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The research aimed to evaluate the state of instantpayments across the European banking sector. Key findings from the survey include: Only 33% of respondents reported that they are ready to meet the EU’s instantpayment deadlines. With only 17% of organizations relying solely on real-time screening measures.
Mexipay will utilize ACI’s Digital Central Infrastructure solution, part of the award-winning ACI Enterprise Payments Platform, to address the need for enhanced real-timepayment services. According to ACI’s latest Prime Time for Real-Time report, 3.8 between 2023 and 2028. “We
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Regulatory considerations and data sovereignty Tokenisation, playing an increasingly central role in payments infrastructure, has brought attention from regulators. With FedNow enabling instantpayments in the US, speed and reliability become non-negotiable.
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As they work to achieve this, more companies are ditching paper-based methods and embracing digital solutions that streamline payments and reconciliations. Some financial institutions (FIs) are seeking to help their corporate clients tap into real-timepayments (RTP) to keep up the pace. . “We as an example.
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.” Barry Rodrigues , EVP of Payments at Finastra highlights that instantpayments are set to be a major focus in 2024, building on the momentum of initiatives like the US FedNow Service and the European Commission’s move towards instant euro payments.
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