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How SoCalGas Eliminates 50,000 Checks With Digital Payouts

August 24, 2026
Federal Paper Checks Face Stricter Limits Under Treasury Plan
Legal & Regulation // April 30, 2026

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is proposing regulatory changes that would significantly restrict the circumstances under which federal agencies can issue paper checks, pushing the government closer to an all-electronic payment system. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service published a proposed rule Tuesday (April...

63% of Firms Face Check Fraud as Paper Payments Linger
Real-Time Payments // April 27, 2026

The biggest obstacle to real-time payments adoption may not be fraud, but the fear of fraud. That’s the central finding of “Reality Check: Fact vs. Fiction in Real-Time Payments Fraud,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration with The Clearing House. The report puts hard...

37% of Businesses Say Instant Payments Strengthen Security
Real-Time Payments // April 21, 2026

For many businesses, the story around instant payments may be shifting from fear to familiarity. That is one of the clearest takeaways from “Instant Myths: Debunking Faster-Payments Fraud Fears,” the January 2026 Money Mobility Tracker from PYMNTS Intelligence and Ingo Payments. The report shows that fraud concerns still weigh...

Virtual Cards Bring Flexibility to SMB Payments Stuck in the Past
SMBs // March 31, 2026

Business payments are poised for modernization as the entrenched position of cash and checks will be whittled down by digital, flexibility methods of small business payments. The February PYMNTS Intelligence report with Mastercard, “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash...

Interviews & Exclusives
How SoCalGas Eliminates 50,000 Checks With Digital Payouts

August 24, 2026
Finance teams generally know what paper checks cost. They can calculate printing and postage expenses. They can also estimate reconciliation costs and fraud losses. But according to Theresa McEndree, chief growth officer at Choice Digital, one of the highest costs of legacy disbursement programs rarely appears in those calculations at all: the recipient experience. That […]

63% of Firms Face Check Fraud as Paper Payments Linger

April 27, 2026
The biggest obstacle to real-time payments adoption may not be fraud, but the fear of fraud. That’s the central finding of “Reality Check: Fact vs. Fiction in Real-Time Payments Fraud,”...

37% of Businesses Say Instant Payments Strengthen Security

April 21, 2026
For many businesses, the story around instant payments may be shifting from fear to familiarity. That is one of the clearest takeaways from “Instant Myths: Debunking Faster-Payments Fraud Fears,” the January 2026 Money...

Virtual Cards Bring Flexibility to SMB Payments Stuck in the Past

March 31, 2026
Business payments are poised for modernization as the entrenched position of cash and checks will be whittled down by digital, flexibility methods of small business payments. The February PYMNTS Intelligence...

Quick Reads
Federal Paper Checks Face Stricter Limits Under Treasury Plan

April 30, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is proposing regulatory changes that would significantly restrict the circumstances under which federal agencies can issue paper checks, pushing the government closer to an all-electronic payment system. The Bureau of the Fiscal Service published a proposed rule Tuesday (April 28) in the Federal Register, outlining amendments to 31 CFR […]

PayPal and Rainforest Team to Move Businesses Away From Checks

February 25, 2026
Paypal has formed a partnership with Rainforest, an embedded payment provider focused on software platforms. The collaboration will see the companies launch an embedded payment integration to help software platforms move more processing volume...

Singapore Banks Given Jan. 1 Deadline to Stop Issuing Paper Checks

July 28, 2025
Singapore’s banking association has debuted an ePayments tool to help businesses transition from paper checks. EDP and EDP+, announced by The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) on Monday (July...

FIS and Oracle Team to Digitize Utility Bill Payments

November 12, 2024
FIS is teaming with Oracle to remove paper checks from the utility billing process. The FinTech company announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) that its BillerIQ solution, running on the Oracle Cloud...