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ACI Worldwide Adds More Digital Overlay Services For Contactless B2B Payments

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ACI Worldwide , which provides electronic payment and banking solutions, has added new digital overlay services that it says will help to speed up real-time payments, according to a press release.

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How Overlay Services Add New Opportunities In Open Banking

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In a PYMNTS interview, according to Sean Devaney, VP of banking and financial markets at consulting and IT firm CGI , the real pickup of Open Banking is only just beginning with the emergence of so-called overlay services. But my argument is that, if you get the overlay services right, nobody needs to know about Open Banking.

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Real Time Heats Up In B2B, While Blockchain Gains Traction

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This week’s round-up of the latest innovations in payment rails for B2B payments shows a key focus on real-time transactions and embrace of emerging, faster payment rails. Plus, blockchain makes new inroads in the B2B arena. Transcard Embraces Track for Real-Time B2B Payments. Volante Explores the Real-Time B2B Value Prop.

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APIs Help FIs Keep Pace With B2B Clients’ Faster Payment Needs

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B2B demand for real-time payments has been ramping up, with companies looking to free themselves from the limitations of batched processing. As more countries implement instant payments, it offers treasurers new ways of working, moving from batch processing into a real-time environment.”. Opening up to Faster Transactions.

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B2B Payments, SWIFT And In The Cloud

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Friction abounds in the world of B2B payments, especially amid international payments across far-flung supply chains. In an interview with PYMNTS, Stanley Wachs, global head of bank engagement at SWIFT, said SWIFT’s gpi represents a “completely new service for the banking industry,” one that is focused on corporate customers.

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Activist Investor Starboard Mulls ACI As Potential M&A Prey

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Over the summer, ACI announced that it was implementing digital overlay services to speed up real-time payments. Jeremy Wilmot, group president at ACI Worldwide, told PYMNTS in July that he thinks the B2B payments landscape is being reimagined at the crossroads of public, digital and physical channels.

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Cyberattackers Go Global To Steal Company Cash

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In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS looks at some of those numbers, finding cybercriminals both within and outside of the enterprise don't discriminate across borders as attacks hit companies in New Zealand, the U.K. statistic through the rollout of its Confirmation of Payee service for banks in the market. and elsewhere.