Drew Edwards

Here’s Why Instant Payments Are Here to Stay
Here’s Why Instant Payments Are Here to Stay
October 06, 2022  |  Faster Payments

The time when instant payouts were a novelty is long gone, as the number of consumers, and increasingly businesses, that are using this rapid, simple...

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Ingo CEO on Avoiding Account Funding’s ‘Russian Roulette’
Ingo CEO on Avoiding Account Funding’s ‘Russian Roulette’
September 13, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

“If the fraudsters find a hole, they’re going to run a bunch of transactions through it,” Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards remarked to Karen Webster....

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Instant Digital Tip Payouts Boost Restaurant Worker Pay by as Much as $4/Hour
Instant Digital Tip Payouts Boost Restaurant Worker Pay by as Much as $4/Hour
August 30, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Tipping can account for as much as 60% of a restaurant worker’s wages, so how and when those funds find their way into the worker’s...

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Ingo’s Edwards Plays The Inside Straight On Online Gambling
Ingo’s Edwards Plays The Inside Straight On Online Gambling
January 22, 2021  |  Digital Payments

In 2018 the Supreme Court struck down a 1984 federal law that prohibited gambling in most states. And that opened up an entirely new playing...

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Payer Acceptance Of Consumer Choice Gives Instant Payments A Positive Outlook For 2021
Payer Acceptance Of Consumer Choice Gives Instant Payments A Positive Outlook For 2021
December 28, 2020  |  Payment Methods

We’re ticking down toward the end of a year that defies adjectives at this point. In the financial services space, there have been pandemic-fueled developments...

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Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments
Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments
March 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

This week after what has felt like a steady drumbeat of bad news, American workers who’ve seen their employment either greatly truncated or completely evaporate in...

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Getting Payors On Board The Instant Payments Bandwagon
Getting Payors On Board The Instant Payments Bandwagon
December 27, 2019  |  Podcast

The word is out about instant payments — a fact made largely indisputable by the numbers. According to the latest edition of the PYMNTS Disbursement Tracker,...

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How ‘Me2Me’ Became FinServ’s New ‘Sticky’
How ‘Me2Me’ Became FinServ’s New ‘Sticky’
November 19, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Once upon a (very recent) time, if customers needed financial services of any kind, they went to their bank. From investing to storing funds to...

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What Will It Take To Hit The Instant Payments Tipping Point?
What Will It Take To Hit The Instant Payments Tipping Point?
May 21, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Instant payments is an innovation that doesn’t require much explanation. Getting immediate access to money is an obviously better solution than waiting for the check to arrive in the mail, or constantly refreshing a mobile...

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