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SameDayACH is now a reality and, with much fanfare, represents the first ubiquitous faster payments initiative in the United States without an attendant regulatory mandate. But as Karen Webster noted in the latest installment of Topic TBD, even as faster payments takes a step closer to reality in the U.S.,
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But for the Fed and its rails, they say, employees will be resigned to the bad old days of antiquated payroll systems that force them to live paycheck to paycheck, and at great financial risk. Ever notice your paycheck takes days to clear ?” Ironically, perhaps, the ACH network’s first direct deposit use case was the U.S.
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