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The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that faster payments might be the purview of the U.S. Federal Reserve, where details (a roadmap, really) of FedNow , the proposed instant payment system, were released earlier this month. But it might not be the Federal Reserve ’s doing. Achieving ubiquity across the 12,000 or so FIs in the U.S.

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

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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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FedNow is Live. What Changes Should Banking Expect?

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The US Federal Reserve has introduced FedNow ; a new instant payment platform that will facilitate transactions at any given time. This is distinct from other customer-centric payment services like Venmo or Zelle in that its implementation hinges on the adoption by banking institutions. What is FedNow?

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

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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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How Treasurers Can Prepare For A Real-Time Payments Ecosystem

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There are currently three community banks in the market that provide services to the digital asset arena: Signature Bank , Silvergate Bank and Metropolitan Commercial Bank.

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Payments system and community banks need FedNow

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Congress should get behind the Fed's effort to launch a real-time payments service instead of getting in its way.

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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.