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This rapid expansion is fueling predictions that the global real-time payments market will rise from a value of $6.8 Numerous payments schemes have rolled out since the U.K. launched its own FasterPayments Service in 2008. bank account would be able to securely receive real-time payments by 2020. .
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was one of the first markets to truly push for fasterpayments with the launch of the FasterPayments Service , an initiative spearheaded by several government agencies and top banks. to launch their own fasterpayments efforts. “In the U.K., “Smaller banks found it very difficult to join.”
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. “The adoption of both ERAs and electronic payments is growing in healthcare,” Peters explained. “But the issue with ACH is the separation of remittance claim data from the actual ACH payment. This remains a hurdle, probably, to why [ACH] is not ubiquitous.” “That’s the difficult part.”
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