Kill The Check news and trends

Fiserv: Checks Aren’t Dead Yet — Here’s How Banks Are Responding
Payment Methods // May 23, 2018

Don’t buy too much into rumors of their demise. At this rate, checks will thrive well into the 2030s. That’s the view of Victoria Dougherty, VP, Deposit Solutions, at Fiserv. She recently discussed the future of checks — and the market opportunity that comes from...

Can Push Payments Help Banks Find An Alt Lending Edge?
Disbursements // April 05, 2018

Consumers can pay in real time, Lisa McFarland, EVP and Chief Product Officer for Ingo Money - but when it is time for consumers to get paid by a lender or insurance company? Customers can still expect to see a check more often than they...

What’s In A Name? Faster Payments
Payment Methods // March 02, 2018

Push payments. Instant payments. Real-time payments. Every endeavor has its vocabulary, and the payments arena is no different. Although industry observers and participants use the above terms interchangeably, there are differences in transaction timing that can make all the difference to recipients. In short, when...

Death, Taxes And Digitizing Insurance Payments 
Digital Payments // February 08, 2018

If death and taxes are sureties, insurance payments rank up there, as people insure homes and autos and apartments against any number of calamitous scenarios. The paper chase is one that insurance carriers and policyholders would like to forget — the statements in the mail, the...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fiserv: Checks Aren’t Dead Yet — Here’s How Banks Are Responding

May 23, 2018
Don’t buy too much into rumors of their demise. At this rate, checks will thrive well into the 2030s. That’s the view of Victoria Dougherty, VP, Deposit Solutions, at Fiserv. She recently discussed the future of checks — and the market opportunity that comes from consumers still being tied to them — in an interview […]

What’s In A Name? Faster Payments

March 02, 2018
Push payments. Instant payments. Real-time payments. Every endeavor has its vocabulary, and the payments arena is no different. Although industry observers and participants use the above terms interchangeably, there are...

While Killing The Check, Kill The (Airline) Voucher, Too

November 14, 2017
Want to make flying the friendly skies a bit friendlier? Kill the voucher: those paper-based airline “mea culpas” that get lost in the washing machine. In the latest installment of...

Banking On Push Payments For Banking

September 26, 2017
Peer-to-peer payments show the value and consumer demand for payments pushed directly to accounts. And now the banking industry is ready for its close-up, too. Get ready for a change...