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Stripe Acquires Orum for Undisclosed Amount

Finovate

Stripe is acquiring payment orchestration startup Orum to enhance its real-time payments capabilities, including FedNow, RTP, and AI-driven instant payouts. The acquisition reflects Stripe’s broader strategy to lead in modern, fast, and seamless payment infrastructure amid growing global demand for real-time payments.

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StraitsX Unveils Refreshed Brand, Plans New Features for Stablecoin Settlement

Fintech News

Singapore-based stablecoin infrastructure provider StraitsX has unveiled a refreshed brand identity as it expands its role in enabling compliant, real-time payment settlements.

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FedNow and Credit Card Processing

Cardfellow

FedNow is a real-time payment system created by the US Federal Reserve that went live in the summer of 2023. Banks could choose to allow instant payments between users, mimicking features offered by digital wallet transfers services such as Venmo. What is FedNow? Are there competitors to FedNow?

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Machine Learning Fraud Detection: Why Custom Models Beat Off-the-Shelf Solutions

Fraud.net

Explore how machine learning fraud detection reduces false positives, improves accuracy, and adapts to emerging fraud trends.

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How Treasurers Can Prepare For A Real-Time Payments Ecosystem

PYMNTS

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.

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Accelerating The Real-Time Payments Demand Curve

Faster Payments Council

Accelerating The Real-Time Payments Demand Curve: What Banks Need To Know About What Consumers Want And Need, a PYMNTS and Alacriti collaboration, examines consumers' understanding of real-time payments and the methods they use for different types of payments.

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Will Real-Time Payments Increase Financial Crime in the USA?

FICO

To compete against them, real-time payment schemes need to offer higher value transactions coupled with ease of use and lower costs. Operators of real-time payment schemes need to make sure that their drive for market share doesn’t lead to fraud concerns being overridden by competitive instincts.