Faster Payments

Faster Payments
Trust, Choice and Scalability Can Unlock Instant Payments Growth
December 21, 2023

We have come a long way since the U.S. Mint issued the first dollar coins. And while the evolution of money didn’t happen in an instant — really, it took centuries — the transfer of money is now increasingly instant itself. But what will it...

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Plaid Says Consumers Ready for Real-Time Payments Change
December 21, 2023

Mollie Curran, payments lead at Plaid, said a sea change is ahead for instant payments and for widespread adoption across a range of use cases. In the United States, she said, “we’ve been talking for years about instant payments — and it’s been more of...

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Why Instant Payments Will Go Viral With Each New ‘Aha’ Moment
December 20, 2023

Jon Budd, CEO of Juniper Payments, a PSCU company, said instant payments, over the long term, will see a blossoming of use cases and demand from financial institutions’ corporate and consumer clients. As it stands now, only about 3% of financial institutions have signed on...

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Visa: Orchestration Layers and Aliases Pave the Way for Instant Payments Ubiquity
December 20, 2023

Ruben Salazar, senior vice president and global head of Visa Direct, told Karen Webster that the transition from traditional, ACH transactions toward faster payments is underway — but is not without its frictions. More than 100 countries have launched, or are in the process of...

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Education and Regulation Define Real-Time Payments’ Inflection Point
December 20, 2023

Instant payments have been available across the payments landscape for years. But what will it take for it to scale enough and successfully challenge the traditional payment methods most end-users are accustomed to? “Education is going to be key for all the players in the...

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Businesses Can Hone Competitive Edge With Instant Payments
December 20, 2023

Irfan Ahmad, managing director and head of U.S. payments GTS at Bank of America, said instant payments will get a lift from some of the most basic, proactive approaches from businesses and financial institutions. “As simple as it might seem, education and awareness are still...

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Interoperability Will Fuel Instant Payments’ Scalability 
December 19, 2023

Nothing is harder to break than an established habit. But even the most entrenched behaviors often shift or evolve. Just look at the movement of money, which has undergone many transmutations throughout its long history. Now, the landscape of digital payments is undergoing a new...

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Faster Payments Become Catalyst for New B2B Business Models
December 18, 2023

Can instant payments transform transactions from waiting games to a real-time revolution? “There’s a certain expectation that instant payments means instant gratification,” Shaunt Sarkissian, founder and CEO at AI-ID, tells PYMNTS for our series: “What’s Next in Payments – Instant Payments: What will Turbocharge Instant Payments Growth in...

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Lack of Consumer Protections Seen as FedNow Headwind
December 18, 2023

Andy McHale, senior director of product and market strategy at Spreedly, told PYMNTS that the future looks bright for faster payments here in the United States — and globally. Instant options, he said — during a conversation held as part of the “What’s Next in...