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NEW REPORT: Minding Faster Payments Global Gaps

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The need for faster payments is transcending borders, with FIs in several major global regions making efforts to expand local access to speedier payments. These innovations not only promise to improve payment speed, but to also accelerate financial access and empowerment in different markets. . s payment systems.

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Citizens Bank’s Corporate Real-Time Payments Play

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Some financial institutions (FIs) are seeking to help their corporate clients tap into real-time payments (RTP) to keep up the pace. . “We We might be at a tipping point in the market, [in which] the market just demands faster payments,” said Matt Richardson, head of product solutions at Citizens Bank. . as an example.

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Real-Time Payments Go Beyond The Need For Speed

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Fifth Third’s Chayt said the need for speed might have gotten real-time payments initiatives off the ground, but that’s just a starting point. economy is proving to be a tailwind for faster payments and processes. That said, the U.S. The Three Is . But she added that “we do lose a lot when we talk just about speed.”

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ACH Network Processed 21.5B Transactions in 2017

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Last month, NACHA announced it was launching a new initiative to make B2B ACH payments more efficient. The Request for Payment program uses the ISO 20022 messaging standard to facilitate eInvoicing and receive ACH payments that correspond to that bill. percent higher than similar volume reported in 2016.

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Past Lessons May Prove Invaluable For US Real-Time Payments Rollout

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Real-time payments initiatives are under way all across the globe, but there is little consistency across jurisdictions regarding how the financial services sector takes on the initiative or where each market is at in terms of progress in achieving real-time payments capabilities. In the U.S., For instance, in the U.K. I think the U.S.