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U.S. Bank Brings Real-Time Payments to Consumer Bill Payments
January 06, 2022

U.S. Bank on Thursday (Jan. 6) announced it is bringing the power of real-time payments to the U.S. Bank consumer bill pay experience after the successful completion of a test using the Request for Payment (RfP) RTP solution.  The bank plans to make the consumer...

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DailyPay Launches Digital Wallet Solution for Real-Time Pay
January 05, 2022

On-demand payments startup DailyPay is launching a digital wallet solution to make it easier for people to get paid in real-time every time they work as long as the user works for a company partnering with DailyPay. The only digital wallet that refills every day...

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Real-Time Payments Expected to Double in 2022
January 04, 2022

Streaming media, on-demand encounters with service providers and all manner of instant interactions online have shaped expectations about how we pay and get paid — and when. Elena Whisler, senior vice president at The Clearing House (TCH), told PYMNTS in an interview that real-time payments...

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How Consumers Are Driving Demand for Real-Time Payments
December 20, 2021

Consumers’ payment needs have undergone a sea change over the past two years, and access to real-time payments is becoming a requirement that many never knew they had. Homeowners want their mortgage payments to clear the moment they press “send,” and workers enjoy not having...

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KeyBank on How Real-Time Payments Is Changing the Financial Landscape
December 17, 2021

Highly connected consumers are all about speed and efficiency, and they are increasingly drawn to the value of instant payments. In the Real-Time Payments Tracker, KeyBank’s Richard Booth makes the case for why FIs must give consumers immediate access to funds and more control over...

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Even Same-Day ACH Too Slow for Consumers as Instant Payouts Rewrite the Rules
December 17, 2021

If government COVID stimulus disbursements leave a lasting impression — and they will — it will be on consumer awareness that same-day (and even instant) payout options are now widely available for everything from banks and insurance firms to online gaming sites. This will transform...

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Payments 2022 Will Be All About One Word: Simplification
December 17, 2021

If 2021 is the year of digital payments, it is also when real-time payments got ready for their closeup, to steal a classic movie line. FIS Executive Vice President of Global Real-Time Payments Raja Gopalakrishnan told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the key to 2022, and...

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KeyBank: Banks Must Master Real-Time Payments to Satisfy Digital-First Consumers
December 16, 2021

The pandemic has changed consumers’ preferences for how they pay vendors and receive disbursements that range from paychecks to insurance payouts. Contactless payments’ growing popularity helped consumers discover how easy it could be to make purchases, pay bills, receive their paychecks and exchange money with...

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Real-Time Payments Are Coming — But Do We Need Crypto to Deliver It?
December 10, 2021

Twenty years ago, the payments system in the United States was so stable that it was considered the backwater of banking and finance, Rob Hunter, deputy general counsel of The Clearing House (TCH), a banking association and payments company owned by the largest U.S. commercial...