payments innovation

Everyone Is Selling CFOs Real-Time Finance. Most of It Isn’t.

Everyone Is Selling CFOs Real-Time Finance. Most of It Isn’t.
Everyone Is Selling CFOs Real-Time Finance. Most of It Isn’t.
September 22, 2026  |  CFO

The term “real time” is becoming to corporate finance what “AI-powered” became to enterprise software: Ubiquitous enough to sound meaningful, but elastic enough to mean...

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Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
August 25, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The biggest opportunity for chief financial officers (CFOs) isn’t adding another day to pay. It’s eliminating the uncertainty inside the days they already have. Today’s...

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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
August 21, 2026  |  Blockchain

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. This live cross-border transaction demonstrated...

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Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace
Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace
August 12, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments company Sionic has launched its instant bank pay service through Microsoft Marketplace. With this integration, Sionic can offer real-time, bank-to-bank payments at the...

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BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business
BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business
July 29, 2026  |  Blockchain

Banking giant BNY is bringing blockchain technology to its transfer agency business. The bank on Wednesday (July 29) unveiled its digital transfer agency (TA) capabilities,...

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Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets
Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets
July 28, 2026  |  Banking

Wire payments are starting to look less like back-office plumbing and more like a competitive tool for banks. That shift anchors “Rewiring Wires: Modernizing CHIPS...

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New QR Standard Unlocks US Instant Payments at Checkout
New QR Standard Unlocks US Instant Payments at Checkout
July 14, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The United States does not lack instant payment rails. It lacks a simple, universal front door to them. That is the larger significance of X9.150,...

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Bank of America: Cross-Border Payments Must Work Like Local Ones
Bank of America: Cross-Border Payments Must Work Like Local Ones
July 08, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Bank of America’s AJ McCray The greatest obstacle to faster cross-border payments is no longer moving money. It is...

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