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Mastercard and The Clearing House deepen their partnership to zero in on new instant payments applications 

Tearsheet

However, the landscape has become more competitive with the introduction of FedNow , the Federal Reserve’s instant payments system that launched last year in July. FedNow and RTP are eyeing new use cases to compete for bank partnerships, however, achieving widespread adoption remains a shared hurdle for both instant payment rails.

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FedNow’s Montgomery: Gearing Up For 2023-24 — And Instant Payments Competition

PYMNTS

In an interview with Karen Webster, Boston Federal Reserve Chief Operating Officer and FedNow Program Executive Ken Montgomery said the central bank’s ambitious payments initiative remains on track — and will inject competition into the instant payments market. He noted there has been additional input from the FedNow Community of 700 members.

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A Comprehensive Guide to FedNow

Payment Savvy

The Federal Reserve Bank is currently developing a new instant payment service called “FedNow” that will allow financial institutions to make instant payments. The FedNow Service will begin operating in July 2023 and it is the first U.S. A liquidity management tool helps banks stay compliant and avoid penalties.

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Happy First Birthday FedNow: But is This a Cause For Celebration?

The Fintech Times

Last year, the US Federal Reserve launched FedNow as a competitive alternative for instant payments in the US. In July 2023, FedNow was launched to the public and after a year of being out in the wild, over 600 financial institutions have adopted the instant payment method. ” And this is exactly what it did. .”

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FedNow And ISO 20022 Are Here — What Now For FIs And Faster Payments?

PYMNTS

However, the banks that have been and will be successful are the ones that see faster payments as the “new normal” for payments, clearing and settlement — and with the “new normal” comes new ways to do everything, from account-to-account payments to transfers across borders. In the U.S., The Merchant Is Critical .

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Mastercard to Offer Real Time Cross-Border Payments for Commercial Clients

Finovate

Move Commercial Payments offers features like liquidity management, integration with existing SWIFT systems, and helps to reduce counterparty risk. However, many businesses still struggle with cross-border payments, frustrated by hidden costs and unpredictable settlement speed.

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Portugal's SIBS Takes Payments Platform International

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The new SIBS arrangement is possible, SIBS said, because SIBS has been connected to the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement, the system launched in November 2018 that allows European banks to make instant payments between each other. In the U.S.,