Real-Time Payments

Real-Time Payments
Bank of America Says Higher RTP Limit Enables New B2B Use Cases
June 10, 2025

Six weeks after The Clearing House raised the transaction limit on real-time payments from $1 million to $10 million Feb. 9, transactions over $1 million accounted for 52% of the value of all U.S. real-time payments processed on the RTP® network by Bank of America....

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Instant Payments Shield Businesses From Vendor Disruptions
June 10, 2025

The ability for large enterprises to disburse funds instantly has become a key strategic priority, especially when demands for immediate payments are high. For businesses where a large share of ad hoc payments needs to be sent urgently, instant methods are evolving into a vital...

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Plaid Launches Request for Payment
June 09, 2025

Plaid now enables instant pay-ins as well as instant payouts via its flexible multi-rail payment platform, Plaid Transfer.  The financial data network has added support for real-time pay-ins via Request for Payment (RfP) on the RTP® Network to Instant Payments on Plaid Transfer, it said in a Monday (June...

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Brazil Set to Add Recurring Payments Feature to Pix on June 16
June 04, 2025

Brazil’s central bank is reportedly set to launch the long-awaited recurring payments feature for its instant payment system Pix on June 16. The feature, which is called Pix Automático and was initially slated for launch in October 2024, will allow users to authorize recurring payments...

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Real-Time Payment Innovations Signal Maturity Across Banking and Retail
June 04, 2025

The global real-time payments landscape is advancing. Banks, platforms and retailers are launching new capabilities that make instant settlement a reality for businesses and consumers. An innovation from Truist Financial Corporation pioneers the use of alias-based bill payment using The Clearing House’s RTP® network. By...

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Tight Business Cases Accelerate Credit Unions’ Shift to Real-Time Payments
May 29, 2025

Executives at financial institutions large and small know that faster payments are becoming a part of their strategic and competitive roadmaps. If they don’t offer instant fund flows, retail and commercial clients will vote with their feet and move their accounts to a competitor. But...

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Samsung Wallet Adds ‘Tap to Transfer’ Feature for P2P Payments
May 21, 2025

Samsung Wallet in the U.S. now simplifies peer-to-peer (P2P) payments with the help of Visa Tap technology and the Visa Direct money movement solution. With the launch of this Samsung Tap to Transfer, Samsung becomes the first partner to deploy Visa’s Tap to P2P, Visa said in...

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Real-Time Economy Reshapes Payment Strategies for Merchants and Banks
May 21, 2025

Real-time payments are no longer a future prospect or an experimental innovation; they are the present reality and a fundamental expectation. As demand reaches unprecedented levels, financial institutions (FIs) across the spectrum are facing a critical juncture: embrace instant payments or risk being left behind....

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Who’s Winning the Instant Payments Race? Depends on the Customer
May 20, 2025

Instant payments have entered the mainstream — but how, why and for whom financial institutions deploy them is anything but uniform. Our latest data brief uncovers a nuanced, often-surprising competitive landscape. Some banks are racing to serve businesses with real-time tracking and confirmation tools. Others,...