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.

Healthcare’s Next Competitive Advantage Isn’t Coverage. It’s Cash Flow.
Healthcare’s Next Competitive Advantage Isn’t Coverage. It’s Cash Flow.
September 01, 2026  |  Healthcare

Consumers have been trained by the rest of the digital economy to expect money to move quickly. Instant deposits and real-time peer-to-peer payments have narrowed...

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Bank of America Says APAC Redefines Cross-Border Money Movement
Bank of America Says APAC Redefines Cross-Border Money Movement
August 31, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With Bank of America’s Narendra Kumar Parhi Cross-border payments in Asia-Pacific are being pulled toward the speed of the region’s...

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WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
WEX Says Faster Payments Need Smarter Brakes
August 27, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With WEX’s Ron Griswold The linear model of traditional business payments is breaking apart thanks to embedded payments, instant...

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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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Instant Payments Unlock Working Capital by Allowing Treasury to Pay Later
Instant Payments Unlock Working Capital by Allowing Treasury to Pay Later
August 21, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

The unexpected advantage of instant transactions for B2B firms is not faster payment but removing settlement float from payment terms. Real-time settlement does not merely...

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Mexico Looks to Revive Pix-Like Instant Payments System Codi
Mexico Looks to Revive Pix-Like Instant Payments System Codi
August 19, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Mexico is launching a campaign to steer citizens from cash to digital payments, the Financial Times reported Wednesday (Aug. 19). Part of the effort involves...

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Plaid Study Links Account Checks to Faster Fraud Detection
Plaid Study Links Account Checks to Faster Fraud Detection
August 19, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Payments have spent years getting faster. Fraud detection has not always kept pace. New August research from PYMNTS Intelligence, in collaboration with Plaid, shows that...

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The Five-Day Gap Hiding Inside B2B Payments
The Five-Day Gap Hiding Inside B2B Payments
August 18, 2026  |  Disbursements

The basic, traditional architecture of a business disbursement has historically contained an unusual gap. Companies can decide that money should move long before the recipient...

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Merchants Find Revenue Hiding Behind the Decline Button
Merchants Find Revenue Hiding Behind the Decline Button
August 14, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

In a fragmented payments environment, how intelligently infrastructure decides what should happen to every transaction is becoming a key definition of payments performance and success....

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