Tagged: instant payments

December 6, 2022 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant payments, also called real-time payments, are a form of electronic payment “that is available 24/7/365, with the payment processed and funds made available tothe recipient instantly.” the team at Juniper Research explains. However, there is “not a singularly accepted definition of instant payments, with… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-based fintech, introduced Paysend Libre, which will “allow unbanked users in Northern Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) to receive remittances from the U.S. instantly to a Paysend virtual Mastercard digital card.” The virtual card is ready “to use in minutes for cash… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the UK-based Fintech with over 7 million customers, announces the launch of Instant Account Payments, which give consumers and businesses the ability “to send instant cross-border payments of up to $100,000 to accounts for just $1 per payment.” Users can quickly connect to Paysend’s… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DailyPay, a financial technology company, recently announced the launch of Friday, a  general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid card and app, which “unlocks instant no-fee on-demand pay transfers for DailyPay users.” Friday, created in partnership with Visa, the digital payments giant, and The Bancorp Bank, Member… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zimpler, a Fintech company based in Sweden, has partnered with Fintech startup Gigapay in order to offer content creators with a seamless payout management system. Gigapay was reportedly the first to accommodate freelancers without a registered firm and now thanks to their collaboration with Zimpler,… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading open banking platform, announced the availability of TrueLayer Payments for WooCommerce plugin, “enabling ecommerce SMBs to seamlessly add instant, secure account-to-account payments to their website.” Luxury watch retailer BQ Watches is one of “the first businesses to implement… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) announced that Victor Technologies, Inc. is “working with the company to advance its instant payments strategy.” A subsidiary of MVB Edge Ventures, Inc., and part of the MVB Bank, Inc. family, Victor helps banks “manage fintech partnerships and… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synch Payments, the Irish instant mobile payments provider, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with European Paytech Nexi as its platform and service provider to help bring the Synch proposition to Irish clients. Synch has reportedly obtained authorization from the Competition and… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant payments are at “the top” of P27’s agenda. And more than a dozen banks connected to Swedish instant payments solution Swish are “set to test the Nordic payments platform by the end of the year.” Customer Relations Director Jacob Groth said: “We’re doing everything… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sveriges Riksbank has successfully completed the initial phase of the migration to TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS). As noted in the announcement, this paves the way for “the instant settlement of payments in Swedish kronor in TIPS.” The first phase included establishing “a connection between… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TrustPay, a European provider of acquiring services and online payments solutions, has reportedly introduced Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) instant payments – Euro transactions processed within a few seconds, regardless of time and day of the week it may be. The launch should  offer TrustPay’s… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Reserve recently reported that it officially began onboarding pilot participants onto the FedNow Service, “signaling that the initial testing phase of the FedNow Pilot Program is underway.” A few organizations have now successfully “connected and delivered test messages over a pilot version of… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and The Clearing House (TCH) announced that they intend to introduce a pilot service for “immediate” cross-border (IXB) payments “with the support of banks from both sides of the Atlantic.” The pilot service “is scheduled to begin by the end of this… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Fintech iwoca reveals that a new B2B payments solution is bringing together instant payments, free transactions and flexible financing “to address cash flow problems for both buyers and suppliers.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, online Fintech firm iwoca has noted… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK Fintech Modulr has done some research in order to find out what “makes paying passengers leave, and what makes them come back.” As noted in a blog post by Modulr, digital transformation has “been on the collective agenda for years.” It’s… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ACI Worldwide, an international provider of real-time payments and virtual payment software services, has introduced its Network Intelligence Technology as a key part of ACI Fraud Management. The tech allows banking institutions, processors, acquirers, and networks to complement fraud prevention strategies by enabling them to… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 6:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Online payment solutions provider Veem recently announced the rollout of Veem Partner Connect program, enabling partners with flexible and configurable integration options. As services continue to shift online, embedded financial products are expected to become the norm for SMBs as they look for simple and… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LHV UK, the financial and payment services platform for Fintechs, is forming a partnership with Tuum, the modular Core banking platform providing back-end systems which aim to support transactional retail and business banking. Through the partnership, Tuum will aim to provide a single API-powered payments… Read More

October 15, 2021 @ 1:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Singaporean Fintech Thunes, a provider of global cross-border payments, this week announced instant cross-border bank payments to Russia. The partnership will allow Thunes’ customers to make payments to any of Russia’s business and consumer bank accounts in near-real-time, the company said.  In 2019, the combined… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq and TSX: NVEI), the international payment tech partner of major brands, reveals that it’s teaming up with Visa, the leader in virtual payments, in order to offer Nuvei’s US customers with access to quick payouts via implementation of Visa Direct, which is… Read More