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Mastercard and The Clearing House deepen their partnership to zero in on new instant payments applications 

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Mastercard recently expanded collaboration with The Clearing House (TCH), with the shared goal of propelling the adoption of instant payments. Mastercard’s collaboration with TCH dates back to 2017 when TCH introduced the RTP network, with Mastercard as the exclusive software provider for the network.

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The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US

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Waterhouse said that in terms of TCH’s own initiatives in getting banks on board the ongoing effort to make RTP ubiquitous across the entirety of the U.S. is actually a two-step process: connecting the core banking systems of these FIs to the TCH network, and then getting the banks to make it a part of their service offering.

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Real-Time Payments Move Past Early Adopters

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And beyond TCH and RTP, the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments solution looms. That accelerated settlement of funds can be especially useful for individuals and families living paycheck to paycheck (which PYMNTS research has found represent roughly 60 percent of U.S. consumers). 2021 Could Be The Game-Changer .

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TCH, FIS Submit Real-Time Payments Vision To Fed

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The Clearing House (TCH), the payments firm owned by commercial banks, said that, at the end of last week, it offered up a proposal alongside FIS to the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force requesting evaluation of its real-time payments (RTP) system. TCH and FIS have been working together since October of last year.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Volante Collaborates With Goldman Sachs Bank USA; Sezzle Forms Partnership With Ally Lending

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Plus, FIS has partnered with The Clearing House (TCH) on real-time payments (RTP). FIS has teamed with The Clearing House (TCH) to offer immediate settlements to small and mid-sized banks and credit unions (CUs) and their clients. In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Volante Technologies Inc. Volante Technologies Inc.

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TCH’s Waterhouse: Real-Time Payments’ 2021 Focus Is On Smarter, Safer

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According to Russ Waterhouse , executive vice president of Product Development and Strategy at The Clearing House (TCH), the surge in digitization brought on by the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the evolution of a range of RTP (Real-Time Payments) network advancements, including instant payroll, merchant settlements and tokenization.

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Taking Real-Time Payment Rails To The Tipping Point

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This is why it is important to make sure banks and financial institutions of all sizes can — and want to — access the same rails, said Steve Ledford, senior vice president of product strategy and development for banking association and payments company The Clearing House (TCH). About the Tracker.