disbursements

Disbursements In The Time Of Instant Money
Disbursements In The Time Of Instant Money
January 24, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Instant money is reinventing the world of payments, except where paper checks inexplicably hang on as coin of the realm. Healthcare reimbursements are a prime...

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Deep Dive: Instant Payments Confront Long Path To Ubiquity
Deep Dive: Instant Payments Confront Long Path To Ubiquity
January 23, 2020  |  Disbursements

Payments made with cash and checks are dropping in volume — the use of cash alone declined 40 percent over the past five years in...

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US Local Governments And The Slow Death Of The Check
US Local Governments And The Slow Death Of The Check
January 23, 2020  |  Disbursements

Local and state government agencies tend to approach innovation slowly and methodically, but careful vetting and execution have drawbacks for disbursement developments. State agencies handle...

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How Shutterstock Relies On Fast Disbursements For Contributor Loyalty
How Shutterstock Relies On Fast Disbursements For Contributor Loyalty
January 22, 2020  |  Disbursements

Photographers and other creative professionals find aggregators to be extremely efficient at distributing their work, but extremely inefficient when it comes to paying them royalties...

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Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check
Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check
January 22, 2020  |  Disbursements

Instant payments are lauded for their convenience, ease and most importantly, for their speed. Fifty-one percent of United States consumers stated in the most recent...

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ACI Taps Bancorp, Visa For Real-Time Payments
ACI Taps Bancorp, Visa For Real-Time Payments
January 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

ACI Worldwide is working with The Bancorp’s Direct Rapid Funds platform — powered by Visa Direct — for real-time corporate disbursements, The Bancorp announced on...

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Deep Dive: How Digital Updgrades Help Healthcare Providers’ Cash Flows
Deep Dive: How Digital Updgrades Help Healthcare Providers’ Cash Flows
January 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Healthcare providers must carefully safeguard their cash flows to operate, but many face hurdles to getting fully compensated for provided services. The American Hospital Association (AHA) told PYMNTS via...

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When Instant Payments Are Just Payments
When Instant Payments Are Just Payments
January 03, 2020  |  Faster Payments

In just three years, one word, one idea, has rewritten the payments rulebook: “instant.” Driven by faster phones, ingenious apps and sheer market force, the...

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A Faster Payments Fix For School Invoice Woes
A Faster Payments Fix For School Invoice Woes
December 30, 2019  |  Faster Payments

Despite the demonstrated benefits, the adoption of real-time payments has not been, well, particularly speedy. Many businesses cite the lack of ubiquity and high upfront...

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