PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

In a joint appearance before the Senate Banking Committee , Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin praised the $2 trillion CARES Act Tuesday (May 19) saying the swift, bipartisan measure is providing much-needed credit to taxpayers, businesses, states and municipalities.

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Segpay

JUNE 13, 2024

Last year, the Federal Reserve launched FedNow, an instant payment service expected to revolutionize the US payment landscape. The Federal Reserve’s goal is to achieve wide adoption of FedNow over time, much like the Fedwire ® Funds Service and FedACH ® Services. What is FedNow? No ‘pass-through’ fees.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

We’re still in an expanding economy, but one that is expanding at a slower clip,” Gregory Daco, chief U.S. The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday (Oct. 30) that it was planning to lower the federal funds rate between 1.5 economist at Oxford Economics, told the WSJ. percent annual rate from 1.7 percent annual rate from 1.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

The payrolls at U.S.-based So far this year the rate of unemployment has dipped three-tenths of a percentage point and is close to the Federal Reserve’s forecast of 3.6 Private payrolls increased 189,000 in May, the report noted. percent amid higher-than-expected payroll gains. In June the U.S. percent.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

economy saw historic job gains , Bloomberg reported that several large companies have, in past months, come to market for funding through debt. Other companies such as Cinemark and Toyota Motor came to market with corporate bonds, too, as the Federal Reserve has made it easier to tap debt markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Americans are becoming slightly more optimistic about the economy after months of pessimism due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported, although many families are hesitant about possible inflation forcing food and gas costs higher than before. After the money runs out, the economy could still prove fragile.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

“We want to be careful at this point, seeing how much money is in the economy,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on Wednesday (June 10). “A That number is expected to rise soon as the Federal Reserve Board issues business loans under the Main Street Lending Program.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is set to tell lawmakers that U.S. percent of SMBs have had to reduce payroll, and 26.1 small businesses may need “direct fiscal support,” rather than more loans, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The numbers show that 41.9

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

Based on numbers from the Atlanta Federal Reserve through May 31, the graphic below shows healthy increases for several sectors, most notably motor vehicle and parts dealers, food and beverage stores and an uptick in restaurants, which had plunged in previous months. Source: PYMNTS.com and Atlanta Federal Reserve, GDP Now.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

For the Federal Reserve, real-time payments will take time — three or four years’ time, to be specific. Federal Reserve Board members this week shed some light on the timing and mechanics of FedNow — an always-on, fully interoperable interbank-settlement service that will give rise to instant payments in the United States.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

But wages rebounded, which shows the economy is still growing at a pace that sets the stage for more interest rate boosts from the Federal Reserve later this year. As Reuters reported, the 156,000 non-farm payroll rise reported by the Labor Department was less than the 178,000 expected. Overall, the economy created 2.1

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

If workplaces reopen without the necessary health precautions, the recent increases in payroll employment could be offset by possible business closures and serious health outcomes later,” Rosengren said. “If However, he acknowledged that U.S. employment is at 13.3 percent, which marks a large rise from February through all age groups. “If

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

We see no reason why being owned in a fund structure should result in these businesses having less access to the capital needed to keep their employees on the payroll,” said the letter from Steve Nelson, chief executive of the Institutional Limited Partners Association.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

A new report from the New York Federal Reserve details the dangers of cyberattacks, particularly among banks and wholesale payments. Three-quarters of small businesses say they are unable to access funds from sales quickly enough, which can cause a cascade of problems, from delaying vendor payments to missing payroll.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

You’re no doubt familiar with the various forms of stimulus and funding programs that had sought to help these smaller companies have at least some cash cushion and keep at least some measure of staff on the payroll.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

trillion lending program that seeks to help pretty much every subsector of the economy, courtesy of the Federal Reserve. The goal, at least in part , has been to keep at least some payroll in place against a backdrop where more than 16 million Americans have lost their jobs in the past three weeks.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said on Wednesday (April 1) that despite the best efforts of politicians and central bankers to contain COVID-19’s economic impacts, the U.S. jobless rate seems poised to shoot way up – especially among low-wage workers. . 19 infections.”. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

