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The Fastest Path To Faster Payments In The US

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But, don’t look for the recommendation to kill checks to emerge from the report that the 500+ person Fed Task Force that’s examining the path forward for the U.S. Not only is that up by more than half a billion from last year, but the value of those checks is increasing, too. is said to issue by year’s end.

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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But that was the buzz – and the quote above that started the media hype-meter going into overdrive is from September 24, 2007. In fact, it’s not surprising at all that Revolution Money pretty much fizzled not long after the check cleared to the PR firm that wrote that September 2007 press release. It’s normal.

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