payment rails

A payment rail is a payment platform or a payment network that moves money from a payer to a payee. Either party could be a consumer or business, and both parties are able to move funds on the network. Credit card rails are the credit card payment system.

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How Small Businesses Ride Their Payment Rails
How Small Businesses Ride Their Payment Rails
November 05, 2018  |  B2B Payments

NACHA released new statistics late last week on growth of ACH transaction volume in the U.S. According to the firm, B2B transactions were a key...

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Deep Dive: A Blockchain-Based Payment Rail?
Deep Dive: A Blockchain-Based Payment Rail?
September 04, 2018  |  Smarter Payments

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Searching For Payments Infrastructure Ubiquity
Searching For Payments Infrastructure Ubiquity
August 31, 2018  |  Smarter Payments

Making payments move faster cross-border is something of an old refrain. But Manish Kohli, Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions head, says speed is only as...

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Why Payment Rails Need More Than Just Speed
Why Payment Rails Need More Than Just Speed
August 30, 2018  |  Smarter Payments

In the financial services sector, payment rail networks are a valuable resource for quickly moving and settling payments between parties. As more companies go global...

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NEW REPORT: Citi On The Need For X-Border Payments Speed
NEW REPORT: Citi On The Need For X-Border Payments Speed
August 30, 2018  |  Smarter Payments

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Ticking Off The Boxes On The Fed’s Checklist Of B2B Payments Priorities
Ticking Off The Boxes On The Fed’s Checklist Of B2B Payments Priorities
August 07, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The revelation that U.S. businesses, more often than not, pay their suppliers via paper check still draws quizzical reactions from professionals abroad. The corporate and...

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For Insurance, Faster Payments Means Nothing Without Data
For Insurance, Faster Payments Means Nothing Without Data
June 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

B2B payments in the insurance industry suffer from many of the same challenges that other markets do: namely, check-based payments. However, to push insurance providers...

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Boost CEO: Dispelling The Myths Of Virtual Cards
Boost CEO: Dispelling The Myths Of Virtual Cards
April 23, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Despite the speed, efficiency and security of virtual commercial cards for B2B payments, adoption remains low compared to other payment rails. ACH appears to be...

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Don’t Write Off The Paper Check Just Yet
Don’t Write Off The Paper Check Just Yet
January 23, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In the path of FinTech innovation, many expect the inevitable demise of the paper check. But the data doesn’t lie: Paper checks are alive and...

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