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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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Instant Financial Debuts App for Faster Earned Wage Access
Instant Financial Debuts App for Faster Earned Wage Access
March 19, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Earned wage access firm Instant Financial released a new mobile app and updated mobile wallet. “Understanding that over 50% of Americans would likely avoid major financial pitfalls...

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Australia Payments Plus Picks Swift to Battle Payments Fraud
Australia Payments Plus Picks Swift to Battle Payments Fraud
March 19, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has chosen Swift to assist in improving the country’s payment capabilities. Swift will build a service to reduce misdirect payments and boost...

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NPCI Grants Paytm Approval to Participate in UPI Payments System
NPCI Grants Paytm Approval to Participate in UPI Payments System
March 14, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Paytm will be able to participate in India’s instant mobile payments system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI). “Now, officially your Paytm UPI will work,” the company said...

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Klarna Adds Open Banking for UK Customers
Klarna Adds Open Banking for UK Customers
March 14, 2024  |  Banking

Swedish payments FinTech Klarna is now offering open banking-powered settlements in the U.K.  “The launch means consumers can now pay Klarna directly from their bank account instead of...

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Latest Facebook-Related Scam Puts Banking Customers on Alert 
Latest Facebook-Related Scam Puts Banking Customers on Alert 
March 13, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Search online for the words “Facebook scams” and your search engine will immediately deliver myriad news stories warning consumers to be vigilant when scrolling through...

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Skipify and Synchrony Team on Frictionless Checkouts
Skipify and Synchrony Team on Frictionless Checkouts
March 13, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Checkout-centric FinTech Skipify has launched a partnership with consumer finance company Synchrony. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), “leverages Skipify’s payment infrastructure to provide simplified and enhanced checkout for...

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Growing Digital B2B Payments With Open Banking and APIs
Growing Digital B2B Payments With Open Banking and APIs
March 13, 2024  |  B2B Payments

All the complexity and complications inherent to B2B payments have one, simple solution: going digital. But despite a sea of change in the payments world,...

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UK Wants to Turn Faster Payments Into Four-Day Payments
UK Wants to Turn Faster Payments Into Four-Day Payments
March 12, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

When it comes to innovation, the United Kingdom can find itself on a literal island. And the kingdom’s latest regulatory push, one that is targeting...

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The Clearing House Reports 8% Growth in Real-Time Payments in 2023
The Clearing House Reports 8% Growth in Real-Time Payments in 2023
March 12, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Transaction volume on the Electronic Payments Network (EPN), The Clearing House’s private sector ACH network, increased 8% in 2023. The EPN processed more than 19 billion...

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