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Payments Canada Unveils Real-Time Payment System Progress

The Fintech Times

Payment clearing and settlement system operator Payments Canada has revealed that it has made ‘substantial progress’ on the Real-Time Rail, Canada’s first real-time payment system, since the back-end of 2024.

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Payfinia Receives $4.5 Million from Star One Credit Union to Launch CUSO

Finovate

Payfinia has launched a new Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) to help credit unions modernize their payments experience. The CUSO is launching in partnership with Star One Credit Union, which invested $4.5 Million from Star One Credit Union to Launch CUSO appeared first on Finovate.

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Why 2021 Will Be Real-Time Payments Break-Out Year

PYMNTS

It’s been three years since The Clearing House rolled out its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network, but Mark Ranta, payments practice lead at Alacriti, tells PYMNTS that 2021 will be the year FIs migrate to the technology in record numbers. Making Real-Time Payments A Reality. Here’s why. .

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

PYMNTS

These efforts include TCH’s efforts to connect financial institutions’ (FIs’) core banking systems to the company’s Real-Time Payments (RTP) network, along with what card networks and FinTechs are doing to enable real-time push payments to receiver bank accounts. Expanding The Use Cases.

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SMBs are increasingly opting for real-time payments, leaving credit cards behind as their preferred choice

Tearsheet

However, in the healthcare sector, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) have increasingly turned to RTP payments for A2A transfers, showing a surge compared to credit cards and checks over the past year, according to a new report by PYMNTS. The type of primary FI also plays a vital role in determining the most-used payment rails.

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Real-Time Payments Steps Up To Fulfill Demand For Faster Funds

PYMNTS

“Financial institutions (FIs) and other financial services providers are looking to help meet the need for speed by leveraging various faster payment rails that support an array of payment methods,” according to PYMNTS’ latest Real-Time Payments Report done in collaboration with The Clearing House.

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The next phase of real-time payments

Payments Source

Fearful of being the last one standing, banks and credit unions of all sizes will become more aggressive about real-time payments — or risk getting left in the past.