payment rails

A payment rail is a payment platform or a payment network that moves money from a payer to a payee. Either party could be a consumer or business, and both parties are able to move funds on the network. Credit card rails are the credit card payment system.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Payment Rail Innovators Focus On B2B Payments Data
Payment Rail Innovators Focus On B2B Payments Data
June 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Whether building solutions on existing rails like ACH, or developing new infrastructure to bypass legacy tools, payment rail innovators are placing a new emphasis on...

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Blockchain Makes Inroads Against Cross-Border Payments Friction
Blockchain Makes Inroads Against Cross-Border Payments Friction
June 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) appears to be making progress in its effort to provide the financial services ecosystem with an alternative to traditional rails, with...

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Easing Banks Into A Cross-Border Payments Paradigm Shift
Easing Banks Into A Cross-Border Payments Paradigm Shift
June 16, 2020  |  B2B Payments

While there are numerous points of friction in cross-border payments workflows and infrastructure, much of it can be summed up as “too many chefs in...

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Payment Rails Eye Value In Cooperation
Payment Rails Eye Value In Cooperation
June 09, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Adoption of faster payments infrastructure is on the rise, particularly in the payroll sector. With real-time payments becoming a reality for more business use-cases, industry...

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Mastercard’s New President Of Europe On EU’s Digital Payments Transformation
Mastercard’s New President Of Europe On EU’s Digital Payments Transformation
June 08, 2020  |  Digital Payments

The pandemic has introduced new variables into innovations, payments and commerce — setting up headwinds in some cases as businesses shutter, and tailwinds as consumers...

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Collaborators Continue US’s Drive Toward Faster Payments
Collaborators Continue US’s Drive Toward Faster Payments
June 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Whether payments industry stakeholders are moving to develop entirely new infrastructure to improve payments, or to develop new capabilities upon existing infrastructure to make progress,...

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Payments Tech Takes Advantage Of Payment Rails Building Blocks
Payments Tech Takes Advantage Of Payment Rails Building Blocks
May 27, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Despite some drawbacks, legacy rails have mounds of potential to tackle a multitude of B2B payments friction points. For payments technology players, finding the opportunities...

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Credit Unions Reserve Their Seat At The Faster Payments Table
Credit Unions Reserve Their Seat At The Faster Payments Table
May 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Digital transformation is an imperative component of the ability of credit unions (CUs) to compete in the financial services market. But as institutions that are...

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Payment Rails Present Many Paths To B2B Payments Optimization
Payment Rails Present Many Paths To B2B Payments Optimization
May 12, 2020  |  B2B Payments

In the journey to improving B2B payment processes, it’s unlikely that any single solution will be the silver bullet to combating friction. Rather, a mix...

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