Faster Payments

Faster Payments
Lyft Announces Receipt Forwarding for Business Travelers
July 11, 2017

Lyft said Tuesday that it is debuting a new feature, receipt forwarding for business travelers and travel managers. The ride hailing company said in a release that the forwarding feature works as each ride receipt taken under a business profile is automatically forwarded to each...

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Does The U.S. Faster Payment System Need A Federal Mandate?
July 10, 2017

Get ready. When the Fed’s Faster Payments Task Force issues its mammoth recommendation for strengthening the U.S. payment system later this month, it’s unlikely a federal mandate will make the cut. That’s Roy DeCicco’s take, at least. For July’s Faster Payments Tracker™, DeCicco, who’s managing...

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NEW REPORT: To Mandate Or Not To Mandate? That’s The US Faster Payments Question
July 07, 2017

Big changes are coming to the faster payments landscape. But don’t worry about blinking and missing them, because these changes are going to stick around for a while and have the potential to make a long-lasting impact on how money is exchanged. The July PYMNTS.com Faster...

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Are Faster Payments Transforming The Caregiving Industry?
June 08, 2017

Can faster payment tools put on demand caregivers on the same economic footing as full-time workers? In June’s Faster Payments Tracker™, powered by NACHA, Bryan O’Malley, Care.com’s VP of payments, talks with PYMNTS about how faster payments are transforming the market by offering caregivers of children, the elderly, pets and homes,...

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NEW REPORT: Can Faster Payments Put Caregivers On A Fast-Track To Full-Time Benefits?
June 07, 2017

Not only are faster payment tools bringing helping to exchange funds at a quicker pace, but these solutions are also transforming the certain aspects of the gig economy and spurring investments in new payment infrastructures. The June Faster Payments Tracker™, powered by NACHA, highlights the latest trends...

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Plan Takes Shape For UK Payments Framework
May 05, 2017

The United Kingdom’s Payments Systems Regulator (PSR), along with the Bank of England, said Thursday that they’d agreed to a framework that would govern consolidation of the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company and the Faster Payments Scheme and Bacs. Reuters stated that the U.K.’s “multi-trillion...

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Fighting Financial Awkwardness With Faster Payments?
May 04, 2017

While P2P transactions are gaining popularity, can they address the age-old discomfort of splitting bills among friends? For the latest issue of the Faster Payments Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up with Venmo’s COO Mike Vaughan about some of the “awkwardness of money” that P2P can create,...

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NEW REPORT: What Faster Payments Means To Venmo — And The P2P Use Case
May 03, 2017

While there are plenty of tools that make it easier to get money deposited into a bank or debit card account, there aren’t many that make it easier to ask your friends or co-workers to cough up the cash when you pick up the tab...

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Mutual Of Omaha Bank Corporate Learning Ctr Debuts From NACHA
April 13, 2017

NACHA said Wednesday that it is launching what is being billed as the Mutual of Omaha Bank Corporate Learning Center. The center, NACHA explained in an April 12 release, is geared toward supplying “specialized education” across payments to professionals working within the arena, with emphasis on...