Tom Groenfeldt

JULY 17, 2025

was slow getting to real-time payments , but the businesses and individuals are taking them up in a big way, using primarily the private sector RTP rails from The Clearing House (TCH). TCH which operates the largest instant payments system in the United States said today that it averages 1.18 getty The U.S.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

For the dwindling numbers of people who still receive a physical paycheck, new applications let workers take a picture of that check and get instant, irrevocable access to the funds for a modest fee. Such as how the Fed plans get a critical mass of participants on board, which The Clearing House (TCH) is struggling to do now.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

When The Clearing House (TCH) unveiled the Real-Time Payments (RTP) system in 2017, it propelled swifter payments and brought about the next generation of fund transfers. RTP has showcased its ability to help customers pay providers for received services, but such systems offer more than immediate, final and irrevocable transactions.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Consumers, businesses and governments are seeing faster payments as a path to greater convenience and financial security, and this growing demand is spurring payments services providers (PSPs) to meet this need in a swift, secure manner. Instant payment systems, such as TCH’s RTP and the U.K.’s

Payer

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

The letter highlighted that access to the payments systems today is only possible through incumbent intermediaries – the banks and the card networks – which have not kept pace with the needs of consumers and businesses. Their support of the Fed as the answer to all that ails faster payments seems particularly well-timed.

Faster Payments

The Fintech Times

JULY 24, 2024

However there is one difference: FedNow is primarily targeted at banks – not at consumers. Up to this point, US financial institutions have relied on The Clearing House ‘s (TCH) Real-Time Payments Network (RTP), run by big banks. In fact, in 2023 , real-time payments only made up one per cent of all payments in the country.

FedNow