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How to Choose Between EFT vs ACH: A Comprehensive Guide

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Digital wallets, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, and debit card payments are great for quick, everyday customer transactions. Payments can also be made to local vendors via electronic bank transfers, or fund global transactions with wire transfers. Another EFT type that businesses rely on is ACH.

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National Bank of Kuwait Rolls Out SWIFT gpi; UCPB Launches InstaPay Transfer Service

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Coverage includes The National Bank of Kuwait ’s rollout of SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (gpi) services with the help of ACI Worldwide. In addition, UCPB launched its InstaPay service in The Phillipines, and NoBroker has brought rent payments into its app in India.

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Citi Payment Insights Expands To 70 Markets

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Launched in July, Citi Payment Insights provides real-time payments visibility, including processing status and timelines, charges deducted across correspondent banks, the amount credited to the beneficiary and the ability to action payments on demand via its electronic banking platform.

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In Hungary, Instant Payments Gain Traction

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The transfers will be done through UCPB Connect, the electronic banking service. In a statement, UCPB Vice President and Head of Marketing Group Charina Balanquit said, “The fund transfer service is geared more for retail payments, such as domestic remittances, payments to service providers, eCommerce and peer-to-peer payments.”.

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Citi Launches Outlier Payment Detection For Treasurers

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Developed within its Treasury and Trade Solutions unit, the tool deploys artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics to identify outlier payments that could signal fraudulent activity. ” The global launch of Payment Outlier Detection followed a pilot of the tool with 20 Citi clients, the bank said.

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Collaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments

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According to the Real-Time Payments Innovation Playbook , 26 percent of cross-border businesses rely on international wire transfers, while the next most common method is by paper check (20 percent). Electronic bank transfers (16 percent) and regular ACH (11 percent) are also popular.

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Citi Launches Citi Payment Insights For Institutions

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Citi announced Monday (July 16) the launch of Citi Payment Insights, a new service that gives institutional clients access to real-time payment information and the ability to action payments on demand via the CitiDirect BE electronic banking platform.