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)

Banks Say Better to Be Proactive Than Reactive When Making Payments Real Time
Banks Say Better to Be Proactive Than Reactive When Making Payments Real Time
March 07, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Faster payments solve many traditional pain points endemic to legacy payment methods. But although several hundred financial institutions (FIs) have signed on to the two...

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The Role of Banks in Scaling B2B Payments Innovation
The Role of Banks in Scaling B2B Payments Innovation
March 06, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Banks provide the foundational infrastructure for financial transactions, offering a network that connects various businesses. And, as expectations from their daily lives bleed over into...

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Transact Campus Debuts Portal for Bulk Tuition Payments
Transact Campus Debuts Portal for Bulk Tuition Payments
March 05, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Education payments solution provider Transact Campus launched a B2B bulk tuition payments portal. Transact Sponsor Payments is designed to make it easier for third-party payors to make bulk...

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Galileo and The Bancorp Expand Collaboration to Enable Instant Payments
Galileo and The Bancorp Expand Collaboration to Enable Instant Payments
March 04, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Galileo Financial Technologies has expanded its collaboration with The Bancorp to enable instant payments. Together, the companies use the RTP® network from The Clearing House to enable instant money movement between bank accounts,...

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FIs Reckon With Rising Fraud Rates in Run-Up to Real-Time Payments
FIs Reckon With Rising Fraud Rates in Run-Up to Real-Time Payments
March 01, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Financial institutions are beset on all sides. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “New Data: FIs Cooling on Open Banking but Still on Course for Real-Time Payments”...

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Checkbook and Visa Partner on Instant Payments for Business Disbursements
Checkbook and Visa Partner on Instant Payments for Business Disbursements
February 28, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Checkbook and Visa have come together in a new collaboration aimed at improving the availability of instant payments for businesses, institutions and individuals across the country. This partnership...

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Instant Tip Payouts Could Help Hotel Industry Woo Workers in 2024
Instant Tip Payouts Could Help Hotel Industry Woo Workers in 2024
February 28, 2024  |  Disbursements

The next time you check into a hotel, don’t be surprised if you can’t find personnel to greet you, help with your luggage, or put...

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Entersekt CPO Says Fighting Fraud Should Be Treated Like ‘Team Sport’
Entersekt CPO Says Fighting Fraud Should Be Treated Like ‘Team Sport’
February 28, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

The launch of the FedNow® Service last year has transformed the instant payments landscape, unlocking real-time settlement capabilities 24/7/365. But according to Pradheep Sampath, chief...

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Nearly Half of Financial Institutions Believe Open Banking Risks Outweigh Rewards
Nearly Half of Financial Institutions Believe Open Banking Risks Outweigh Rewards
February 27, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Nearly half of financial institution executives are concerned that open banking may not be a positive value proposition — especially in an environment of increasing...

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