Real-Time Payments

Real-Time Payments
Plaid Taps Cross River to Offer Real-Time Payments
July 27, 2023

Cross River Bank has expanded its partnership with Plaid to offer customers real-time payments. “Expanding our relationship with Plaid to power their real-time offerings is a significant milestone in our commitment to driving financial innovation, and ensuring faster, secure, and seamless payment experiences,” Adam Goller,...

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Moves Teams With Astra as Gig Workers Embrace Digital Banking
July 26, 2023

Gig worker-focused banking app Moves has teamed up with payment platform Astra. The partnership, announced Wednesday (July 26), offers Moves members real-time transfers via Astra’s connection to Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push-to-card payments platform. “As the U.S. gig economy continues to grow, there is a critical need for financial solutions...

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How One Banker Sees the FedNow and RTP® Faster Payments Landscape Evolving
July 25, 2023

The flagship real-time payment system in the U.S., The Clearing House’s RTP® network, reaches 65% of all demand deposit accounts in the country, according to The Clearing House, and any depository institution can connect to the RTP network through more than 20 technology providers. Experts...

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TCH Reports RTP Network Has Topped Half a Billion Instant Payments
July 24, 2023

The Clearing House (TCH) has reported that its RTP instant payments network surpassed the 500 million payment milestone on Saturday (July 22). The RTP network has been providing instant payments to millions of consumers and businesses for more than five years, TCH noted. The RTP...

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RTP® and FedNow’s Real Problem: Businesses Aren’t Asking for It
July 21, 2023

And then there were two. The launch of FedNow on Thursday (July 20) brings the tally of real-time payments networks to a duopoly in the U.S. — where the Fed’s new instant-payments infrastructure debuts alongside The Clearing House’s RTP® real-time platform. But the availability of...

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Financial Institutions and Service Providers Welcome Launch of FedNow
July 20, 2023

Financial institutions and payment service providers hit the ground running when the Federal Reserve launched the FedNow Service on Thursday (July 20). Many had new offerings ready to go using the nationwide payments infrastructure, which was the first to be implemented in about 40 years. At the time of...

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Payments Execs Debate the FedNow Launch: Instant Uptake or Tough Slog Ahead?
July 19, 2023

And now comes the real test. Almost four years ago, the Federal Reserve announced that it would develop a “round the clock real time payment and settlement service” that would underpin faster payments. Enabling the instant transfer of funds 365/24/7 is, and has been, a...

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Indonesia and India Explore Cross-Border Payments Pact
July 17, 2023

India and Indonesia are reportedly planning to link their fast payment systems. The collaboration, as reported Monday (July 17) by Bloomberg News, is designed to spur cross-border fund transfers and would allow transactions to be settled in local currencies. The report, citing a senior Indian official, says...

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FedNow’s Future and What the Triple Clock Theory Says About It
July 17, 2023

Four days from today, the Federal Reserve’s instant account-to-account payments rail will go live. FedNow’s launch on July 20 will bring the number of real-time rails in the U.S. to two. The first real-time rail to go live was RTP®, operated by The Clearing House,...