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BofA's Zelle numbers don't add up — but they do make sense

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Zelle has been good for Bank of America’s P2P traffic, with the bank reporting eye-popping numbers every quarter. But the bank and the Zelle network have different ways of counting their volumes.

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How the pandemic is propelling Zelle

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The pandemic’s physical distancing requirements appear to have accelerated transaction volume and overall use of Zelle, the P2P app operated by the bank-owned Early Warning Services LLC.

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Data: The new causes of mobile payments fraud

Payments Source

Account takeover (ATO) fraud currently drives the largest fraud losses at North American financial institutions within digital channels, according to a new report from Aite Group and Early Warning, the bank organization that operates the Zelle payment network brand.

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Zelle breaks through to non-millennials: Half of new P2P users over 45

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The bank-run Zelle P2P network was designed without the social media-esque touches that made Venmo a hit among millennials. And as one might expect, half of all new P2P users are 45 and older.

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Mobile Payments Fraud: How Strong Is Your Defensive Line?

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Not a mobile payment, Venmo or Zelle, PayPal or Cashbot was in sight. Seeing the flutter of sawbucks gave me a flashback to one of my first payments memories, from the early 1980s, when the Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. Mobile Payments Proliferate. Mobile Payments Are Tied to DDA and Savings Accounts.

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After building its bank base, what's next for Zelle?

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While Zelle is working hard to become the Venmo for grown-ups, it is also pushing into retail payments, particularly in opportunities for displacement of cash and check and where funds are needed in minutes rather than days or weeks.

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US Bank Debuts Free Zelle eCards For Users Sending Money

PYMNTS

The eCards can be sent alongside payments made as gifts via Zelle in the bank's mobile app. Zelle is used to complete fast transactions in which funds are typically made available within minutes in the recipient's bank account. Recently, Zelle surpassed one billion payments in 12 months.

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