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From BNPL to RTP, The Year In Payments Ends On Digital-First Note

PYMNTS

If there was a defining trend for payments in 2020, or a trend that gained the most traction compared to 2019, it was buy now, pay later (BNPL). This interest notably appears to be translating into action as more than 85 percent of firms are either in the process of implementing RTP or expect to do so within the next three years.

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The Clearing House’s Strategies To Drive RTP Uptake

PYMNTS

Banking association and payments company The Clearing House (TCH) has been confronting such concerns as it advances its real-time payment ( RTP ) offering in the U.S., The federal government deliberated in 2018 and 2019 over developing its own real-time payment system, FedNow , to compete with RTP.

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Mastercard: Why Nordic Countries Could Fuel RTP Push

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Real-time payments (RTP) is a global initiative that’s been a decade in the making and counting, one that has gained momentum over the last several years. In a new PYMNTS interview, Paul Stoddart, president of new payment platforms at Mastercard , spoke with Karen Webster about where real-time payments stand at this mid-point of 2019.

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The Clearing House RTP Network Boasts Record 76 Million Transactions to Kick Start 2024

The Fintech Times

The Clearing House also revealed that March became a record month for its real-time payments (RTP) network, boasting over 26 million transactions across the month. RTP network enjoys sustained growth Small businesses also use instant payments to get immediate access to funds through merchant settlement providers utilising the RTP network.

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Visa Reveals Digital Products to be Launched Over the Year Catering to Evolving Consumer Demands

The Fintech Times

Tap to Everything There are six billion mobile devices in the world providing consumers with a versatile NFC enabled device primed to be ‘tapped’ At the end of 2023, Visa’s tap-to-pay penetration reached 65 per cent globally, up two times the penetration we saw in 2019, cementing tap as one of the best commerce experiences today.

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

PYMNTS

This new feature, available to PayPal customers in good standing, leverages the company’s partnership with Chase, and Chase’s connection to The Clearing House’s RTP network, to move money instantly into the bank accounts of consumers and SMBs. On its website, TCH also says RTP is the system that “all federally insured U.S. In the U.S.,

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FedNow’s Montgomery: Gearing Up For 2023-24 — And Instant Payments Competition

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As reported in August, the Fed had announced some additional details of the 24/7 year-round interbank settlement service through a program that began to take shape in 2019, geared toward speeding processing times tied to instant payments (and featuring a clearing function). Looking Toward Interoperability And Scale . The Timeframe .