Faster Payments

Faster Payments
How To Make Instant Payments Ubiquitous
May 19, 2020

The U.S. consumer has literally thousands of options for financial services given that America has traditional banks, credit unions and FinTech challenger banks of all shapes and sizes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Why Instant Paychecks Will Be A Necessity Instead Of A Luxury
May 14, 2020

While many advancements have been made over the last five years toward enabling 9-to-5 employees to gain instant access to wages they already earned, the progress has been uneven at best. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Disrupting Traditional Payroll For A New Economic And Global Normal
May 12, 2020

For all the human and business impacts caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, the crisis has also been instructive, particularly in illustrating the shortcomings in systems that worked just fine — until they didn’t. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Fed Launches FedNow Community For Instant Payments, Seeks Participants
May 06, 2020

The Federal Reserve has formed a FedNow Community group for its upcoming instant payment offering, the FedNow Service, and needs volunteers to support it, the Fed announced Wednesday (May 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Sweden Joins ECB’s Real-Time Payments Platform
April 03, 2020

Sweden is the latest country to join the European Central Bank’s (ECB) instant payments platform in an effort to ease electronic payments. The agreement allows the ECB to offer Sweden access to the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) in Swedish currency to support the...

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The Tipping Point For Instant Digital Payouts To Restaurant Workers
March 24, 2020

The last few weeks have been hard times for the restaurant industry in the U.S. — big chains and mom-and-pop joints alike are closing their dining rooms, furloughing their staff in some cases and working overtime to find out-of-the-box ways to weather the incoming storm....

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

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 a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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

The financial landscape is changing, moving toward instant payments, toward commerce that is always on – and for financial institutions (FIs) serving corporations and consumers across the world, the margin for error is fast disappearing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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PULSE: Why Debit And Payroll Cards Are An Employer’s Strategic Advantage
March 12, 2020

The gig economy is giving rise to a workforce that values flexible – and speedy – payments. Jennifer Schroeder, executive vice president of product management at PULSE, tells PYMNTS prepaid and payroll cards are proving increasingly popular among forward-thinking employers and can help cement loyalty.