faster payments

Faster Payments Service (FPS) is a UK banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts from the three working days that transfers take using the long-established BACS system, to typically a few seconds.

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PhonePe and Mashreq Partner to Enable UPI Payments in UAE
PhonePe and Mashreq Partner to Enable UPI Payments in UAE
April 01, 2024  |  Partnerships

Indian citizens visiting or working in the United Arab Emirates can now use the PhonePe app to make payments using the United Payments Interface (UPI) at Mashreq’s Neopay terminals. These transactions...

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Real-Time Treasury Management Pays Off for Multinationals
Real-Time Treasury Management Pays Off for Multinationals
April 01, 2024  |  Spend Management

Today’s corporate treasurers face a dynamic set of demands. These requirements, which have traditionally centered around core activities like working capital management, banking, investments, risk...

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Experts Weigh FedNow’s Role in ‘Mainstreaming’ Instant Payments
Experts Weigh FedNow’s Role in ‘Mainstreaming’ Instant Payments
April 01, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Drew Edwards, CEO of Ingo Payments, and Doug Brown, president of NCR Voyix, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the new instant payments rails will eventually go mainstream now...

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Bloxcross, GoDirectPay Partner on Cross-Border Payments App
Bloxcross, GoDirectPay Partner on Cross-Border Payments App
March 28, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Bloxcross and GoDirectPay have partnered to launch a mobile app for global payments. The new app enables payments in any currency from institutions to vendors and from...

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TD Bank Provides Customers Faster Access to Wages With ‘Early Pay’
TD Bank Provides Customers Faster Access to Wages With ‘Early Pay’
March 26, 2024  |  Disbursements

TD Bank introduced a tool that lets customers get direct deposits two days early. TD Early Pay, announced in a Tuesday (March 26) press release, is...

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Growing Rise in Side Hustles Points to Boon in Digital Payouts
Growing Rise in Side Hustles Points to Boon in Digital Payouts
March 25, 2024  |  Faster Payments

The rise of the gig economy may have significant, positive knock-on effects for faster disbursements and earned wage access options. In this environment, supplemental income...

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QR Codes and Faster Payments May Hasten Rise of Super Apps
QR Codes and Faster Payments May Hasten Rise of Super Apps
March 25, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Decades after being introduced, QR codes may help super apps take shape and gain even more momentum across the globe. Quick response (QR) codes first...

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Is the UK Brexiting From Instant Payments?
Is the UK Brexiting From Instant Payments?
March 21, 2024  |  Faster Payments

It’s often said that history repeats itself. It’s hard to look at the current state of play regarding instant, or real-time, payments in the EU...

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Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
March 20, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Media and telecom organizations are working with payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) or marketplaces to make embedded finance part of their business models....

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