As more Americans earn income outside traditional employment, payouts have quietly replaced paychecks. And it’s against this backdrop that the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Beyond Speed: The Case for Instant Payout Adoption and Stickiness,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, found that once employees experience instant payouts, they...
“Five Years of Change: How Payouts Shifted From Slow and Paper-Based to Instant and Digital,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Ingo Payments, tracks how the U.S. payout market changed throughout the last five years as consumers and businesses moved away from paper checks and...
Instant payments have moved from novelty to norm, reshaping how consumers expect to receive money across payroll, insurance, rewards and platform disbursements. Nearly three in four consumers have now received at least one payout instantly, a clear sign that instant delivery has reached mainstream scale....
Construction timelines depend on precision, coordination and confidence, but slow payments continue to undermine all three. Across the industry, contractors report that late disbursements are far more damaging than weather or materials issues. These late payments create cascading delays that fracture schedules, inflate bids and...
March 30, 2026
As more Americans earn income outside traditional employment, payouts have quietly replaced paychecks. And it’s against this backdrop that the PYMNTS Intelligence report “Beyond Speed: The Case for Instant Payout Adoption and Stickiness,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, found that once employees experience instant payouts, they rarely want to go back. Gig workers, freelancers, contractors, marketplace sellers, […]
March 19, 2026
“Five Years of Change: How Payouts Shifted From Slow and Paper-Based to Instant and Digital,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Ingo Payments, tracks how the U.S. payout market changed...
December 17, 2025
Construction timelines depend on precision, coordination and confidence, but slow payments continue to undermine all three. Across the industry, contractors report that late disbursements are far more damaging than weather...
December 09, 2025
Instant payouts are gaining traction as more recipients choose to receive money immediately. According to From Fast to Sticky: Why Instant Payouts Win Repeat Customers, a November 2025 PYMNTS Intelligence...
November 06, 2025
Nuvei has integrated Visa Direct for Account into its global payments platform. The integration lets merchants send funds directly to consumers’ and workers’ bank accounts in eligible countries, Nuvei said in a news release Thursday (Nov. 6). “Consumers everywhere expect instant access to their money, whether it is a payout, refund, or remittance,” said Phil […]
December 12, 2024
Visa will begin enabling faster delivery of money with Visa Direct, making funds transferred to U.S. bank accounts available within one minute. This capability will begin in April 2025, allowing...
November 27, 2024
Worldpay introduced what it called a “first-of-its-kind service” capable of delivering near-instant refunds. The refunds — the speed of which depends on the receiving financial institution — are designed to...
September 30, 2024
Temporary staffing platform Indeed Flex launched a partnership with workforce payments company Branch. Via the collaboration, the companies are offering Same Day Pay, which lets Flex users get up to...
