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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

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April 13, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Between legacy tools like paper checks, contemporary solutions like ACH and potential emerging innovations like the blockchain, B2B payments are no longer stuck with their...

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March 17, 2016  |  B2B Payments

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