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Today In Payments: MineralTree Raises $50M, Buys Two Companies; Robinhood Raises $460M

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FIS, TCH Partner To Connect Small Banks, CUs To RTP. Mastercard Expands Digital Card Program To Include Instant Access, eWallet.

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Data Dive, New Offerings Edition: Square, FICO And Mastercard

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Square made a big — and crypto-friendly — jump forward on real-time payment (RTP) efforts. Square Crypto-Inclusive RTP Advance. The RTP announcement came alongside news from Square that it is in the process of creating a “ Lightning Development Kit ” for eWallet developers.

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Payment Trends to Watch For in 2021

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Instead, their preferred payment method can be loaded automatically from eWallets. RTP makes it simple to move money. With RTP, businesses can manage their cash flow on a second-to-second basis that minimizes working capital. However, these experiences are changing.

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Deep Dive: Instant Payments Confront Long Path To Ubiquity

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Lagging firms are currently stuck: The amount of available real-time payment networks and methods has increased in recent years, as has the number of customers using eWallets for their financial needs. Cash and check use remains high in areas where instant solutions have not yet provided meaningful alternatives.

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Listen Up: Best PYMNTS Podcasts Of 2018

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George Evers, Vocalink’s senior vice president of real-time product, took a deep dive in the RTP landscape, and described the opportunities for future growth. And he talked about why speed — perhaps counterintuitively — is not the only RTP benefit. Yet, there is more work to be done. That will not change anytime soon.