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How Small Businesses Ride Their Payment Rails

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NACHA released new statistics late last week on growth of ACH transaction volume in the U.S. According to the firm, B2B transactions were a key driver of ACH transaction growth in the third quarter of the year, leading NACHA Chief Operating Officer Jane Larimer to describe the ACH Network as “thriving.”.

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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. Same Day ACH will create a new option for faster payments for all the banks and credit unions across the U.S. Both are about moving payments faster than they are today.”.

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Fourteen Months In, Extra Credit For Faster (ACH) Credit?

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It has been 14 months since the first phase of Same Day ACH credits debuted, and in numbers via a joint study by PYMNTS and NACHA, business origination of Same Day ACH credit has been significant, with clear trends in place that show healthy use and demand.

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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First, there was the Fed’s decision to slow faster payments progress via Same Day ACH because it wasn’t ready to approve another processing window during the day. And finally, that the banks and the card networks are the big losers. Then came PayPal’s debut of Instant Transfer to Bank. A Couple of Important Dots.

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How ACH Innovation Ushers In A New Normal For Payroll

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While there has been some innovation in wage payment mechanisms as more employers shift away from the paper check toward direct deposit and payroll cards, little has changed about the timing of those payments. ACH Innovation Breaks The Mold. workforce doesn’t look like it used to. Balancing Employer-Employee Needs.

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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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That was the day that an advocacy group, Financial Innovation Now (FIN), submitted a public comment letter to the Fed in response to its proposal to create and operate a real-time payments system in the U.S. It flew in on Dec. 14, the Friday before the week before Christmas, so you might not have noticed. Here’s where the canary flew in.

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For Insurance, Faster Payments Means Nothing Without Data

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B2B payments in the insurance industry suffer from many of the same challenges that other markets do: namely, check-based payments. However, to push insurance providers in the direction of ePayments, service providers have to acknowledge the nuances of the insurance payments machine. “We see really high adoption of virtual cards.”