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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge

PYMNTS

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. A Consolidating Industry. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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Cross River makes jump to real-time payments. Will other small banks follow?

Payments Source

Increased adoption of The Clearing House’s faster payments system could put pressure on community banks and credit unions awaiting the launch of the Fed’s competing service, FedNow.

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FPC 2023 Fall Member Meeting

Faster Payments Council

The Fall Member Meeting will bring together FPC members for two days filled with presentations on the most pressing issues in faster payments, panel discussions with industry experts, roundtables on timely topics, and engaging networking opportunities. Foundry Ballroom) Payment networks need volume to scale and keep costs low.

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Fed's faster payments network likely ahead of schedule: Powell

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The central bank originally predicted FedNow's launch within five years, but the Fed chairman told House lawmakers that he expects it will happen sooner.

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The partners that can help Fed speed launch of real-time payments

Payments Source

The central bank must engage core processors, community banks and The Clearing House if it wants to move quickly on building out its FedNow system.

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Backbase and Alacriti Partner to Provide Instant Payment Solutions for Financial Institutions

Fintech Finance

Backbase, leveraging Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub , will support end-to-end payment orchestration and processing through the RTP® network, the FedNow® Service, Visa Direct, Fedwire, and ACH payment rails.

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Different faster pay schemes must collaborate

Payments Source

If the intention is for FedNow to give the market a choice, particularly to smaller, local banks then interoperability between the TCH and FedNow is a must, says FIS' Elena Whisler.

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