From Same Day ACH to paycard controversies , a few recent news stories have placed payroll in center stage. Hyperwallet pointed to the rising on-demand economy as a trend that may place increasing pressure on employees that need to get paid sooner, which could be bad news for employers. Industry experts agree.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. As concerns are raised about how industry consolidation might impact competition, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is warning that it could hinder small businesses’ access to capital and financial services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2018

7) showed 155,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in November, which was lower than the 198,000 jobs economists were looking for and below the 237,000 added in October. The report was well received on Wall Street as investors bet it could be enough to stop the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

It involves a lot more than just providing immediate access to those funds, as a variety of use cases — from peer-to-peer (P2P) to gig economy payments to insurance claims payouts and loan disbursements — are being challenged to “go instant.”. “Of An Explosion of Rails . Edwards said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

This month’s reading likely stems from a bullish mentality from small businesses as it pertains to the future of the domestic economy,” said CBIZ’s Noftsinger. economy, despite the lack of fiscal policy changes we were promised. The payroll number is well above expectations,” said High Frequency Economics chief U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

analysts to breathe a sigh of relief, with data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealing a 224,000 addition in non-farm payrolls for June. The July jobs report allowed some U.S. percent to 3.7 It’s a chicken-before-the-egg thing,” he continued.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The newswire stated that the JOLTS report has a place among the job market data and analysis that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen keeps on a “dashboard” to monitor the economy, and the latest report comes less than two weeks before the start of the Fed’s Sept. Reuters reported that the data, which debuted on Wednesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Last week, the Federal Reserve announced it would give some competition to The Clearing House’s Real Time Payments (RTP) with its own real-time payments service, FedNow. It can be difficult for them to make necessary purchases like insurance, payroll and refueling supplies while they wait for invoices to be paid.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

But the Federal Reserve has its own horse in the race, called FedNow , which is on the horizon. economy is proving to be a tailwind for faster payments and processes. Awareness of those differences is key. In the United States alone, for example, The Clearing House’s RTP network serves 70 percent of all DDAs. That said, the U.S.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The backdrop is one where rising yields portend, possibly, more rate increases from the Federal Reserve. But then again, the August data was ratcheted up from 201,000 non-farm payroll positions added to 270,000. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note now stands at 3.2 The yield on the longer-dated 30-year note is 3.37

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Payroll data, too, showed a promising environment, with a spike among small businesses witnessed in October. “Credit conditions for small businesses are good and continue to improve, reflecting the solid economy,” he stated. According to Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi, the statistics are promising.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

” Researchers at Bizfi concluded that this demand for alternative funding is good news for the overall economy. “If someone wants to buy equipment, or refurbish their place or take on another line of goods or products, then that’s better to us than someone who’s saying they need to make payroll.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2018

Reuters reported that payrolls were up by 148,000 positions, a significant slowdown from the 252,000 gain seen in the previous month. labor market slowed a bit more than economists expected in December, with a noted slip in retail employment. That missed estimates of 190,000 additions. percent.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Fast forward a few years, and we now have the Federal Reserve Board soliciting public comments on its potential role as the operator of a new faster payments network in the U.S. It also left open an opportunity to explore how it might play further down the road. The Fed’s Hat and the Faster Payments Ring.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

The United States economy added more jobs than had been expected in June, with manufacturing gains notable in terms of verticals. Economists had a consensus expectation that 195,000 jobs would be added to the economy. Economists had a consensus expectation that 195,000 jobs would be added to the economy.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In April 2018, Spotify did just that and demonstrated how the emergence of tech as a major driver of the economy’s returns could one day reshape the way all companies go public. Today, executives are more focused on strategic M&A, rather than a quick EPS fix.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

There are a lot of regulatory issues that weigh on the minds of small business owners, from payroll rules to healthcare reform. According to the Paychex Small Business Survey conducted late last month by the firm, tax law is top-of-mind when small businesses consider federal legislation that could impact the SMB community.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

During Warren’s five-minute allotment for questions and answers, she asked Mnuchin multiple times if he will require companies that received PPP funds to keep those employees on the payroll past the end of the program this summer. “I I have a very simple question for you. It’s a simple question, yes or no.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The Federal Reserve wants to change some of its regulations so that smaller banks don’t have to handle the same scrutiny and paperwork as bigger institutions. “I When I look at the jobs numbers, and I look at the inflation number, our economy is in a very good place,” she added.

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