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

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Mastercard recently expanded collaboration with The Clearing House (TCH), with the shared goal of propelling the adoption of instant payments. This extended partnership will focus on integrating additional instant payment use cases across a range of payment flows for consumers, businesses, and governments.

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

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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. We can also see opportunities for small and medium businesses.

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Deep Dive: Making Instant Payment Schemes Universal And Interoperable

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Many countries around the world are rolling out instant payments schemes that bring speed and convenience to payments made within their own borders. Unfortunately, those benefits are often limited when it comes to cross-border payments. A London-based manufacturer can’t rely on the U.K.’s Current Efforts .

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Connected Devices, Instant Payments, Digital Shift Top This Week’s News

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It was a busy week for commerce and payments, as consumers are harnessing connected devices for digital-first shopping and firms are looking to harness tools to speed up business-to-business (B2B) disbursements and payments. How Visa, FIS, TCH, SWIFT, Nacha And Circle See The Future Of Faster, Real-Time Payments Rails .

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Deep Dive: How The Pandemic Is Giving Treasurers An Instant Payments Jolt

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The pandemic appears to be pushing many toward other methods, however, with studies revealing a rising number of companies reporting interest in real-time or instant payment methods. Interest in the Real-Time Payments (RTP) system from The Clearing House (TCH) is growing in the U.S.,

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How Visa, FIS, TCH, SWIFT, Nacha and Circle See The Future of Faster, Real Time Payments Rails

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There’s no doubt that when it comes to large bulk payments, said Waterhouse, ACH has strong advantages for users and processing efficiency. But the faster payment systems are showing advantages, too, he said. All of these new instant payments systems around the world are being built on the ISO 2002 standard,” said Waterhouse.

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Taking Real-Time Payment Rails To The Tipping Point

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In the latest Faster Payments Tracker® , PYMNTS examines developments in instant payments adoption around the world, and what may be holding back some FIs from investing in new systems. Around the Faster Payments World. Countries such as Brazil are beginning to experiment further with real-time payment capabilities.