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)

Blockchain Breaks New Ground In B2B Payments
Blockchain Breaks New Ground In B2B Payments
August 05, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Payment rail innovators continue to gain new traction with solutions that embrace a multi-rail strategy, or new infrastructure like blockchain, to complete B2B transactions. PYMNTS...

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Reframing Real-Time Payments For The Corporate End User
Reframing Real-Time Payments For The Corporate End User
August 02, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Real-time payments continue to face an uncertain future in corporate and small business payments. Emerging real-time rails, as well as upgrades to current infrastructure targeting...

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ACH Marks B2B Payments Traction As Real-Time Rails Expand
ACH Marks B2B Payments Traction As Real-Time Rails Expand
July 29, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Nacha’s ACH Network pointed to B2B payments as a particularly strong segment of growth for the rail — but as real-time payment services proliferate, financial...

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Data Rails Help Issuers Shorten Virtual Card Activation To Usage Gap
Data Rails Help Issuers Shorten Virtual Card Activation To Usage Gap
July 20, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

In the card-issuing space, a predictable pattern exists with plastic cards, Very Good Security’s CEO and Co-founder Mahmoud Abdelkader told Karen Webster. Consumer demands card....

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Collaborators Boost Payment Rails’ Cross-Border Capabilities
Collaborators Boost Payment Rails’ Cross-Border Capabilities
July 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

To accelerate and streamline cross-border payments, creating new global infrastructure from scratch isn’t always the most feasible option. This week’s Payment Rail Innovators look to...

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Aiding CFOs’ Journey To Embrace The Payment Rail Mix
Aiding CFOs’ Journey To Embrace The Payment Rail Mix
July 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Chief financial officers (CFOs) are waking up to the importance of electronic B2B payments, but deciding to ditch the paper check is only part of...

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B2B’s Participation Could Be Key To Driving Real-Time Payments
B2B’s Participation Could Be Key To Driving Real-Time Payments
July 08, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. may lag in real-time payments adoption, but that could soon change — so long as corporates embrace real-time rails for B2B payments. This...

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Big Banks Endorse SWIFT’s Global Transaction Management Platform
Big Banks Endorse SWIFT’s Global Transaction Management Platform
June 24, 2021  |  International

SWIFT’s new transaction management platform received an endorsement from six international banks, which are getting ready to harness the system’s new functionalities to allow for...

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CFOs Eye New Use Cases For Mixing Payment Rails
CFOs Eye New Use Cases For Mixing Payment Rails
June 24, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Finance leaders are embracing a variety of payment rails in their payables modernization efforts, according to new PYMNTS research. This week’s look at the latest...

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