faster payments

Faster Payments Service (FPS) is a UK banking initiative to reduce payment times between different banks' customer accounts from the three working days that transfers take using the long-established BACS system, to typically a few seconds.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Citi: Faster Payments Help Treasurers Extract ‘Last Drop’ of Liquidity From Financial Ecosystems
Citi: Faster Payments Help Treasurers Extract ‘Last Drop’ of Liquidity From Financial Ecosystems
August 13, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Corporate treasurers once were relegated to the back office, manipulating spreadsheets, preparing audits, handing printed reports off to more senior management — the folks charting...

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Property Management Report Shows Over Half of Tenants Pay Rent Online
Property Management Report Shows Over Half of Tenants Pay Rent Online
August 09, 2024  |  Faster Payments

In the expansive rental market, where more than 34% of Americans make monthly payments, traditional methods like paper checks and wire transfers are proving inefficient....

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Galileo Says Wire Transfers Go Big and Go Digital With New APIs
Galileo Says Wire Transfers Go Big and Go Digital With New APIs
August 07, 2024  |  Faster Payments

If you were looking for another reason to appreciate core banking infrastructure, here it is. The buzz within the payments arena may be about instant...

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Fastlane by PayPal Now Open to all US Merchants
Fastlane by PayPal Now Open to all US Merchants
August 06, 2024  |  Retail

PayPal’s one-click-checkout tool Fastlane is now available for U.S. businesses of all sizes. The company announced Tuesday (Aug. 6) that the program — first introduced...

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Kickfin Teams With Shift4 to Automate Restaurant Tip Payments
Kickfin Teams With Shift4 to Automate Restaurant Tip Payments
August 06, 2024  |  ResTech

Tip management software company Kickfin integrated with Shift4’s restaurant point-of-sale solution SkyTab. The integration lets restaurants using SkyTab automatically determine tip pools or shares and...

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One Inc CEO Says Insurance Market Is Ripe for Embedded Payments
One Inc CEO Says Insurance Market Is Ripe for Embedded Payments
August 05, 2024  |  Insurance

In the connected economy, there are simple business models (think subscriptions), complex business models (think platforms like Uber), and then there’s insurance. The insurance sector...

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Mastercard Teams With UK Neobank Ampere on Card-to-Card Payments
Mastercard Teams With UK Neobank Ampere on Card-to-Card Payments
August 01, 2024  |  Partnerships

Mastercard and U.K. neobank Ampere teamed up to enhance the latter’s services for small businesses. The collaboration expands Ampere’s services and transfers offering, allowing its...

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Why New Use Cases Like Pay by Bank Will Fast-Track FedNow
Why New Use Cases Like Pay by Bank Will Fast-Track FedNow
August 01, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Since the FedNow® Service went live last July, more than 900 have banks have signed up, per the Federal Reserve. Is that a good number?...

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Blackbird Labs Debuts Check-Settlement Platform for Restaurants
Blackbird Labs Debuts Check-Settlement Platform for Restaurants
July 30, 2024  |  Restaurant innovation

Hospitality tech firm Blackbird Labs has launched a new payments product for restaurants. “Powered by Blackbird’s new blockchain, the Blackbird Flynet, Blackbird Pay gives restaurants...

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