faster payments

Faster Payments Service (FPS) is a UK banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts from the three working days that transfers take using the long-established BACS system, to typically a few seconds.

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EU Merchants Offer WeChat Pay To China’s Shoppers
EU Merchants Offer WeChat Pay To China’s Shoppers
March 19, 2020  |  Faster Payments

Wirecard will add more options for Chinese customers looking for eCommerce as they integrate the WeChat Pay option to help people pay faster, according to...

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ANNA Money Collabs On Instant QR Code SMB Payments
ANNA Money Collabs On Instant QR Code SMB Payments
March 19, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Users of FinTech ANNA Money will now have the option of instantaneous QR code payments through a new partnership with TrueLayer, according to a press...

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Helping FIs Over Real-Time Payments Tech Infrastructure Hurdles
Helping FIs Over Real-Time Payments Tech Infrastructure Hurdles
March 19, 2020  |  Faster Payments

The financial landscape is changing, moving toward instant payments, toward commerce that is always on – and for financial institutions (FIs) serving corporations and consumers...

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Putting The Move On The Moving Industry’s Gig Worker’s Pay
Putting The Move On The Moving Industry’s Gig Worker’s Pay
March 19, 2020  |  Gig Economy

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Tax Time Tardiness And The Faster Refund
Tax Time Tardiness And The Faster Refund
March 17, 2020  |  Taxes

It’s unprecedented. The federal tax filing deadline in 2020 has been waived in the wake of coronavirus disruptions. The president announced there will be no...

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New Instant Payment Networks Launch, From Aruba To Hungary
New Instant Payment Networks Launch, From Aruba To Hungary
March 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Speed drives innovation, particularly in payments. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, PYMNTS finds a slew of new markets around the world adopting...

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Deep Dive: How Lagging Tax Disbursements Cause Financial Strain For Taxpayers
Deep Dive: How Lagging Tax Disbursements Cause Financial Strain For Taxpayers
March 16, 2020  |  Disbursements

U.S. consumers appreciate speedy disbursements, especially when receiving their tax refunds. The companies dealing with these refunds and the government agencies granting them cannot always...

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Morrisons Offers 2-Day Supplier Payments Amid Coronavirus
Morrisons Offers 2-Day Supplier Payments Amid Coronavirus
March 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Morrisons, the U.K.’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, is planning to pay its small suppliers immediately to help keep them solvent during the coronavirus crisis, Retail Gazette...

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Accuity Takeover Bolsters Payment Processing Tech
Accuity Takeover Bolsters Payment Processing Tech
March 13, 2020  |  B2B Payments

With the acquisition of Apply Financial, Accuity wants to speed up payments for customers, it said in a statement Thursday (March 12). Terms of the...

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