Payments Innovation/page/3 news and trends

Payment Timing Uncertainty Is Costing CFOs Billions
B2B Payments // August 25, 2026

The biggest opportunity for chief financial officers (CFOs) isn’t adding another day to pay. It’s eliminating the uncertainty inside the days they already have. Today’s corporate working-capital playbook has become almost reflexive: shorten days sales outstanding (DSO), stretch days payable outstanding (DPO), squeeze inventory. Working-capital...

Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Blockchain // August 21, 2026

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. This live cross-border transaction demonstrated interbank operability and helped advance industry progress on 24/7 cross-border payments, according to the release. By doing so, it marked...

Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace
Real-Time Payments // August 12, 2026

Real-time payments company Sionic has launched its instant bank pay service through Microsoft Marketplace. With this integration, Sionic can offer real-time, bank-to-bank payments at the point of sale, the company said in a Wednesday (Aug. 12) news release. “Sixteen years ago, we set out to...

BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business
Blockchain // July 29, 2026

Banking giant BNY is bringing blockchain technology to its transfer agency business. The bank on Wednesday (July 29) unveiled its digital transfer agency (TA) capabilities, designed to address a growing set of client needs by extending BNY’s TA services to support digitally native funds as...

Interviews & Exclusives
Banks Turn $5.3 Million Wires Into Strategic Assets

July 28, 2026
Wire payments are starting to look less like back-office plumbing and more like a competitive tool for banks. That shift anchors “Rewiring Wires: Modernizing CHIPS and Fedwire for a New Era of Demand,” a May report from PYMNTS Intelligence and Volante Technologies. The report finds that financial institutions are upgrading the systems that move large, […]

Bank of America: Cross-Border Payments Must Work Like Local Ones

July 08, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Bank of America’s AJ McCray The greatest obstacle to faster cross-border payments is no longer moving money. It is delivering the same certainty, visibility...

Banks Find Debit’s Real Cost in False Declines and Manual Fixes

July 07, 2026
For many financial institutions, the biggest opportunity in debit is hiding in plain sight. “The Hidden P&L of Legacy Debit,” the latest edition of PYMNTS Intelligence and Galileo’s Hidden Finance...

Liquidity Management Becomes the Next Test for Real-Time Payments

June 30, 2026
Real-time payment networks have changed the speed at which money moves. The greater challenge now lies in ensuring institutions can support that movement without creating new operational pressures around funding,...

Quick Reads
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger

August 21, 2026
Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. This live cross-border transaction demonstrated interbank operability and helped advance industry progress on 24/7 cross-border payments, according to the release. By doing so, it marked a milestone in the use of tokenized deposits by regulated […]

Sionic Debuts Instant Bank Pay Via Microsoft Marketplace

August 12, 2026
Real-time payments company Sionic has launched its instant bank pay service through Microsoft Marketplace. With this integration, Sionic can offer real-time, bank-to-bank payments at the point of sale, the company...

BNY Adds Blockchain Capabilities to Transfer Agency Business

July 29, 2026
Banking giant BNY is bringing blockchain technology to its transfer agency business. The bank on Wednesday (July 29) unveiled its digital transfer agency (TA) capabilities, designed to address a growing...

Billtrust Adds Buyer Portal to Speed Up B2B Payments

May 05, 2026
Billtrust has added a self-service payment experience and a cash forecasting tool to its B2B accounts receivable workflow and payment software. These tools are designed to accelerate collections, improve buyer...