kong. The Tokenised Deposit Service is also the first bank-led, blockchain-based settlement service in […]

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