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Instant Payment Adoption Soars Year Over Year
Instant Payment Adoption Soars Year Over Year
October 29, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Instant payments are having a moment. Released last week, Zelle’s Q3 results show that its year-over-year payment values rose by 58 percent, while transaction volume...

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Top News In Payments: Zelle Transaction Volumes Reach $49B; WeChat Pay Launches New Smartphone Feature
Top News In Payments: Zelle Transaction Volumes Reach $49B; WeChat Pay Launches New Smartphone Feature
October 23, 2019  |  News

In today’s payments news, Zelle’s third-quarter results show that transaction volume increased by 73 percent. Also, Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payment function that allows people to...

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REPORT: Adoption Of Instant Payments For Disbursements Has Quadrupled In Three Years
REPORT: Adoption Of Instant Payments For Disbursements Has Quadrupled In Three Years
October 23, 2019  |  Disbursements

Everyone loves to get paid, but no one likes waiting to get paid. Waiting for checks to arrive in the mail, or for bank deposits...

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Even Bad Tippers Might Pay More With Better Tech
Even Bad Tippers Might Pay More With Better Tech
October 22, 2019  |  Gig Economy

The rise of digital payments and the gig economy cannot guarantee that consumers will tip. But new technology is sure making tipping easier — both...

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Mastercard and Branch To Fast-Track Pay For Hourly Workers
Mastercard and Branch To Fast-Track Pay For Hourly Workers
October 18, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

That instant payments have been a significant boon to workers in the gig economy is almost inarguable. A glance at the data demonstrates why. According...

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Bridging Instant Payments’ Perception/Reality Gap
Bridging Instant Payments’ Perception/Reality Gap
October 08, 2019  |  Podcasts

Payments people love to talk about rails — whose rails are the fastest, cheapest, most secure, most accepted, most compliant. Consumers, not so much. In...

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Vocalink CEO: The Three Guideposts For Navigating Payments’ Evolution
Vocalink CEO: The Three Guideposts For Navigating Payments’ Evolution
October 07, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

The good news for customers — and the challenge for financial services players, both established and emerging as the decade comes to a close —...

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Why Real Time Is The Game-Changer For Corporate Cash Pros
Why Real Time Is The Game-Changer For Corporate Cash Pros
October 02, 2019  |  Faster Payments

Instant payments are more promise than reality in the US.  Citi’s global head of payments and receivables, Manish Kohli, tells Karen Webster that lack of...

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Rakuten On Growing Demand For Instant Rebates
Rakuten On Growing Demand For Instant Rebates
October 02, 2019  |  Disbursements

Consumers are no longer willing to wait for even the simplest of disbursements. Whether they’re waiting to receive government payments, wages or rebate checks from...

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