Tagged: instant payments

September 20, 2023 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global firm focused on mission-critical, real-time payments software, announced a collaboration with Microsoft in order “to help financial institutions and technical services enable instant payments transactions faster through ACI’s Real-Time Payments Cloud (RTPC) platform.” Hosted in the Microsoft Azure environment,… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Treasury Prime, an embedded banking software company, announced a strategic collaboration with Astra, a technology company that offers advanced instant payment solutions. With Astra’s technology, Treasury Prime customers now “have access to instant account funding and instant disbursements via push-to-card capabilities.” This feature marks a… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The RTP Network, the instant payments system operated by The Clearing House that is available to all insured depository financial institutions in the United States, surpassed the one million daily payment milestone “on September 1 as more financial institutions and their customers realize the benefits… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matera, maker of instant payments, QR code and digital ledger technology, announced the launch of Digital Twin. Digital Twin is described as a “one-of-a-kind cloud-native software that sits on top of a financial institution’s core banking platform to enable real-time transaction authorizations and balance updates… Read More

September 4, 2023 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As more countries implement real-time payments rails (including the U.S. in July with FedNow), the next big frontier in the industry is the race to develop the best real-time cross-border payments solutions. ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global provider of real-time payments solutions, can speak… Read More

August 17, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matera, maker of instant payments, QR code and digital ledger technology, announced its strategic acquisition of Cinnecta, an AI company renowned for its solutions in customer retention, loyalty and enhancing digital experiences. The acquisition underpins Matera’s mission “to provide clients with unmatched value, especially in… Read More

August 11, 2023 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments announced that it has expanded its product coverage with the launch of open banking-powered instant payments and payouts in Denmark. With full product coverage in Sweden and Finland, the addition of Denmark further strengthens the second-generation fintech’s footprint “as it continues its expansion… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Using the Request for Payment (RfP) capability on the RTP network, the instant payments system operated by The Clearing House, broker dealers, billers and suppliers “can now request a payment from their customers through secure bank channels, and receive an instant payment in response from… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matera, maker of instant payments, QR code and digital ledger technology, recently released its mid-year report on the adoption of Brazil’s Pix instant payments scheme. The latest Pix by the Numbers report “covers data through Q2 2023, and shows that there are more Pix transactions… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Travis Everett, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of National Merchants Association (NMA), has shared key insights with Crowdfund Insider on FedNow, the new instant payments and transfer service offered by the US Federal Reserve. The new service became operational this past week, with 35 financial… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK) announced it is now live on the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment rail, the FedNow Service, making it one of the first banks to begin sending and receiving payments from participating institutions and support payment activity through settlement or liquidity services. FedNow… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Branch, the workforce payments platform, announced the launch of a new tool to pay out earners instantly. Complementing the platform’s award-winning mobile wallet and range of offerings for accelerating payments, Branch Direct is “a web-based, instant payment solution that allows companies to pay out workers… Read More

July 1, 2023 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, which claims to be the global leader in cloud payments modernization, announced it has been working with a leading U.S. banking customer in order to “help the custodian bank successfully complete pilot testing on the FedNowSM instant payments service.” The comprehensive pilot test… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the global card-to-card payments pioneer, and RemotePass, the global onboarding and payroll platform, are today announcing a partnership to facilitate instant and more cost-effective transfers to international workers in 80 countries. Through this partnership, Paysend will “empower RemotePass with a new instant payout to… Read More

June 7, 2023 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keeta, a new global payments platform offering instant and secure cross-border monetary transactions, announced its official launch with $17 million in funding from investors, including Eric Schmidt and Steel Perlot Management, LLC. Powered by a “highly scalable” proprietary ledger technology, capable of processing more than… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 1:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments, one of Sweden’s fastest growing fintechs and a leader in instant bank payments, announced its Brite Instant Payments Network (IPN). Brite IPN is a proprietary network “that leverages the capabilities of open banking to give merchants and businesses a complete, out-of-the-box instant payments… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, is among the first companies in the industry to complete testing and certification for the FedNowSM Service, the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment offering launching in July 2023. The FedNow Service will “enable… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tranglo recently announced the launch of instant SEPA payments to Europe. It reportedly marks the company’s first large-scale expansion “in that region and comes amid an influx of cross-border funds in recent years.” As noted in the update, SEPA “facilitates over 43 billion transactions annually,… Read More

March 19, 2023 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research specializes in identifying and appraising new high-growth market sectors within the digital ecosystem. They provide market research covering 90 technology markets. Their research reports form the basis on which their analysts make various predictions. As noted in an update shared by Juniper Research,… Read More

March 4, 2023 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Xapo Bank, a Bitcoin custodian and licensed private bank, has partnered with Lightspark and integrated with the Lightning Network “to enable lightning-fast Bitcoin payments for its customers.” Xapo Bank members “can now instantly pay for small purchases of up to $100 USD at any vendor… Read More