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Professional Development and the Payments Association Role

Center for Payments

By Wanda Downs, AAP, APRP, NCP, Senior Vice President, Payments Education, ePayResources Nacha’s Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) and Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) programs both hit milestone anniversaries in 2023, celebrating 30 years and 5 years, respectively.

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FPC 2023 Spring Member Meeting

Faster Payments Council

With the system joining the existing RTP system, both promising to modernize the way money moves and allow for greater use of instant payments, it seems the shift to real-time payments is 'inevitable'. FedNow may not interoperate with RTP, and it doesn't seem to be a priority for either. What are your options?

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Graduating To Faster Payments

PYMNTS

The excitement around real-time payments (RTP) in the education space revolves around peace of mind for families, with greater efficiency and even profitability for institutions. Getting to Class On Time. Paper checks are a costly time-suck, and the entire world is over it (except, presumably, check printers and the USPS).

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Deep Dive: Instant Payments Confront Long Path To Ubiquity

PYMNTS

End consumers share in this confusion, and research shows many are still unaware of instant payments as alternative options. The instant payments education gap. real-time payments are much more competitive and saturated than a few years ago.