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Why the U.S. has reached a real-time tipping point

Finextra

With the Federal Reserve proposing to make its service available 22 hours a day, seven days a week, Nacha is also considering adding a fourth processing cycle for same-day ACH. To combat this, Nacha is introducing new real-time fraud monitoring for ACH transactions, which go live in March 2026. Reports show that a third of U.S.

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How to Choose Between EFT vs ACH: A Comprehensive Guide

Stax

ACH payments are grouped and then processed in batches four times per business day by the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). For example, ACH transfers use the Automated Clearing House network, while debit card transactions rely on either a card network (Visa or Mastercard) or a payment processor (Paypal, Stripe, etc.).

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Fiserv launches new stablecoin

Payments Dive

Published June 23, 2025 Justin Bachman Senior Reporter post share post print email license A Fiserv sign hangs above the trade show floor at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payments conference in April 2025. PayPal and Circle, along with several other companies, have also launched their own stablecoins. Last week, the largest U.S.

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NACHA Postpones Same-Day ACH Window Due To Fed Board

PYMNTS

NACHA, national administrator of the ACH network, said a third processing window for same-day transactions will be postponed for six months until the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed Board) approves the initiative. In the latest example, PayPal Holdings Inc. and The Clearing House as partners.”.

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Travelers Companies Now Sends Insurance Claim Payments Via PayPal

PYMNTS

says its insurance customers can now receive claim payments through the digital platform PayPal. Auto, property and general liability claims can use Travelers’ link to PayPal for fast and easy reimbursement, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (July 31). The Travelers Companies, Inc.

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Former PayPal Exec Joins Aliaswire As CEO

PYMNTS

Cloud-based payments technology company Aliaswire announced that it has hired Jed Rice, a former PayPal executive, as its new CEO, and has appointed him to its board of directors, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 4) press release. . Aliaswire is currently under a transformation of sorts, and it has actively started a new period of growth.

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The Data Behind B2B Payments’ API Excitement

PYMNTS

They range from financial giants like Mastercard and PayPal to smaller firms like Payment Rails, Figo and Dwolla. 6 percent: the portion of same-day ACH volume that constituted B2B payments during the first 11 days of NACHA’s launch of the service.

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