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How Visa, FIS, TCH, SWIFT, Nacha and Circle See The Future of Faster, Real Time Payments Rails

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Against that backdrop of moving away from paper payments, and toward ubiquitous real-time payments, TCH’s Waterhouse said there’s probably not a use case “that’s going to tip the scale here.” But he pointed to a use case that might be a bit under the radar. So that is certainly an aspiration.

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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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Why FedNow Will Slow Real-Time Payments

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That’s the talk track now from the Fed , which a week ago today announced its plans to build and operate a new set of real-time rails, using accelerated access to employer paychecks as its launch use case. Ironically, perhaps, the ACH network’s first direct deposit use case was the U.S. Slowing Innovation.

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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Also keen on the Fed’s involvement were the community banks and credit unions that worry (as they should) about having TCH as the only operator of an RTP network in the U.S. TCH is the association of the 25 largest banks in the U.S., On its website, TCH also says RTP is the system that “all federally insured U.S.

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Seeking More: Faster Payments in the U.S. and Beyond

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This month, the FPC released the results of the third installment of the Faster Payments Barometer, the annual survey that gauges progress and perceptions around faster payments, use cases, trends, and challenges. And other industry participants and FPC Members are working towards real-time cross-border payments as well.

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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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where almost everyone is now banked) and made the case for why the Fed was positioned as the best player to operate a ubiquitous, interoperable real-time payments network – even though the Fed doesn’t have a great track record at payments innovation ( #killthecheck ). It isn’t real-time, but it seems good enough for a lot of use cases.

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Mastercard and The Clearing House extend partnership on real-time payments

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Mastercard and The Clearing House (TCH) have announced an extended multi-year partnership, bringing the companies together to collaborate on innovative capabilities for consumers, businesses and governments to evolve and embrace the digital economy through real-time payments (RTP) adoption on the RTP® network.