Real-time payments have revolutionized how money moves in the global economy. In an era defined by rapid technological advancements and increasing consumer demand for convenience and efficiency, real-time payments, also known as instant payments, have become the modern benchmark for financial transactions. Real-time payments are...
ACI Worldwide’s third-quarter earnings results released Thursday (Nov. 2) showed a boost to the top line, underpinned by its bank segment as financial institutions seek to modernize their operations and ready for real-time payments. During a conference call with analysts, CEO Thomas Warsop noted that...
Three months ago, the FedNow® Service launched to much fanfare, heralding the second real-time payments network now live and fully operational in the United States. Since then, about 100 banks have signed on — a start, to be sure — but only a sliver, given...
Recent studies conducted by PYMNTS Intelligence have unveiled a significant opportunity that gaming and hospitality companies are missing out on — the chance to monetize instant payouts. As noted in a recent study conducted by PYMNTS Intelligence, “Generation Instant: Gamers and Winnings,” reveals that gaming companies...
Cloud-native banking technology company Thought Machine has partnered with cloud-native account-to-account (A2A) platform Form3 to offer banks and financial institutions an end-to-end solution for real-time payment processing. This collaboration will add the FedNow® Service, The Clearing House’s RTP and SEPA Instant Credit Transfer connectivity to Thought Machine’s Vault Payments, a cloud-native and application programming interface (API)-enabled...
The July launch of the FedNow® Service — and the fact that The Clearing House’s RTP® network has been operational for six years — underscores the need for banks to examine their legacy payments architecture, Form3 U.S. CEO Dave Scola told PYMNTS. Scola’s remarks came...
Now in his eighth month as CEO of The Clearing House, David Watson noted to PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster that there’s significant promise — and a long road ahead — for real-time payments in the United States. There are two dimensions to consider, he said,...
The rise of open banking is evolving banks as we know it. Instead of traditional banks keeping consumer financial data solely within their closed systems, banks and third-party service providers can now share it through application programming interfaces (APIs). When it comes to consumer payouts,...
Real-time payments are becoming a major player across industries. Large retail, manufacturing and insurance firms recognize the significance of real-time payments for business-to-business (B2B) operations. Notably, 81% of large retailers identify the payment method as critical for making B2B payments. Despite the broadly shared consensus...
