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Fed Acknowledges Roadblocks In ISO 20022 Push

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Reports on Friday (June 17) by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) said the Fed recently provided an update on its progress to encourage ISO 20022 adoption. ” One of the biggest hurdles in efforts to promote the adoption of ISO 20022 is NACHA, which has yet to decide whether it will implement ISO 20022 for ACH payments.

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Corcentric Joins The B2B Payments Game

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Using FIS-run PayNetExchange to process ACH, checks and virtual cards and using Comdata to issue Mastercard commercial cards, Corcentric pulls in payment capabilities across a range of rails to support the last mile of the B2B transaction. The data makes that glaringly clear. There’s a lot of friction between suppliers and customers.”

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Don’t Write Off The Paper Check Just Yet

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Separate data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) found use of the paper check increased in 2016. It’s also true that B2B payments players anticipate the paper check to eventually fall to second place, with corporates instead turning to ACH to pay suppliers. The expansion of ACH across the U.S.,

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This Startup Could Be A Game-Changer For B2B Checks

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The paper check is often called out for its cost burden on businesses, with costs hitting as high as $9 per check, according to analysis from NACHA. Reports by TechCrunch cite a cost of between $7 and $16 for businesses to send a check, according to research in the AFP Payment Cost Benchmarking Report by Aberdeen Group and Bank of America.

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Payments Acceleration Shifts The Risks For Buyers And Suppliers

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More recently, the Association for Financial Professionals’ (AFP) 2017 Risk Survey found nearly half of businesses say their exposure to uncertainty is higher than it was three years ago, and 51 percent say forecasting risks will be more difficult three years from now than it is today. In the U.S.,

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