Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI has acquired account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider Dwolla. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 19) combines NMI’s background payment acceptance, channel distribution, onboarding and merchant life cycle management with Dwolla’s capabilities in account-to-account infrastructure, real-time payments and open banking. “This acquisition...
Mastercard and Interchecks have partnered to expand the adoption of account-to-account (A2A) payments. The collaboration brings together Mastercard’s Open Finance capabilities and Interchecks’ Pay by Bank solution, the companies said in a Wednesday (Dec. 17) press release. As part of this partnership, Interchecks will leverage...
Mastercard will begin allowing U.K. banks and financial institutions to access its fifth-generation account-to-account (A2A) instant payments via a sandbox later this year. This offering will allow U.K. banks and financial institutions to innovate, test and refine new payment services within a trusted and secure...
Fashion company Bonprix will implement Trustly’s account-to-account (A2A) payment solution in Finland, Sweden and Norway. With this solution, which will be implemented in collaboration with omnichannel payment service provider Computop, Bonprix aims to offer a simpler payment experience and reduce the number of abandoned purchases,...
June 02, 2024
Matching supply and demand is both art and science, and the restaurant supply chain is all about “just in time” inventory management. After all, food spoils. Misjudge the crush of the lunchtime crowd, and you might get stocked out of the day’s most popular dishes. The net result is lost sales, lost cash that might […]
February 06, 2024
Rahul Hampole, head of payments at Plaid, said pay by bank is gearing up for widespread adoption — but much depends on use cases that are offered, spanning pay-ins … and...
January 22, 2024
Pay-by-bank payments, also known as account-to-account (A2A) payments, allow consumers to transfer funds between bank accounts in real time. These payments bypass traditional card networks and utilize intermediaries like peer-to-peer...
December 18, 2023
Account-to-account (A2A) payments do just what the name implies: transfer funds between bank accounts in near real time. These payments have gained traction in recent years — used by 36%...
September 01, 2026
Visa has introduced new tools to help banks prevent account-to-account (A2A) fraud. The payments giant on Tuesday (Sept. 1) debuted an enhanced version of its A2A project, designed to offer real-time risk insights that help banks stop A2A fraud before funds leave customer accounts. “Fraudsters move fast across payment types, and financial institutions need risk […]
May 19, 2026
Embedded payments infrastructure company NMI has acquired account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider Dwolla. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 19) combines NMI’s background payment acceptance, channel distribution, onboarding and merchant life...
December 17, 2025
Mastercard and Interchecks have partnered to expand the adoption of account-to-account (A2A) payments. The collaboration brings together Mastercard’s Open Finance capabilities and Interchecks’ Pay by Bank solution, the companies said...
June 24, 2025
Mastercard will begin allowing U.K. banks and financial institutions to access its fifth-generation account-to-account (A2A) instant payments via a sandbox later this year. This offering will allow U.K. banks and...
