Paper Checks/page/3 news and trends

Accounts Payable Takes the High Road to AI-Powered Growth Engine
Accounts Payable // December 02, 2024

Accounts payable (AP) may not always grab headlines, but its evolution is critical to business success. However, embracing the digital evolution of back-office cost centers is often easier said than done. Many AP teams, even in the 21st century, still find themselves at a standstill...

Cards Making Gains With Commercial Payments, but Greenfield Opportunity Still Is Massive
B2B Payments // November 22, 2024

The death of the paper check may be a ways off — certainly that’s the case with B2B transactions. In interviews with PYMNTS, executives have noted the fact that nearly half of commercial transactions are done through checks. Through PYMNTS Intelligence’s own reports, we’ve found...

FIS and Oracle Team to Digitize Utility Bill Payments
Digital Payments // November 12, 2024

FIS is teaming with Oracle to remove paper checks from the utility billing process. The FinTech company announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) that its BillerIQ solution, running on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, will allow Oracle — which manages billions of utility customer bills each year —...

Paper Check Fraud’s Weakest Link Is … the Paper Check
Fraud Prevention // November 05, 2024

Given the chance, most consumers will choose digital payments over paper checks. Yet the check endures, expensive to make and mail and manage, and they often sit uncashed at the back of a drawer for weeks and even months. And yet, as Rusty Pickering, president...

Interviews & Exclusives
Accounts Payable Takes the High Road to AI-Powered Growth Engine

December 02, 2024
Accounts payable (AP) may not always grab headlines, but its evolution is critical to business success. However, embracing the digital evolution of back-office cost centers is often easier said than done. Many AP teams, even in the 21st century, still find themselves at a standstill between legacy inefficiencies and innovation. “As much as we’d like […]

Paper Check Fraud’s Weakest Link Is … the Paper Check

November 05, 2024
Given the chance, most consumers will choose digital payments over paper checks. Yet the check endures, expensive to make and mail and manage, and they often sit uncashed at the...

Data Shows 93% of Truckers Would Use Instant Payments if Offered

August 19, 2024
The transportation industry is a high-speed world of logistics and delivery, where efficiency and speed are paramount. Yet, the methods by which many transportation businesses conduct financial transactions are not...

H&R Block Taps Ingo Money and Urban FT to Fight Mobile Check Deposit Fraud

November 28, 2022
Everything’s digital now, and paper check fraud hails from a bygone age, right?   Wrong.   Data finds the exact opposite, as the glaring problem with remote check capture is...

Quick Reads
FedDetect Duplicate Notification Service Expanded to Include Commercial Checks

December 04, 2024
Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) now helps financial institutions combat check fraud by enabling them to see deposit information and images of potential duplicate items for commercial checks. This ability is enabled by an expansion of the FedDetect Duplicate Notification for Check Services to include commercial checks as well as the Treasury checks it already […]

FIS and Oracle Team to Digitize Utility Bill Payments

November 12, 2024
FIS is teaming with Oracle to remove paper checks from the utility billing process. The FinTech company announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) that its BillerIQ solution, running on the Oracle Cloud...

Checkbook Expands Payment Operations Amid Shift From Paper Checks

August 22, 2024
Payments solution provider Checkbook has expanded its payment operations. The company announced this expansion in a Thursday (Aug. 22) news release, saying it marked a milestone in “streamlining check and payment operations for a variety...

Target Says Time’s Up For Paying With Paper Checks

July 05, 2024
Paying with paper checks at Target will soon be a thing of the past. The retailer said it will stop accepting personal checks at its stores later this month, according...