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What Is an ACH Payment Facilitator?

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Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

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Gauging FX Risks For Cross-Border Payments

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FinTechs are gaining traction in cross-border payments, and solutions are proliferating in the space to help firms manage foreign exchange (FX) risk as they also seek speed and security across payments.

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NACHA Pinpoints B2B’s Role In Same Day ACH Adoption (So Far)

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On Friday (April 14), NACHA released more stats about ACH to explore how businesses are using the payment rail — same-day or not. According to the data, the number of ACH transactions in 2016 topped 25.6 trillion, NACHA said. According to the data, the number of ACH transactions in 2016 topped 25.6

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New Payment Rails Take On Real-Time B2B Friction

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The latest data from Nacha found a new record-high growth rate for adoption of ACH payments , with B2B payments showcasing a surge in adoption of the legacy payment rail that has recently turned to technologies that can augment the service, from the movement of transaction data with an ACH payment to the deployment of Same Day ACH.

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The Data Behind B2B Payments’ API Excitement

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and EU like Open Banking and PSD2 that require such cooperation, APIs are emerging as an essential piece of the equation for payments innovation. In the January PYMNTS.com B2B API Tracker , powered by FI.SPAN, the numbers present a picture of the B2B payments ecosystem embracing APIs to become faster, more agile, and more global.

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International Payments Group Champions Faster Cross-Border Payments

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Individual jurisdictions around the globe are pressing for both faster and more efficient cross-border payments. China’s central bank, for instance, took steps last month to boost the efficiency of cross-border transactions involving Chinese parties by lengthening its clearing window time span. In the U.S.,

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Volante Enhances Corporate Payments-As-A-Service For FIs

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and cross-border payments. Volante explained that VolPay-as-a-Service supports management of a range of corporate enterprise resource planning and acknowledgement formats to streamline corporate customer on-boarding for financial institutions, automating the process of connecting businesses to payment service providers via API.