Open banking and instant payments are two of the most exciting trends in digital banking today. Both of these services improve the financial lifestyles of consumers and businesses. While instant payments’ benefits for end users are obvious, open banking is slightly more esoteric. Open banking...
Real-time payment adoption in Europe has seen historic growth in recent years, with several countries such as the U.K., Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary, developing domestic payment systems to complement the existing pan-European Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer scheme, also known as SCT Inst. For example,...
Customer communication platform Weave has added online bill pay to its product suite. The feature lets small businesses create, send and embed a link for customers to pay their bills online at their convenience, Weave said in a Wednesday (May 17) news release, singling out healthcare providers. “As digital...
ACI Worldwide says it is among the first payments firms certified for the U.S. Federal Reserve’s FedNow instant payments service, due to launch in July. ACI worked with the Fed to identify Corporate One Federal Credit Union as its initial partner to integrate instant payments...
Real estate, put simply, often involves the largest transaction that any of us as individuals ever tackle. Cheryl Gurz, vice president of product management for The Clearing House (TCH), told PYMNTS that given the fact that hundreds of thousands of dollars are changing hands, the process is...
Payments processor Jack Henry says it is “operationally ready” to support the Federal Reserve’s FedNow service. FedNow is the U.S. central bank’s real-time payments network due to launch in July, and Jack Henry announced Monday (May 15) that more than 20 of its clients will...
Zimpler has launched instant cross-border payouts for the 20 eurozone countries. The new account-to-account (A2A) payment solution is available for both B2C and B2B clients and allows them to send payments directly to a recipient’s bank account, Sweden-based Zimpler said in a Monday (May 15) press release. “Zimpler’s...
The proliferation of riskier, long-shot betting strategies may mean gamblers are more eager to get their winnings — now. The Wall Street Journal reported this week (May 7) on the astronomical popularity of online sports betting in the U.S., where the gambling is legal following...
Real estate firms have historically run on paper — but that may be about to change. Real estate firms are weighing the benefits of adopting digital payments methods such as cryptocurrency, virtual cards and push payments. Among all the innovations these firms are considering, however,...