Real-Time Payments

Real-Time Payments
Europe Makes Real-Time Payments a Mandate
May 07, 2026

Europe’s push toward real-time payments has entered a new phase, defined not just by technology and consumer preferences but by sovereignty, regulatory force and competitive urgency. The institutions best positioned for what comes next are already moving. French President Emmanuel Macron used a March address...

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JPMorganChase Says Instant Money Needs Instant Certainty
May 06, 2026

Watch more: The Digital Shift With JPMorgan’s Meagan Sibbald The race to move money faster has entered a different phase, one where the defining feature is no longer speed alone but the degree of certainty that accompanies it. Against a backdrop of record-setting volumes on...

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48% of Banks See Better Customer Experience in Real-Time Payments
May 05, 2026

Real-time payments entered the market on a promise of speed. What businesses and financial institutions are discovering, according to new data from PYMNTS Intelligence and The Clearing House, is that their strategic value runs deeper. “Beyond Speed: The Strategic Value of Real-Time Payments,” a March...

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US Real-Time Payments Hit High-Growth Phase as Use Cases Multiply
April 30, 2026

The United States is a big payments market. But big doesn’t always equal fast. And for years, the U.S. has been an outlier in the global race toward instant money movement, watching markets like the U.K., India and Brazil build real-time payment systems that quickly...

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New Data Shines Light on the $1.35T Race to Move Money Faster
April 29, 2026

“The Power of Now: Moving Money at the Speed of Life,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Direct, examines why payout speed has evolved into a business issue. Across healthcare, insurance and investment platforms, many organizations still depend on checks, ACH and other slower...

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Credit Unions Find Their Gen Z Edge in Faster Payments
April 28, 2026

Instant payments have shifted from a technological luxury to an existential necessity for traditional financial institutions (FIs). Driven in large part by the demands of Generation Z, the first cohort of true digital natives, the expectation for immediate fund flows is reshaping the competitive landscape....

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Nacha Boosts Per Payment Limit for Same Day ACH to $10 Million
April 27, 2026

Nacha is increasing its Same Day ACH per payment limit to $10 million. The increase, announced Monday (April 27) and set to go into effect Sept. 17, 2027, will be the third increase in the history of Same Day ACH, Nacha (National Automated Clearing House...

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63% of Firms Face Check Fraud as Paper Payments Linger
April 27, 2026

The biggest obstacle to real-time payments adoption may not be fraud, but the fear of fraud. That’s the central finding of “Reality Check: Fact vs. Fiction in Real-Time Payments Fraud,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration with The Clearing House. The report puts hard...

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Visa Says Payouts Should Move at the Speed of Need
April 27, 2026

Watch more: Visa Direct With Visa’s Jim Filice Last month, Jim Filice wound up in the same place millions of consumers do when money disappears into the payment system: on the phone, asking where it went. He had moved money from his bank to an...