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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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NACHA was able to get all 13,000 banks in the U.S. NACHA reports that a growing percentage of healthcare claims are now using SDA rails instead of checks – one giant leap toward putting checks out of business. Truly instant payments require a system that can do that without any margin of error, because instant also means irrevocable.

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The State Of Faster Payments: ‘Early Innings’

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NACHA and Same Day ACH debuted EXACT DATE to enable same-day settlements through three settlement windows, and are currently exploring options to extend that availability on weekends and holidays. The flip side, as Webster added, is that when payments are done instantly and on demand, they are irrevocable.

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ACH vs. Wire Transfers: Which Is Right for You?

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NACHA for ACH and government-run rails like FedWire & Swift for Wire. Once a wire transfer has cleared, it becomes irrevocable, with a few exceptions. You can use a validation tool offered by NACHA or a third-party too. ACH vs Wire: What to choose for payments? ACH and Wire are both Electronic Fund Transfer methods.

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Why FedNow Will Slow Real-Time Payments

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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. NACHA had this problem cracked when it launched Same-Day ACH, because its members all agreed to support it.

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Retail Payments Fraud: How Consumers and Banks Can Fight Back

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Increasingly, the scams involve cryptocurrencies; The New York Times also recently investigating crypto romance scams in which victims are lured into paying criminals with fraudulent, and irrevocable, transfers into digital wallets. ACH volumes in the United States increased 8.7% in 2021, with P2P transactions up nearly 25%, to 271.2

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5 Ways Digital Payments Will Change FIs and Fraud in 2023

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Scammers can hide in plain sight and use social engineering and direct outreach to consumers to coerce individuals to make instant, irrevocable payments. Most of that growth, according to NACHA , has come from payroll by direct deposit and consumers’ electronic bill pay. ACH Will Improve Business Cash Flows — and Scams Will Follow.