Faster Payments

Faster Payments
Same Day ACH: Impacts At The Intersections
October 18, 2016

Same Day ACH is here and so are several other initiatives that intersect and complement its newfound faster capabilities. In the final installment of NACHA’s Countdown to Same Day ACH podcast series, George Throckmorton, Managing Director for NACHA, joined Karen Webster to explain how longstanding...

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TransferWise Partners With ACI For Faster Payments
October 14, 2016

ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced on Thursday (Oct. 13) it has provided the back-end technology for TransferWise’s integration into the Faster Payments Scheme. In a press release, Craig Saks, group president of strategic products at ACI Worldwide, said: “In...

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Tapping Into The Blockchain For The Evolution Of Faster Payments
October 06, 2016

Clearance granted … immediately? New developments in blockchain technology could be taking faster payments to another next level. In the latest Faster Payments Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Karen Hsu, head of growth at BlockCypher, about where the challenges and opportunities currently exist in the blockchain...

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Will The Blockchain Revolutionize Faster Payments?
October 05, 2016

Clearance granted … immediately? New developments in blockchain technology could be taking Faster Payments to another next level. In the latest Faster Payments Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Karen Hsu, head of growth at BlockCypher, about where the challenges and opportunities currently exist in the blockchain...

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IBM Makes The Real-Time Payments Move
September 27, 2016

On Monday (Sept. 26), the tech giant launched new offerings to help commercial banks support real-time payments for its customers. With new immediate payment schemes in place, banks across the U.S., Europe and Asia will have the ability to clear consumer transactions in seconds. Once...

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Forty Is The New Faster (Payments)
September 23, 2016

Today (Sept. 23) is the official rollout of Phase I in NACHA’s faster payments initiative for ACH. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, NACHA President and CEO Jan Estep offers a roadmap for what’s to come.

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Breaking Down The Faster Payments Construct
September 21, 2016

The term “faster payments” brings many things to mind — Same Day ACH, real-time payments and even blockchain. But do all these initiatives serve the same purpose? In the latest installment of NACHA’s Countdown to Same Day ACH podcast series, Jan Estep, president and CEO...

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Stripe Offers Instant Payout For On-Demand Workers
September 20, 2016

Stripe is a relatively small startup that competes against world-class players like Braintree (backed by PayPal) and WePay to make it easier for digital businesses to do all the wide and wonderful things associated with payments. It has just opened the hood on its new...

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Adapt To Faster Payments With Enterprise Fraud Prevention
September 14, 2016

New payment methods bring opportunities for innovation and value-added services. In the case of immediate payments, this could include P2P, P2B or B2B payments, where speed and certainty are of the essence.