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May 27, 2008

From Check to Electronic Payments: The B2B Outlook [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] From Check to Electronic Payments: The B2B Outlook [NACHA Payments] Arlene S. Chapman CTP Senior Consultant, Technical Services, Association for Financial Professionals Daniel W. Ellecamp CCM Financial Consultant, California State Automobile Association Rue Jenkins Assistant Treasurer, Costco […]

Remittance Standards for Wire Payments [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] Remittance Standards for Wire Payments [NACHA Payments]Hank FarrarSenior Vice President, CHIPSLauren HargravesSenior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkJames WillsBusiness Manager, Standards, SWIFT Synopsis from Conference Program Three payments industry utilities have teamed up to foster […]

May 26, 2008

The Return of The XML All-Star Team [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] The Return of The XML All-Star Team [NACHA Payments] Susan Colles CPA, CBASenior Vice President, Bank of AmericaRobert Blair CCMVice President, JPMorgan ChaseSusan BoeriManager, Treasury Services, GE Corporate TreasuryFred Laing, II AAP, CCMPresident, Upper Midwest ACH AssociationLeonard […]

May 25, 2008

The Global Reach of Remote Deposit Automation [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] The Global Reach of Remote Deposit Automation [NACHA Payments] David L. PetersonExecutive Vice President, Goldleaf Financial SolutionsTodd McGuireSenior Expert, Global Concepts/McKinsey Synopsis from Conference Program Remote deposit capture has not only eliminated geographic boundaries within the U.S., […]

ClairMail - Secure, Efficient, 2-way Mobile Banking & Payments [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] ClairMail – Secure, Efficient, 2-way Mobile Banking & Payments [NACHA Payments] ClairMail enables two-way customer interaction via mobile phones, regardless of the type of phone and the wireless network, using the phones existing software and standard features, […]

International Payments - The Changing Landscape [NACHA Payments]

[This is just one of my series of posts from the NACHA Payments 2008 conference in Las Vegas.] International Payments – The Changing Landscape [NACHA Payments] Ralph Dangelmaier President, Americas, ACI Worldwide Debbie Smart CTP Senior Product Consultant, ACI WorldwideJohn A. JayeFirst Vice President, Channel Technology, Bank of America Synopsis from Conference Program International trade […]

NACHA Payments 2008 - Forte Blog Index

I took a slight detour en route home from Las Vegas (via Death Valley and Yosemite – spectacular!) and just finished writing up my observations. This year is the largest NACHA Payments conference to date (they get bigger and bigger each year) with nearly three thousand attendees. There were sessions devoted to ACH, check electronification, […]

May 15, 2008

Remittance Data for Wires - At Long Last

In response to  "unambiguous corporate demand"  the Federal Reserve announced plans to incorporate remittance data into wire payment formats by the end of 2010. This is a major milestone in the migration of business-to-business (B2B) payments from electronic to paper and addresses a long term headache for corporate finance. Business payments remain stubbornly paper based […]

April 29, 2008

April 22, 2008

GTNews: Finding Extra Value in AP

This week GTNews explores opportunities to add value through Accounts Payable (AP) automation. We explored this topic in depth at the recent B2B workshop and featured many of the vendors that submitted articles on the topic to GTNews (including Bottomline and Ariba). The Topsy-Turvy World of EIPP: Embraced by Payables FunctionsNancy Atkinson, Aite GroupThis article […]

April 18, 2008

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Payments Post #3: Glenbrook’s April Roundup

Payments Post #3: Glenbrook’s April Roundup

Welcome back to Payments Post. Last month’s edition was all about banks; this month’s is about “paying by bank”. Or to be a bit more semantically precise, account-to-account (A2A) payments. We were particularly interested in Visa’s Visa+ initiative, iDEAL’s apparent...

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Ready for U.S. Faster Payments 2.0?

Ready for U.S. Faster Payments 2.0?

Today's U.S. faster payments market is not the one we envisioned. In market for five-plus years now, RTP® and Zelle® laid the foundation of faster payments in the country but, as with most new payment systems, challenges inhibit adoption. Volumes in both networks have...

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Where are fast payments systems headed in the U.S.?

Where are fast payments systems headed in the U.S.?

We are in the early stages of fast payments here in the U.S. Zelle and RTP are live and the FedNow Service is about to launch. In the near-term, I expect fast payments ecosystem stakeholders will stay hyper focused on simple yet critical enablers of connectivity and...

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Payments Post #3: Glenbrook’s April Roundup

Payments Post #2: Glenbrook’s March Roundup

Surprise! We spent a lot of the past month thinking about banks. March confronted us with stumbling blocks for fintechs and their sponsor banks, a bank-led battle for the checkout page, and a clearer view of the path forward for U.S. fast payments. Let’s dive into it...

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Opportunities in U.S. Fast Payments

Opportunities in U.S. Fast Payments

At Glenbrook, we believe that efficient and inclusive financial services are vital to economic growth. In support of this mission, we have worked on fast payments initiatives in 55 countries or regions to date. For example, we have developed principles for inclusive...

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