News Payments Strategy AFP Survey Highlights ACH and Check Cost Differential 3/1/2022 A new report from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) highlights the eye-opening disparities between the costs of ACH and check... Read more Tags: ACH, Check, Surveys, AFP
News Payments Strategy Fed Launches Service to Track Trends for FedACH Payments 9/21/2022 Federal Reserve Financial Services has launched the FedPayments® Insights Service, a business and analytics tool that generates reports on a financial... Read more Tags: ACH, Fed, Federal Reserve, FedACH
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Nacha, Faster Payments Council, and Payments... 9/28/2022 Nacha, the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), and our nation’s Payments Associations have announced a first-of-its-kind alliance to create the... Read more Tags: ACH, Faster Payments, Accreditation, AFPP
News Payments Strategy As FedNow Rollout Progresses, Financial Institutions... 10/5/2022 Connie Theien, head of industry relations for Federal Reserve Financial Services, describes the work happening behind the scenes in the FedNow Pilot... Read more Tags: FedNow, Faster Payments, Fed, Federal Reserve
News Payments Strategy Speed is Critical for B2B Payments 10/26/2022 A majority of AFP survey respondents (54%) report that speed is the primary driver when choosing a payment method. Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Real Time Payments, Check, AFP
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Irrevocability of Faster Payments Addressed 11/8/2022 Faster payments volume is growing and transaction limits are rising, increasing the potential for more disputes with higher dollar-values associated... Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Faster Payments Council, Disputes, Returns, irrevocability
News Payments Strategy Jack Henry Launches Real-Time P2P Payments Solution 11/16/2022 This next-generation solution enables banks and credit unions to meet expectations for secure, convenient, flexible ways to send and receive money in... Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Real Time Payments, p2p, Jack Henry
News Payments Strategy FedNow Service Pricing Is Announced 11/16/2022 The Federal Reserve Board has announced pricing, effective January 3, 2023, for payments services including FedNow. Read more Tags: FedNow, Fed, Federal Reserve, pricing
News Payments Strategy Bringing Digital Payments to the Rental Space 11/16/2022 More than 80% of tenants pay their rent by old-fashioned paper checks. Read more Tags: Check, Payments, digital payments
News Payments Strategy Payments Forecasts for 2023 11/23/2022 The industry's continued evolution to faster, easier payments was impacted in 2022 by tumultous environmental factors including inflation, currency... Read more Tags: trends, 2023
News Payments Strategy RTP Network Celebrates 5-Year Anniversary! 11/30/2022 The RTP® network, the nation’s newest real-time payments system that is operated by The Clearing House (TCH), marked its five-year... Read more Tags: RTP, Real Time, Real Time Payments, TCH, The Clearing House, RTP®
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Audit & Compliance Options Available to Strategically Analyze Your FedACH... 12/7/2022 Two Federal Reserve Financial Services reports can provide your organization with powerful strategic payments insights. Read more Tags: ACH, Payments Strategy, Fed, strategy, Federal Reserve, FedACH
News Payments Strategy Faster Payments Council Supports ISO 20022 Transition 12/13/2022 Progress towards ubiquitous faster payments on a global scale is gaining momentum due to ISO 20022 migration. Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Faster Payments Council, FPC, International Payments, ISO 20022
News Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Phixius Processes 2 Millionth Transaction 12/21/2022 Nacha's Phixius service has announced that financial institutions and service providers have processed more than 2 million payment-related... Read more Tags: Risk, Risk Management, Fraud, Nacha, API, Phixius
Payments Strategy 2023 FedNow Service Pricing Now Available 12/28/2022 The Federal Reserve recently announced pricing for the FedNow Service, which will launch mid-year 2023. Read more Tags: FedNow, Federal Reserve, pricing
News Payments Strategy ACH Network Prospers Through Economic Uncertainty 12/28/2022 Between inflation, market swings, crypto issues, and more, the U.S. has weathered an uncertain economic situation in 2022. Read more Tags: ACH, Same Day ACH, ACH Network, Nacha, B2B, economy
