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How real-time payments erased borders for coronavirus-era commerce

Payments Source

With consumers and merchants alike sharing the need to be paid faster, the case for adopting real-time payments globally has quickly advanced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Demand For Faster Payments Skyrockets

PYMNTS

If you want to know how consumers feel about faster payments, talk to the millions of Americans who still have not received stimulus money as of mid- to late-May. This decline in economic activity has tightened cash flows for businesses and consumers alike.

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Taking Real-Time Payment Rails To The Tipping Point

PYMNTS

Real-time payments are imperative for running successful operations in today’s global ecosystem. Many of these providers are particularly competing for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to join their faster payments network over another, which can be tricky as more competitors enter this space.

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Visa Direct to Make Funds Available in U.S. Cardholders’ Bank Accounts in One Minute or Less

Fintech Finance

Visa , a global leader in digital payments, today announced that with Visa Direct, funds transferred to U.S. Consumers, businesses, and governments can use Visa Direct to deposit funds to bank accounts linked to eligible debit cards in real-time1. Faster Payments Council (FPC). Upgrading the U.S. Upgrading the U.S.

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Form3 Partners With Mastercard To Advance Real-Time Payments 

PYMNTS

London cloud-processing platform Form3 is partnering with Mastercard to enhance and streamline real-time payments worldwide. Faster Payments Aggregator with Pay.UK. Faster Payments. It will also offer the complete SEPA suite for European payments. Form3 is certified as a U.K.

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Mastercard: Collaboration Is Key To Scaling Real-Time Payments

PYMNTS

With speed being the most obvious value proposition of real-time payments capabilities, it’s not difficult to imagine that corporate payers would be eager to embrace faster payments functionality in their accounts payable (AP) departments. Tackling Barriers, Both Real and Perceived.

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Why 2021 Will Be Real-Time Payments Break-Out Year

PYMNTS

It’s been three years since The Clearing House rolled out its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network, but Mark Ranta, payments practice lead at Alacriti, tells PYMNTS that 2021 will be the year FIs migrate to the technology in record numbers. Making Real-Time Payments A Reality. Here’s why. .