Finextra

JULY 23, 2025

billion payments totaling $86.2 The continued growth of Same-Day ACH settlements shows businesses want faster options while maintaining the cost-effectiveness and reliability that made ACH the backbone of B2B payments. This evolution reflects a more nuanced understanding of payment needs.

Real Time Payments

Payments Dive

JULY 11, 2025

Deep Dive Opinion Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Retail Banking Restaurants Regulations & Policy Risk Technology B2B An article from Fed’s ISO ‘big bang’ hits next week The Federal Reserve’s shift of trillions of dollars in payments to the new ISO 20022 standard Monday will reverberate around the world. “It

ISOs

Payments Dive

JULY 21, 2025

Published July 21, 2025 Lynne Marek Lead Editor post share post print email license Viorika via Getty Images Dive Brief: Second-quarter transaction volume for the Federal Reserve’s young FedNow real-time payments system jumped 63% over the first quarter, to 2.1 million payments, the central bank said Wednesday.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Consumers have meanwhile transitioned even more toward payment solutions that allow them to send or receive money in real time, with P2P apps like Zelle and Venmo reporting jumps in user activity during the first half of 2020. Payment frictions and P2P’s impact.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But the transition is one that must consider, and maybe even embrace, several emerging options and payment rails in a bid to move data and money more quickly across borders, and move, decisively, away from paper checks. That’s strong growth for something that is a mature payment product,” said Larimer.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Postal Service have added yet another hurdle to the payment method, which can affect everything from accounts payable (AP) to payroll to insurance disbursements. With payment innovators looking to migrate B2B payments away from paper, a growing number of payment rails and technologies are helping to ease the pain of the shift.

RTP

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Is it prime time for real time, especially for B2B? The rise of Zelle , and any number of peer-to-peer (P2P) payment options, has increasingly brought consumers on board with the need for speed in payments — where settlement is marked by seconds and minutes, not hours or days. RTP And RFP.

RTP

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In B2B payments, the path to making transactions as seamless and invisible as possible is often about closing the gap that separates buyer and supplier. While a growing population of B2B FinTech solutions has helped to connect B2B buyers and sellers, more platforms can create more friction on either end of the equation.

B2B

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

More recently, Visa issued public support of bitcoin and other digital assets in a July blog post that similarly highlighted opportunities in real-time payments. “That day made an earthquake in digital assets, because to me, it takes the narrative off the table that the government is going to ban bitcoin,” she said.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The pandemic has exposed glaring points of friction in any number of verticals – including banking, where it’s apparent that legacy systems and processes were not designed to handle real-time anything, and certainly not payments. economy is proving to be a tailwind for faster payments and processes. That said, the U.S.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

Yet for many entities, the concept of implementing real-time processing across an entire system can feel overwhelming complex. As real-time payment infrastructure grows more sophisticated, technology presents an opportunity for organizations to mitigate the adoption hurdle. ” Becoming More Adaptive.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

New research says businesses are eager to make the leap into real-time payments (RTP) — and to embrace new payment rails in their effort. Businesses Ready To Jump Into RTP. A new survey from Citizens Bank says businesses are jumping into the real-time payments opportunity.

RTP

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The Clearing House 's RTP network is now several years old, and while the real-time payments capability is gaining traction, adoption in the B2B landscape remains muted. Indeed, it can be difficult for businesses to change their payment habits. This is a new payment system," he noted.

RTP

Faster Payments Council

MAY 17, 2021

Introduction on RTP and its adoption around the world. While real-time payments (RTP) was previously considered an infrastructure luxury, it has now become a common method of payment in many parts of the world. This adoption has changed the payments landscape. Why RTP is used?

RTP

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

On the face of it, the lure of real-time payments might seem like an inevitability. a number of leading tech companies have become vocal in their support of a real-time payments (RTP) network, to be created under the leadership of the Federal Reserve and different from what has been previously proposed by the big banks.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2020

Virginia’s Chesapeake Bank has joined The Clearing House’s Real-Time Payments (RTP) network, showing that smaller community banks have joined the new trend of enabling instantaneous payments and receipts for customers, a press release said. As there are over 11,000 FIs in the U.S.,

RTP

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

s first new payment and clearing system in more than 40 years is up and running. was moved between accounts at two different banks (there was only one customer with two bank accounts) via RTP, the name for a new “Real-Time Payments” system set up by The Clearing House. At 4:59:40 p.m. on Monday, $3.50

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

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. Canada Taps Vocalink for Real-Time Rail.

