P2p Payments 2 news and trends

Zelle Marks $1 Trillion Milestone as P2P Payment Use Jumps
Payment Methods // February 12, 2025

Last year appears to have been a landmark one for peer-to-peer (P2P) payment app Zelle. During 2024, American consumers and small businesses transmitted more than $1 trillion using the platform, the most money ever sent on a P2P service in a single year, the company announced Wednesday (Feb....

Beyond Borders: Pix’s Evolution From Domestic Powerhouse to International Player
Digital Payments // December 17, 2024

PYMNTS Intelligence data has detailed the ways in which various economies around the globe have “plugged in” to a broad range of digital activities, spanning everything from working to communicating to, of course, shopping. Brazil has been a standout across virtually all metrics, as the...

Banks Fight Back: How Cross-Border Technology Is Challenging FinTech Disruptors
Cross-border Payments // December 09, 2024

Global financial messaging network Swift said earlier this year that it was working with 25 financial institutions (FIs) and application providers on a “proof of value” initiative focused on improving front-end interactions, where the lower-end value transactions (defined as payments below the $100,000 threshold) is...

44% of UK Consumers Plan to Use Digital Wallets Beyond Payments
Consumer Insights // December 02, 2024

In recent years, digital wallets have become an essential tool for making online payments, but their uses are quickly expanding. In the U.K., nearly half of consumers (44%) expect to continue using digital wallets in the next three years, with Gen Z and millennials leading...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks Fight Back: How Cross-Border Technology Is Challenging FinTech Disruptors

December 09, 2024
Global financial messaging network Swift said earlier this year that it was working with 25 financial institutions (FIs) and application providers on a “proof of value” initiative focused on improving front-end interactions, where the lower-end value transactions (defined as payments below the $100,000 threshold) is worth as much as $12 million. Andy Elliott, vice president […]

44% of UK Consumers Plan to Use Digital Wallets Beyond Payments

December 02, 2024
In recent years, digital wallets have become an essential tool for making online payments, but their uses are quickly expanding. In the U.K., nearly half of consumers (44%) expect to...

More Than Half of US Consumers Use P2P Apps to Send Money

August 02, 2024
Consumers are turning to peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Venmo and Zelle for quick and easy money transfers. But while these services have become ubiquitous, concerns about fraud are casting a...

5 Big Ideas: Making the Case for Instant Payments

June 19, 2024
In recent years, instant, P2P payments have seen a surge in adoption, emerging as a popular method for consumers to receive funds and make personal transactions and purchases. At the...

Quick Reads
Report: CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Zelle Operator and Owner Banks

March 04, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reportedly dropped its lawsuit targeting the operator and three owner banks of Zelle. The regulator said in a Tuesday (March 4) court filing that it dismissed the action against Early Warning Services, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo “with prejudice,” CNBC reported Tuesday. The CFPB did not […]

Zelle Marks $1 Trillion Milestone as P2P Payment Use Jumps

February 12, 2025
Last year appears to have been a landmark one for peer-to-peer (P2P) payment app Zelle. During 2024, American consumers and small businesses transmitted more than $1 trillion using the platform, the...

Zelle Reportedly Steering Users to Banking Apps

October 31, 2024
Zelle reportedly wants users to use its platform via banking apps instead of its own. An executive for the peer-to-peer payments provider told Reuters on Thursday (Oct. 31) that while...

Early Warning: Zelle Transaction Volume Rose 27% in First Half

October 17, 2024
The Zelle person-to-person (P2P) payments network continued growing in the first half of the year. The number of transactions sent via the network increased 27% year-over-year to reach 1.7 billion,...