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Mid-Sized Companies Embrace Instant Methods for Non-Recurring Payments
January 18, 2024

Ad hoc payments are considered outside of recurring invoicing and check requests and can be processed in any payment method, directly to a bank account, in cash or via any form of instant payment system. Being the most common payment an average firm receives, by...

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50% of Acquirers Prefer Merchants to Offer Installment Payment Options During Checkout
January 18, 2024

The use of split-pay plans is already widespread, and the last holiday shopping season was no exception, with consumers relying on different installment plans. The question of whether consumers will continue using these plans is already answered — they will — but another question has...

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Money Mobility Underpins the Ongoing Evolution of Commerce ‘Mini-Ecosystems’
January 18, 2024

Ingo Payments CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster in an interview that the incentive and technologies are there for forward-thinking companies and firms enabling money mobility (including Ingo) to create their own ecosystems and keep money flowing within them. To clarify, Edwards noted the traditional...

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Event Management Platform Eventbrite Adds Instant Payouts, Tap to Pay
January 16, 2024

Eventbrite has added Instant Payouts and Tap to Pay to its event management and ticketing platform. These features aim to provide event organizers with enhanced financial flexibility and operational efficiency, the company said in a Tuesday (Jan. 16) press release. Instant Payouts and Tap to...

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PayFacs Expect Half of Their 2024 Revenues to Come From Value-Added Services
January 16, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital world, companies across various industries are recognizing the importance of improving customers’ payments experiences. Many firms are turning to embedded payments, efficient and high-functioning payment solutions integrated into platforms, as a solution to enhance user satisfaction and create new revenue streams....

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Treasurers Look to Their Bankers to Co-Create Embedded Payments Solutions
January 12, 2024

Debopama Sen, head of payments, Citi Services, and Biswarup Chatterjee, head of partnerships and innovation, Citi Services, told Karen Webster that when it comes to payments, banks must offer choice, speed and transparency to their enterprise clients. Otherwise, they risk losing business to digital upstarts...

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4 in 10 Consumers Would Start Using Pay-by-Bank If Perks Were Offered
January 09, 2024

Pay by bank, also known as account-to-account (A2A) payments, is gaining in popularity. More consumers are turning to this payment method to shop, pay their bills or for peer-to-peer transfers because of its fast and convenient nature. Despite this, only a third of U.S. consumers...

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Beyond Faster Transfers: How Payment Modernization Shapes Customer Experiences
January 08, 2024

The payments ecosystem remains a highly fragmented one as we enter the new year. On the one side, specialized platforms serve different use cases; on the other, universal platforms cater to broader organizational needs. This fragmentation provides businesses with numerous options but can also make...

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Nearly 40% of Boomers Don’t Know How Pay-by-Bank Payments Work
January 04, 2024

Account-to-account (A2A) payments, also known as pay by bank, involve the transfer of funds between bank accounts, often in real-time. Unlike traditional card networks, these payments circumvent intermediaries, offering a more direct and cheaper method to make transactions. One of the main advantages of A2A...