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B2B Extinction Event: Can Electronic Payments Automate Away Paper Checks?
B2B Extinction Event: Can Electronic Payments Automate Away Paper Checks?
December 20, 2023  |  B2B Payments

The year is 2023, almost 2024, and we are decidedly in the digital era.  After all, things like artificial intelligence (AI), space travel, gene-editing, and...

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Virtual Cards Accelerate AP Automation, Leaving Checks Behind
Virtual Cards Accelerate AP Automation, Leaving Checks Behind
October 19, 2023  |  Accounts Payable

Business-to-business (B2B) payments play a crucial role in the modern economy, with experts projecting a staggering $111 trillion in transactions between businesses by 2027. However,...

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Real Estate Sector Falls Behind in Real-Time Payments Adoption
Real Estate Sector Falls Behind in Real-Time Payments Adoption
August 24, 2023  |  Real Estate

In today’s digital era, it seems almost quaint that an industry as essential as real estate relies so heavily on paper checks, given current rates...

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Paper Checks Still Prevalent for Consumers’ Health Insurance Claim Payouts
Paper Checks Still Prevalent for Consumers’ Health Insurance Claim Payouts
February 13, 2023  |  Healthcare

As costs climb, it may finally be time for health insurance companies to grow out of legacy paper check systems. In our ever-increasingly connected digital...

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19 Payments Execs Say Payments Next Three Years Is Embedded and Real Time
19 Payments Execs Say Payments Next Three Years Is Embedded and Real Time
December 05, 2022  |  Opinion

Looking back on 2022 is a lesson in expecting the unexpected. COVID-19 concerns and supply chain shortages were unceremoniously pushed aside by sky-high inflation and...

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H&R Block Taps Ingo Money and Urban FT to Fight Mobile Check Deposit Fraud
H&R Block Taps Ingo Money and Urban FT to Fight Mobile Check Deposit Fraud
November 28, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Everything’s digital now, and paper check fraud hails from a bygone age, right?   Wrong.   Data finds the exact opposite, as the glaring problem...

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Down But Not Out: Paper Checks Are Still Catnip For Fraudsters
Down But Not Out: Paper Checks Are Still Catnip For Fraudsters
July 23, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

If you’d have asked anyone 10 years ago about the state of the paper check in 2021, the answer might have come back in a...

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Deluxe CEO: We’re Building B2B Digital Payment Future, But Checks Remain Vital
Deluxe CEO: We’re Building B2B Digital Payment Future, But Checks Remain Vital
October 29, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Much innovation in B2B has been focused on getting rid of paper checks. But as Barry McCarthy, president and CEO of Deluxe, said in an...

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Will COVID And Fraud Finally Kill The Paper Check?
Will COVID And Fraud Finally Kill The Paper Check?
August 03, 2020  |  Digital Payments

PYMNTS has been writing for years about the ongoing push to #killthecheck, but paper checks live on because of their ubiquity of acceptance and simplicity...

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