real time payments

Real time payments – also known as realtime payments, instant payments or immediate payments as electronic retail payment solutions that are available 24/7/365.

5 Things to Know as Money Movement Runs on Different Clocks
5 Things to Know as Money Movement Runs on Different Clocks
September 29, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Money can move at 2 a.m. on Sunday. The systems needed to fund, convert, settle and account for that flow of funds may have another...

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ECB Explores Linking Europe’s Instant Payment Rail With Brazil’s Pix
ECB Explores Linking Europe’s Instant Payment Rail With Brazil’s Pix
September 24, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The European Central Bank (ECB) will assess the feasibility of interlinking the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform with Brazil’s Pix instant payment system,...

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5 Ways Millennials’ Cash-Flow Habits Are Shaping Payments
5 Ways Millennials’ Cash-Flow Habits Are Shaping Payments
September 24, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

Millennials’ financial lives are shaping how they receive, spend and manage money, creating new opportunities for payment providers to make transactions faster and more useful....

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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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APAC Links Domestic Payment Systems to Reach New Markets
APAC Links Domestic Payment Systems to Reach New Markets
September 22, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Asia-Pacific’s real-time payment systems are moving beyond domestic transfers as countries look to connect national infrastructure across borders. The September 2026 PYMNTS Intelligence Real-Time Payments...

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Half of Investment Platforms Need More Automation
Half of Investment Platforms Need More Automation
September 16, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Money can trade in seconds, yet investors may still wait days to receive it. That gap can make a fast digital platform feel surprisingly slow...

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Real-Time Payments Put Bank Infrastructure on the Clock
Real-Time Payments Put Bank Infrastructure on the Clock
September 08, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments are giving banks another reason to confront technology they have spent years working around. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “From Adoption to Execution: How...

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24/7 Money Means Treasury Needs to Figure Out Its Weekend Plans
24/7 Money Means Treasury Needs to Figure Out Its Weekend Plans
September 04, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The banking day is disappearing faster than the treasury operating model built around it. Citi on Thursday (Sept. 3) said it processed live U.S. dollar...

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Interoperability Now Drives Asia-Pacific’s Real-Time Payments Agenda
Interoperability Now Drives Asia-Pacific’s Real-Time Payments Agenda
September 02, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Real-time payments in Asia-Pacific are entering a new phase. After years of building domestic instant payment rails, countries across the region are now connecting those...

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