Faster Payments

Faster Payments
PYMNTS Intelligence: RTP® Network Limit Increase Opens New Business Opportunities
July 15, 2022

Even as the economy has recovered, inflation and other economic pressures are continuing to create problems for businesses’ cash flow. Sixty percent of all businesses surveyed said cash flow is a top concern in the current business climate. Supply chain delays add to the problems and create an advantage for businesses...

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On-Demand Payments Help Companies Retain In-Demand Contractors, Consultants 
July 14, 2022

Independent workers experience a greater degree of unpredictability than traditional employees due to the nature of gig economy jobs, making predictability in areas such as payment frequency all the more important.  Especially among in-demand contractors and consultants, the ability to be selective about the jobs...

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Corporate One Federal Credit Union on the Impact of Larger RTP® Network Transactions
July 14, 2022

The RTP® network raised the bar for real-time payments with its $1 million transaction limit. In the "Real-Time Payments Tracker®," Corporate One Federal Credit Union CEO Melissa Ashley tells PYMNTS about other ways the limit increase is changing the game, from housing to cars to...

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Corporates, Consumers Give Real-Time Payments Fresh Look With $1 Million Transaction Limit
July 13, 2022

Forty-one percent of firms in the United States already use the RTP® network to send or receive payments. The recent increase of the network’s transaction limit from $100,000 to $1 million dramatically increases the utility of real-time payments on the network. The increase accompanies such...

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Real-Time Payments Tracker: Corporate Treasurers and Payment Execs Increasingly Captivated
July 11, 2022

We’ve got a long way to go before we see anything close to universal acceptance — or a shift to a corporate world awash in real-time payments — but a growing number of corporate treasurers and billing and payment executives are paying more attention than...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: The Power Behind True Real-Time Payments
July 05, 2022

While real-time payments account for just 2% of all corporate payments sent and 1.3% of corporate payments received, the benefits of real-time payments are catching the attention of a growing number of corporate treasurers and billing and payment executives. Among those companies already engaged with real-time...

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Payrailz and Jack Henry & Associates on the Importance of Placing Real-Time Payments Within Reach...
July 04, 2022

For the latest edition of "The Real-Time Payments Tracker," PYMNTS brought in executives from Payrailz and Jack Henry & Assoc. to learn how third-party organizations are enabling small and midsized FIs to offer competitive real-time payments options.

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Small FIs Tap Third-Party Payments Providers to Fast Track Real-Time
July 01, 2022

The number of faster payment options continues to proliferate — particularly for consumer use cases — but the RTP® network from The Clearing House is the only one of these options in the United States currently offering true real-time payments, where transactions are settled with...

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Canada’s Real-Time Rollout Offers Glimpse of Payments Possibilities
June 30, 2022

Real-time payments are coming to Canada in 2023 as the country’s Real Time Rail (RTR) scheme gets switched on for a nation that’s been making good use of instant electronic transfers for two decades, offering a wealth of near-real-time experience to markets where real time is...