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FedNow and Credit Card Processing

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What is FedNow? FedNow is a real-time payment system created by the US Federal Reserve that went live in the summer of 2023. If processors and banks chose to use FedNow, you could see instant settlement of transactions on the FedNow rails. How does FedNow change credit card usage? Are there competitors to FedNow?

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Popular Examples : Interac e-Transfer (Canada) , Zelle (U.S.), Usage : RTP systems are growing rapidly; India’s UPI processed 74 billion transactions in 2023, while Zelle in the U.S. This demand has spurred initiatives like FedNow in the U.S. Faster Payments (U.K.), PayID (Australia), and UPI (India). handled $1.6

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