B2B

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

It’s also not why the Fed decided to enter the real-time payments fray. The Real-Time Payday Reality. TCH cleared its first RTP transaction on November 14, 2017. But a handful of the 12,000 FIs and 51 percent of deposits does not a real-time payments network make.

Real Time Payments

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

APRIL 10, 2025

As a B2B vendor, implementing real-time payments can significantly enhance your business operations and financial health. Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash ) Core Networks for Real-Time B2B Transactions Here are the B2B real-time payment solutions currently available in the U.S.,

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

While commercial real-time payments became available in the U.S. By the end of 2018, the RTP network reached a little more than half of U.S. Last month, payment company PayFi and The Clearing House (TCH) partnered to bring real-time payment technologies to community banks.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Everyone seems to want faster payments — from gig workers to B2B suppliers to parents splitting expenses — but with not all major financial institutions on board, real-time payments stand at lower chance for mass adoption. The demand for faster payments is strong in the U.S., transaction accounts.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

FinTech firms are taking on real-time payments for business-to-business (B2B) use cases – and teaming with banking partners to drive innovation. AvidXchange , for instance, worked with Fifth Third Bank to enhance B2B payments while leveraging the inherent capabilities in the RTP network from The Clearing House.

RTP

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Legacy banks and financial institutions (FIs) keep scrambling to add new consumer-centric bank tech and digital experiences that layer sizzling consumerization onto sluggish B2B payments. Yet banks and FIs are making the move to RTP. The entirety of the platform we offer for RTP is all API-driven,” Honigberg told PYMNTS.

RTP

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The global payments ecosystem’s path to faster and real-time payments ubiquity is an evolution, not a revolution. That is to say, mass adoption will take time, and the factors driving that adoption will almost certainly continue to change and shift as end users’ needs do the same.

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

MUFG Union Bank is now offering business customers real-time payments on The Clearing House (TCH) RTP network, MUFG announced on Thursday (Jan. The RTP network provides instantaneous payments that allow customers the convenience of using funds right away. in over 40 years, the release noted.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

Payment scheme providers must consider how to encourage adoption, especially if operating in countries lacking a government mandate for financial institutions (FIs) to sign on. Banking association and payments company The Clearing House (TCH) has been confronting such concerns as it advances its real-time payment ( RTP ) offering in the U.S.,

RTP

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Clearing House's real-time payments offering, the RTP ® network, continues to gather steam with financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and their business customers in this week's Payment Rail Innovation roundup. Wells River Savings Bank Joins The RTP Network. trillion in B2B transactions in the U.S.

RTP

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. payments ecosystem. Reception toward the initiative was not, however, universally positive.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

New payments infrastructure continues to gain traction with financial service providers looking to modernize their services for business clients. The Clearing House’s RTP finds expansion within the community bank arena, while abroad, the Bank of Thailand is planning its own infrastructure development to accelerate B2B payments.

Federal Reserve

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

When it comes to payments, speed isn’t the only factor to consider in the deployment of real-time payments (RTP) systems. Security and compliance are also vital components in ensuring that payments are delivered safely and without delay. Rapid Growth.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Between the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency clearing the way for financial institutions (FIs) to embrace stablecoin, and The Clearing House's latest real-time payments (RTP) push, new payment rails continue to gain traction. FIS, The Clearing House Link For Real-Time Payments.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

This week’s examination of the latest innovation initiatives finds this to be true both for innovators exploring ways to improve existing rails — like ACH — as well as those that have embraced the development of entirely new rails, including real-time payments (RTP) and blockchain-powered transactions. percent jump.

Same Day ACH

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2018

As banks continue on their paths to implementing The Clearing House’s Real-Time Payments (RTP) rail, financial services firm FIS wants to ease friction of the adoption process. Simulation testing is a requirement for financial institutions and payment companies to connect to RTP, FIS explained.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

The Clearing House launched Real-Time Payments (RTP) two years ago, enabling financial institutions in the U.S. for the first time to send and receive payments instantaneously, 24/7 year-round. percent of executives consider themselves “very” or “extremely” aware of Real-Time Payments, while 71.9

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

FinTechs are keeping an eye on emerging technologies at the beginning of the year — and predicting how they will impact business-to-business (B2B) payments in 2020. AvidXchange’s goal is to have 100 percent ePayment adoption with “payments delivered on time, securely and with discrete data.” Blockchain.

B2B

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Despite some drawbacks, legacy rails have mounds of potential to tackle a multitude of B2B payments friction points. For payments technology players, finding the opportunities to build upon existing infrastructure continues to open up new doors in B2B payments improvements. Adflex Eyes Card Rails For B2B.

Blocks