Paper checks are still the norm when it comes to B2B payments — and companies aren’t happy about it. After all, paper checks are neither easy to use, nor convenient. Twenty percent of companies surveyed by PYMNTS said they dislike using checks for B2B payments...
Most people know that China is the world-leading supplier of students studying abroad. As of 2017, a little more than 600,000 Chinese students left the country to pursue their education overseas. Currently, there are about 1.5 million Chinese students enrolled in overseas higher-education institutions and, over the...
Venmo, the digital payment unit of PayPal, has raised the fee for instant transfers when moving money from their account to a traditional bank account, according to reports. Reports citing an email Venmo sent to users late last week said the fee is going up to...
The Fed is seeking public comment from stakeholders on moving to faster payments, always on and always available. Fed Gov. Lael Brainard said in a speech Wednesday that there's a path for real-time gross settlements between banks, giving consumers and businesses the speed and transparency...
Paper checks are a serious payments misplay. Consider Minor League Baseball’s Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp: Hundreds of employees would crowd into the club’s ticket office right before game time to grab their payroll checks. Total whiff. So, the team changed its game plan. In this month’s...
As faster payment schemes emerge and expand, financial institutions (FIs) and businesses uncertain about real-time payments need to know what the developments mean for them — and how they should respond. That means deciding whether it’s worth engaging with the schemes and, if so, deciding...
Exactly one year before Hurricane Florence began her reign of terror in the Carolinas, Karen Webster interviewed’s Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and Visa’s senior vice president and head of U.S. Push Payments Cecilia Frew on how last year’s twin disasters, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, were...
For FIs, offering faster payments can be a game changer. However, enabling them isn’t always simple — FIs must choose whether to build a direct, expensive, labor-intensive connection to faster payment schemes or partner with, and become reliant on, a connected FI to gain access....
More corporates are showing an interest in real-time payments — and financial players are gearing up to help. A recent survey of corporates and payment service providers, conducted by TD Bank at the 2018 NACHA PAYMENTS Conference, found that the potential of faster payments seems to be...