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks 1/3/2023 Federal bank regulatory agencies have issued a statement highlighting key risks for banking organizations associated with crypto-assets. Read more Tags: Digital Currency, FDIC, crypto, Fed, OCC, Federal Reserve, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrencies
News Payments Strategy The Rise of Embedded Payments 1/3/2023 With consumers expecting 21st-century digital experiences, the one-click capabilities of embedded payments are looking increasingly attractive to merchants... Read more Tags: ePayConnect, digital payments, embedded finance, embedded payments
News Payments Strategy 6 Takeaways from ePay’s Executive Payments Summit 1/11/2023 If you missed our November 2022 Executive Payments Summit, here are 6 quick takeaways from the event. Read more Tags: Executive Leader, RTP, Same Day ACH, Faster Payments, Real Time, Real Time Payments, Payments Strategy, Faster, strategy, EPS, Executive Payments Summit, ePayConnect, FinTech
News Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes 6 Payments Trends to Watch in 2023 1/11/2023 FedNow, embedded payments, cybersecurity, BNPL, and more will be dominant themes in the payments industry this year. Read more Tags: FedNow, Cybersecurity, Fin Tech, Cybercrime, B2B, FinTech, embedded finance, embedded payments, BNPL
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Audit & Compliance Maximize Your Member Benefits – Create Your Own Account 1/18/2023 Each individual employee of a member organization should establish their own user ID and password that they can use to register for events, order... Read more Tags: Education, Members Only, on-demand, ePayU, members, website
News Rules & Regulations Payments Strategy Audit & Compliance Fed Presents FedNow Service Operating Circular 8... 1/25/2023 Is your organization preparing for the FedNow Service launching this year? Read more Tags: FedNow, Fed, Federal Reserve, Operating Circular
Payments Strategy ACH Volume Statistics 7/18/2022 Historical ACH Volume and Value from the previous year and additional historical data is also available at the bottom of the page. Read more Tags: ACH, Same Day ACH
Payments Strategy US Faster Payments Council 7/18/2022 The Faster Payments Council (FPC) is an industry-led membership organization whose vision is a world-class payment system where Americans can safely and... Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Faster Payments Council, FPC, Digital Currency, Real Time, Instant, Secure
Payments Strategy The Clearing House's Real-Time Payments 7/18/2022 The RTP® network from The Clearing House is a real-time payments platform that all federally insured U.S. depository institutions are eligible to use... Read more Tags: RTP, Faster Payments, Instant, RFP, Real Time Payments, Request for Payment, Zelle
Payments Strategy FedNow Instant Payments 7/18/2022 Get ready for a U.S. payments transformation with the FedNow Service. This new instant payments infrastructure will launch in 2023 and enable organizations... Read more Tags: FedNow, Faster Payments, Faster Payments Council, FPC, Instant Payments
Payments Strategy FedPayments Improvement 7/19/2022 Payments improvement news, perspectives, and community Read more Tags: ACH, FedNow, Faster Payments Council, Digital Currency, Instant, Instant Payments, Check, Wire, CBDC, Central Bank
Payments Strategy PYMTS.com 7/19/2022 Online News feed on Faster Payments from PYMTS.com Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Digital Currency, Real Time, Instant, Payments Strategy
Payments Strategy America Saves 7/19/2022 America Saves, a campaign managed by the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, motivates, encourages, and supports low- to moderate-income households to... Read more Tags: Payments Strategy, Consulting, nonprofit, Campaigns, program
Payments Strategy Direct Deposit 7/19/2022 With Direct Deposit, electronic payments are made directly into your bank account — there’s no check, and no trip to the bank. It’s just a... Read more Tags: ACH, Same Day ACH, Secure, Payments Strategy, program, Faster, campaign
Payments Strategy Fed's Same Day ACH Resource Center 7/19/2022 This resource center presents information about Same Day ACH and the impact on FedACH® Services. In May 2015, an ACH Rules change passed providing for... Read more Tags: Compliance, ACH, Same Day ACH, Secure, Faster
