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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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The letter highlighted the role of faster payments as a panacea to financial inclusion problems in the U.S. The letter highlighted that access to the payments systems today is only possible through incumbent intermediaries – the banks and the card networks – which have not kept pace with the needs of consumers and businesses.

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The State Of Faster Payments: ‘Early Innings’

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Stateside, more recently, the Federal Reserve has thrown its hat in the ring, seeking commentary over real-time payments, with support already from Google and Amazon , as documented in this space. Even if you take faster payments out of the equation, there are a number of rails,” he said. He pointed to Zelle , the U.S.-based

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Why FedNow Will Slow Real-Time Payments

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Same-Day ACH , launched in September of 2017, makes emergency payroll possible — not instantly, but within the same business day. NACHA had this problem cracked when it launched Same-Day ACH, because its members all agreed to support it.