PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2018

In the first service offered by Mastercard after integrating Vocalink last year, and with an eye on real-time payments, Mastercard Send is launching in the United Kingdom. based bank accounts and receive payments by the same means. The firms said that only a very small number of accounts in the U.K. less than 0.1

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

While B2B payments innovation often takes a page or two out of the business-to-customer (B2C) payments world, the rise of the gig economy and freelance professionals have challenged the payments space to develop solutions that can appear to be a hybrid of corporate and consumer solutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

They can eliminate the pain points in business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions by keeping consumers from waiting to receive their funds, while businesses are witnessing the advantages of using real-time payments when transacting with each other. Around The Real-Time Payments World.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

To get a sense of where faster payments are headed, look to the consumer. There are dozens of faster payment schemes rooted or taking shape around the world — 54 at last count. That’s a staggering leap from the 14 live faster payment schemes that existed worldwide in 2014, when FIS first released Flavors of Fast.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

.” On the other hand, he said, consumer-facing payment tools like Venmo are too simple for small businesses to deploy in their supplier payment operations. Businesses that embrace Venmo in their personal lives, as well as high-tech B2C payment solutions like Square, end up in the back office mailing paper checks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

It seems an especially low number when considering this stat: Only 3 percent of companies meet customer demands for instant business-to-consumer (B2C) payments. As much as 80 percent of firms still rely on paper checks when it comes to making business-to-business (B2B) payments. After all, faster payments impact cash flow, too.

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Checks Real Time Payments B2C Faster Payments 66

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

The March edition of the PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker TM , powered by NACHA, covers the latest news and developments in the Faster Payments world, including the most recent notable player forays with the blockchain, like IBM ’s recent announcement of Blockchain-as-a-Service. The Power Of Payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The enterprise is still unsure about faster and real-time payments. With companies paying suppliers on strategic schedules, real-time transactions aren’t always necessary — or beneficial — for the B2B payments space. Yet there is some adoption of faster payment technologies among corporates.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Corporates may not be adopting faster and real-time payments technologies as fast as consumers, but that doesn’t mean the acceleration of payments isn’t impacting corporate finance. But FX management isn’t the only area of corporate treasury seeing positive disruption from faster payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Federal Reserve is turning heads for its attention to faster payments, but the Fed has recently announced yet another initiative in the payments innovation space. Last week, the Fed’s Secure Payments Task Force called for comment from industry stakeholders about what challenges they face when it comes to payments security.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Faster payments solutions must meet a variety of demands. Small retailers want to keep their cash flow moving by receiving consumer payments quickly, while large corporations need improved data and visibility to ensure their B2B transactions arrive on schedule. In addition, the rails are expected to benefit B2C payments.

Faster Payments 49

Faster Payments Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) Payments C2B 49

Faster Payments Council

MAY 17, 2021

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. Introduction on RTP and its adoption around the world.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

It’s a well-known fact, too, that corporate payments (the B2B kind) are ripe for digitization, and for a wholesale move away from the paper chase, where checks are still stubbornly tied to 50 percent of corporate transactions. where, for example, the Federal Reserve is mulling the development of its own real-time system. (

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

With the B2B eCommerce market towering over B2C’s in terms of transaction value — Forrester Research estimates the U.S. trillion by 2021 — the business-to-business payments market is primed for disruption. This is particularly true as payments accelerate. “But you need to reconcile in real time.”

B2C 40

B2C B2B Reconciliation Payment APIs and Integration 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

If you look outside B2B or B2C, or consumer P2P, they are needed just about anywhere,” he said of APIs. another driver of API adoption comes courtesy of the real-time payments space, where a tailwind exists from the fact that as many as 56 real-time payment rails will be live domestically by 2020.

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API P2P B2B Payment APIs and Integration 71

Fintech Finance

MAY 29, 2024

To gain a deep understanding of the current landscape and future outlook, Rapyd conducted a global research study surveying more than 1,000 business owners and payment decision-makers from a variety of high-opportunity industries, across ten key markets: Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, the UK and the US.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Super apps create differentiated financial ecosystems in the back end (and front end), incorporating capabilities like an aggregation of multiple service providers, digital account origination, embedded KYC abilities and real-time payments — to name a few. Such apps promise to be a source of innovation in the new decade.

Faster Payments 42

Faster Payments Real Time Payments Payments Credit Union 42

PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Apply Financial’s main product Validate, which allows customers to validate payments automatically, makes use of cloud technology to let firms submit the exact pinpointed numbers for bank accounts and payment details. The move is in line with the general trend toward faster payments.

