Disbursements Tracker

Virtual Card Use, Payment Choice, On the Rise
Virtual Card Use, Payment Choice, On the Rise
March 03, 2022  |  Digital Payments

The global value of virtual card transactions is expected to jump to $6.8 trillion over the next four years — compared to $1.9 trillion last...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Businesses Can Reap the Benefits of Achieving Payments Ubiquity
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Businesses Can Reap the Benefits of Achieving Payments Ubiquity
February 24, 2022  |  Disbursements

Cash flow had become a significant problem for businesses since the pandemic began. Of the approximately $1.2 trillion in outstanding receivables that small- to medium-sized...

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KeyBank on Payments Ubiquity’s Role in Meeting Consumers’ and Businesses’ Expectations
KeyBank on Payments Ubiquity’s Role in Meeting Consumers’ and Businesses’ Expectations
February 23, 2022  |  Disbursements

Speed is of the essence for large-value transactions, and so is the ability to send those payments across any payments rail. In this month’s Disbursements...

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Linking Networks Key to Delivering Instant Payments Ubiquity
Linking Networks Key to Delivering Instant Payments Ubiquity
February 22, 2022  |  Disbursements

As the pandemic has sped up the transition for both consumers and businesses to conduct more and more transactions in digital spaces, the use of...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Overcoming the Perceptual Barriers to Instant Payments
PYMNTS Intelligence: Overcoming the Perceptual Barriers to Instant Payments
January 28, 2022  |  Disbursements

  United States consumers received 11 billion disbursements in 2021, and 17% of those were instant payments, approximately tripling the 5.7% of instant disbursements made in 2020. Instant payments are...

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How DoorDash Is Delivering on Faster Payments for Gig Workers
How DoorDash Is Delivering on Faster Payments for Gig Workers
January 27, 2022  |  Disbursements

Faster access to daily wages has been a lifesaver for gig workers during the pandemic, but remains hard for those without bank accounts. In the...

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Prepaid Cards Help DoorDash Meet Unbanked Gig Workers’ Payment Needs
Prepaid Cards Help DoorDash Meet Unbanked Gig Workers’ Payment Needs
January 26, 2022  |  Disbursements

While demand for instant payments rises — encompassing everything from online purchases to paychecks and insurance payouts — the understanding of underlying mechanics of disbursements...

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Deep Dive: Why Automation and Other Technologies Are Critical to Instant Payments’ Continued Growth
Deep Dive: Why Automation and Other Technologies Are Critical to Instant Payments’ Continued Growth
January 13, 2022  |  Disbursements

Historically, businesses’ approach to making disbursements has been a manual one: Bookkeepers take notes in ledgers, then send out physical checks, for which recipients must...

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Valley Bank on Overcoming the Hurdles to Instant Payments
Valley Bank on Overcoming the Hurdles to Instant Payments
January 12, 2022  |  Disbursements

Interest in instant payments is growing across the U.S. banking sector, but limited infrastructure and a lack of standardization is hindering payment choices and traceability....

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