faster payments

Faster Payments Service (FPS) is a UK banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts from the three working days that transfers take using the long-established BACS system, to typically a few seconds.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Why WePay Sees Instant Payments As Inevitable
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September 05, 2018  |  Faster Payments

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B2B Services, Blockchain, APIs Gain Currency In Africa
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In the continuing swirl of headlines that seem to blur and blend cryptos, blockchains and developing nations, a number of collaborations between large tech firms,...

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What do Australia, the gig economy and Katy Perry’s upcoming album have in common? They are all tightly tied to payments — specifically, tapping into the power of faster payments. Money...

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August 28, 2018  |  Gig Economy

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NPP CEO On Australia’s Real-Time Payments Platform
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August 28, 2018  |  Platform Payments

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