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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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where almost everyone is now banked) and made the case for why the Fed was positioned as the best player to operate a ubiquitous, interoperable real-time payments network – even though the Fed doesn’t have a great track record at payments innovation ( #killthecheck ). It flew in on Dec. Here’s where the canary flew in.

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When Instant Payments Are Just Payments

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Driven by faster phones, ingenious apps and sheer market force, the move to instant is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with payments, opening up new worlds of risk and reward. And as promising as things are in the early stages, there’s work to be done before instant becomes ubiquitous. Making Money Fast.

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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This new feature, available to PayPal customers in good standing, leverages the company’s partnership with Chase, and Chase’s connection to The Clearing House’s RTP network, to move money instantly into the bank accounts of consumers and SMBs. And finally, that the banks and the card networks are the big losers.

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Breaking Down The Faster Payments Construct

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In just a matter of days, the payments industry will see a significant — and ubiquitous — change in the way payments are sent and received. In other countries, however, real-time payments have traditionally only supported credit or what are sometimes referred to as “push payments.”. What’s Under The Faster Payments Umbrella?

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Why Certainty Rules Payments

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Like many small businesses (SMBs), he doesn’t accept cards. I needed a few outdoor cushions earlier this season and hired a local upholstery shop to make them. This small business is a really small business: a guy working out of a teeny tiny storefront in a little town north of Boston. The invoice amount was less than $500.

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails

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Rails and railroads, Buffet wrote in Berkshire’s 2016 Annual Letter, are four times as fuel efficient as trucks , requiring only a single gallon of diesel fuel to move a ton of freight 500 miles. Largely immune to external threats like weather, driver fatigue and driver shortages, railroads can also mitigate delivery delays and uncertainty.

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