News Payments Strategy Barbara's Crypto Blog, Part 2 4/27/2022 The second part of Barbara Hudgins' Digital Currency series looks at stablecoins. These are a cryptocurrency that usually have some type of backing to... Read more Tags: CBDC, crypto, cryptocurrency
News Payments Strategy Supporting the Underserved With Faster Payments 5/11/2022 Financial Literacy Month in April thrust today’s economic environment into perspective. Inflation is on the rise, the cost to borrow money is... Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Faster Payments Council, FPC, Financial Literacy, underserved
News Payments Strategy Our Crypto Specialist Explains Central Bank Digital Currency 5/11/2022 Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the third and final topic in this Digital Currency series by Barbara Hudgins, Director, Payments Education and... Read more Tags: CBDC, crypto, cryptocurrency, bitcoin
News Payments Strategy Faster Payments Council Seeks Your Input on Crypto Survey 5/18/2022 The Faster Payments Council (FPC), in collaboration with Ripple, recently launched a survey designed to gauge industry perspectives on the use of blockchain... Read more Tags: Faster Payments Council, crypto, Surveys, cryptocurrency, blockchain
News Payments Strategy Top Ten Questions About the FedNow Service 5/18/2022 The FedNow Service is on target to launch in 2023, and we know you must have questions! Check out our latest blog that addresses the FedNow Service... Read more Tags: FedNow
News Payments Strategy Fed Study Shows Consumers Want Faster Payments 5/18/2022 U.S. consumers are seeking faster payments in more areas of their increasingly on-demand lives, with 4 out of 5 saying they are interested in faster options... Read more Tags: Faster Payments, Fed, Federal Reserve
News Payments Strategy Bankers’ Bank Module Facilitates RTP for Community Banks 5/25/2022 Bankers’ Bank, a correspondent bank for community banks, is live with its Funding Agent Smart Liquidity℠ module that connects to The Clearing House... Read more Tags: RTP, Real Time Payments, TCH, The Clearing House, Bankers' Bank
Payments Strategy Nacha's Same Day ACH Resource Center 7/19/2022 Review the technical details and impact related to the upcoming increase here as well as read some of the most frequently asked questions about... Read more Tags: Compliance, ACH, Same Day ACH, Secure, Faster
News Payments Strategy Creating Your FedNow Service Provider Strategy 6/29/2022 Part of FedNow readiness is developing a service provider strategy, including evaluating your own systems, processes, and plans; determining your service... Read more Tags: FedNow, Payments Strategy, strategy
Payments Strategy An E-invoice’s Journey Through an Exchange Framework 8/3/2022 The Federal Reserve Business Payments Coalition’s E-invoice Exchange Market Pilot is working to develop and implement an exchange framework that will... Read more Tags: Payments Strategy, Business, e-invoicing, Fed
News Payments Strategy How Do You Stack Up on Same Day ACH? 8/3/2022 Same Day ACH launched in 2016 with a goal of moving the ACH Network from next-day settlement to multiple same-day settlement options for virtually any ACH... Read more Tags: ACH, Same Day ACH, Faster Payments, Payments Strategy, Faster, Surveys, Center for Payments
News Payments Strategy Fraud & Disputes Evaluate Your Fraud Management Approach as You Prepare... 8/10/2022 As with any type of payment, the potential for fraud exists with instant payments. Financial institutions are the first line of defense against instant... Read more Tags: FedNow, Faster, Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Fraud, Assessments
News Payments Strategy Barbara's Blog - Digital Currency, Part 1: Cryptocurrencies 9/8/2022 I love being part of ePay’s Education team and the opportunities it gives me to learn and share my knowledge. Recently I earned my Certified... Read more Tags: crypto, Certification, cryptocurrency, blog
News Payments Strategy Where Do You Fit Into the FedNow Service Ecosystem? 11/2/2022 The FedNow Service will provide many opportunities for financial institutions and others to build innovative payment solutions. Read more Tags: FedNow
News Payments Strategy Embedded Finance May Drive Innovation for Community Banks 12/7/2022 PYMNTS reports that embedded finance might be just the thing to drive innovation and change within the financial services sector, especially for smaller... Read more Tags: Innovation, FinTech, embedded finance, API