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Fiserv On Why 2020 Is ‘The Year Of P2P’

PYMNTS

Will this be the year that real-time payments — and, especially, peer-to-peer (P2P) — reach critical mass in the United States? He noted that P2P is the first application of real-time payments to gain traction, and said the arrival of that payments functionality is “long overdue.”. Streamlining the Onboarding Process. Building Trust .

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Thunes and Commercial Bank Kyrgyzstan | MBANK Forge Strategic Alliance to Transform Cross-Border Payments in the Silk-Road Region

Fintech Finance

The collaboration empowers local licensed institutions and merchants to conduct a wide range of transactions, including B2B, P2P, B2C, and C2B payments. Through this alliance, Thunes and MBANK will facilitate seamless money movement to and from the country.

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Circle Revamps Stablecoin Platform As USDC Grows 500 Pct

PYMNTS

Circle’s Allaire said in a September PYMNTS interview that electronic currencies are poised to become widely used to conduct business in P2P, C2B and B2B commerce. Cuy Sheffield , head of the crypto at Visa, said this is the first business card that will make the balance of USDC available for spending.

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The Changing Landscape of Banking Experience with RTP

Faster Payments Council

RTP technology facilitates payments across all payment categories, including business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-business (C2B), peer-to-peer (P2P), government-to-citizen (G2C), and account-to-account (A2A) transactions. Current status of RTP adoptions around the world How RTP is used?

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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets

PYMNTS

Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Deciens Capital, according to a report.

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Cross River To Provide Clients With Real-Time Payment Ability

PYMNTS

In a press release , Avidia said it will soon onboard to real-time payments via The Clearing House, adding to its existing faster payment support that enables P2P and C2B push payments via payment cards. Another institution , Avidia Bank, is also embracing real-time payments in collaboration with FinTechs.

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African FinTech Payment Startup Chipper Cash Woos Investors, Including Joe Montana

PYMNTS

The company went live in October of 2018, and it’s a no-fee, P2P cross-border startup. The company is also launching a merchant-facing C2B mobile payments app called Chipper Checkout, which will be a paid app. African FinTech payment startup Chipper Cash has attracted some high-profile investors and raised $2.4