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Why 2024 Will Be ‘Tipping Point’ for Instant Payments
Why 2024 Will Be ‘Tipping Point’ for Instant Payments
December 21, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Consumers want instant payments, and businesses are finally gearing up to deliver them. As Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster, 2024 can be...

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Plaid Says Consumers Ready for Real-Time Payments Change
Plaid Says Consumers Ready for Real-Time Payments Change
December 21, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Mollie Curran, payments lead at Plaid, said a sea change is ahead for instant payments and for widespread adoption across a range of use cases....

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Gen Z Shows Resilience to Inflation but Adjusts Shopping Habits
Gen Z Shows Resilience to Inflation but Adjusts Shopping Habits
December 20, 2023  |  Consumer Insights

Gen Z, born in the late 1990s, is considered the first digitally native generation, with a greater inclination toward online shopping and digital activities and...

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eCommerce Fuels 2024 Optimism for Main Street Small Businesses
eCommerce Fuels 2024 Optimism for Main Street Small Businesses
December 20, 2023  |  SMBs

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift to an eCommerce economy, resulting in historically high sales in 2020 and 2021. Almost all small- to medium-sized businesses...

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Credit-Marginalized Consumers Turn to High-Interest Credit to Cover Emergency Expenses
Credit-Marginalized Consumers Turn to High-Interest Credit to Cover Emergency Expenses
December 20, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Emergency expenses are a reality all consumers eventually face — and when economic headwinds and factors like rising prices enter the equation, these unexpected expenses...

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Why Instant Payments Will Go Viral With Each New ‘Aha’ Moment
Why Instant Payments Will Go Viral With Each New ‘Aha’ Moment
December 20, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Jon Budd, CEO of Juniper Payments, a PSCU company, said instant payments, over the long term, will see a blossoming of use cases and demand...

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Education and Regulation Define Real-Time Payments’ Inflection Point
Education and Regulation Define Real-Time Payments’ Inflection Point
December 20, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Instant payments have been available across the payments landscape for years. But what will it take for it to scale enough and successfully challenge the...

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Nearly 70% of Consumers Want to Track Bill Payments Using an Everyday App
Nearly 70% of Consumers Want to Track Bill Payments Using an Everyday App
December 20, 2023  |  Connected Economy

In today’s fast-paced world, consumers are increasingly relying on various apps to meet their daily shopping and financial needs. However, the abundance of apps can...

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Businesses Can Hone Competitive Edge With Instant Payments
Businesses Can Hone Competitive Edge With Instant Payments
December 20, 2023  |  Faster Payments

Irfan Ahmad, managing director and head of U.S. payments GTS at Bank of America, said instant payments will get a lift from some of the...

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