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Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

Business to business organizations provide services or goods to other companies, unlike business to consumer (B2C), which is when businesses transact with consumers (individuals). Business to business payments, therefore, refer to the payment processes and activities between two businesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Instant payments started 2020 on a high note, however, with the adoption of real-time payments and other speedy disbursement methods increasing over the past few years. Faster payments may not be the most popular disbursement method, but markets are regularly adopting them for consumer payouts.

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Instant Payments Real Time Payments Online and Mobile Banking Payments 56

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Adoption of real-time payments in the U.S. The assumption, of course, is that faster payment functionality only has a place in the peer-to-peer payments arena. ’s push for real-time payments is led by The Clearing House, which aims for ubiquity of its real-time payments (RTP) network by 2020.

RTP 47

RTP Real Time Payments Credit Union Payment APIs and Integration 47

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As a result, firms that are lagging behind in faster payments investments could miss out on the full opportunities available in the global business-to-consumer (B2C) solutions market. Several global financial institutions (FIs) appear to understand the opportunities and missed opportunities that faster payments can provide.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

As real-time payments (RTP) gain traction with consumers via peer-to-peer (P2P), the pump may be primed for business-to-business (B2B) transactions to follow suit. Key among those conduits, of course, is the Clearinghouse RTP network, where commercial real-time payments made their debut in the U.S.

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RTP B2B Real Time Payments P2P 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Among the Highlights: As faster payments schemes proliferate around the world — there are more than 50 separate initiatives underway globally at last count — businesses must adjust to the notion of cash settling across business coffers several times a day. That is broadening, too, and crossing borders.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

This month’s Deep Dive examines the factors affecting the nation’s more than $103 billion healthcare market and how digital B2C solutions can streamline the payments process. Consumers will likely be receptive to faster payment methods if their interactions with other services are any indication.

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Real Time Payments Debit Card B2C Checks 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

Use of faster payments technologies, too, remains limited in the B2B sphere. Separate data from NACHA found that of the 2 million same-day ACH transactions completed in the first 11 days of the service, just 6 percent were B2B payments; the rest were made up of B2C and P2P transactions.

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B2B Same Day ACH Innovation NACHA 55

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Institutions such as The Clearing House (TCH) and the Federal Reserve have also created payment networks that have made faster, digital payments a reality for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) payment processes alike.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Indeed, there are plans or deployments in more than 40 countries around the globe to bring faster payments or real-time payments (RTP) into the fold. to fully embrace real-time payments for both B2B and B2C activity.”. Among the factors helping to promote the growth of RTP?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

One stark takeaway from this study is that while in nine of the 10 countries included, at least 30 percent of consumers preferred bank/direct debit to pay for online subscriptions, only one of the top 44 B2C subscription sites even offers bank/direct debit as an option to pay. Speed Matters for Subscription Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The magnitude of the market is attractive even to B2C FinTechs, though the industry has quickly understood that B2B problems cannot be addressed with tools and technologies designed for consumer. And indeed, some businesses in need of cross-border payment solutions have been forced to revert to those B2C solutions, with lackluster results.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

“We may see some coexistence in the large organizations space, where cards are already used for purchasing,” Narayanan said in the PYMNTS CFO's Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments report, powered by Comdata. It's All About Timing. For some B2C firms, that meant expanding into the B2B market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Whether through virtual payment technologies or faster payment initiatives, the B2B payments ecosystem has explored ways to accelerate the time it takes a buyer to pay its supplier. Some argue electronic payments, like credit cards, are the answer.

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B2B Credit Cards Payments Same Day ACH 71

Payment Savvy

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Businesses are now digitalizing all aspects of their systems to offer seamless payments on a digital platform. Real-Time Payments. Faster payments benefit both consumers and businesses.

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Payments Trends Payments RTP C2B 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

B2C companies that had once relied on intermediaries to sell goods embraced the direct-to-consumer model, while B2B firms focused on transforming their own interactions with corporate clients. Treasurers also quickly became leaders for their firms, exploring how to adjust business models in response to dramatic changes in the market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Since there is no mandate in place for all banks to embrace the real-time payments system, there’s been a “slow burn,” as he called it, to get banks on board. One impediment has been the lack of ubiquity, Kohli noted. That’s not to say instant is not making an impact — and there is a natural progression at work. In the U.S.,

Instant Payments 63

Instant Payments Cash Management Interoperability Cross-Border 63

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2016

Some analysis concludes that B2B eCommerce is becoming more like B2C eCommerce , too, with higher demands for more personalized shopping experiences. “I think, over the next five years, we’ll see some big changes, and things like faster payments and real-time payment services will change things a lot.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

That is the crux of the dilemma playing out on the new real-time payments rails arena as it relates to the B2B side of the payments ecosystem. That’s where the big payments flow – and where the big opportunities for innovation, change and disruption lie.

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Real Time Payments Payments B2B Innovation 61