Faster payments pack a lot of potential – technologically speaking and in terms of usefulness. And they are clearly providing for a need wanted for filling, attested by the explosive growth they’ve demonstrated worldwide over the last few years. The opportunities are wide-ranging – for financial institutions, for workers and for merchants, all of whom can do more when they have quicker access to their cash. But with the power of faster payments comes the potential for faster fraud. Which means keeping pace isn’t just about speeding up the payments, but also about staying ahead of the fraudster.

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5,700: The number of credit unions that use CO-OP.
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