FICO Survey: UK Consumers Trail Europeans in Real-Time Payments
June 20, 20254 min
As scam losses mount, only one-third of Brits consider RTP to be more secure than a credit card
Bridget Hall to Serve on U.S. FPC’s 2023-2024 Board Advisory Group
September 12, 20233 min
ACI Worldwide, a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, announced that the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), an industry-led organization committed to advancing safer, faster payments in the United States, has selected ACI’s leader of real-time payments in the Americas, Bridget Hall, to serve on the FPC’s 2023-2024 Board Advisory Group. The Board Advisory Group advises the FPC Board of Directors and staff, providing external perspectives on real-time payments to help the FPC respond...
Astra partners with Plaid
August 30, 20235 min
Astra, a leading infrastructure provider for faster payments, extended its partnership with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem, to provide a unified solution for securely embedding instant transfers into fintech products. “All consumer experiences are trending towards faster, on-demand funds availability across deposits and withdrawals, but faster settlement comes with increased risk. By combining the powerful technology of Plaid Identity Verification with Astra’s flexible APIs for real-time payments, developers can now easily...
DataVisor releases New Fraud Solution
August 18, 20237 min
DataVisor, the AI-powered fraud and risk platform, announced the release of its newest solution to prevent instant payments fraud as the FedNow Service expands instant payments options. DataVisor’s Real-Time Payments Fraud Solution leverages rich account life-cycle signals, advanced machine learning techniques and prebuilt rules that have been tested and proven effective for real-time payments fraud scenarios. By incorporating this solution, financial institutions (FIs) can confidently embrace instant payment technologies facilitated by entities such as The...
Regions Bank announced latest enhancement to its digital solutions
August 7, 20235 min
It’s another way Regions Treasury Management is helping companies better manage their billing and communications needs – from one platform.
Adyen certified to utilize the FedNow Service
July 17, 20234 min
The certification enables Adyen to provide real time payment and payout services in the U.S. Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is among the first to complete testing and receive certification to utilize the FedNow(R) Service, the Federal Reserve’s instant payment infrastructure launching in July 2023. Adyen obtained a U.S. banking branch license in 2021, a reflection of the company’s long-standing commitment to commercially investing in the North America region. By becoming one of...
ACI Instant Pay integrates seamlessly with existing checkout experiences to provide access to lower cost payments, instant liquidity and reduced risk of fraud
Volt becomes an approved Shopify open banking partner
June 14, 20234 min
Shopify, the leading global commerce company, has approved real-time payments gateway Volt as a global open banking partner. From today, merchants across Europe, the UK and Brazil that have integrated Shopify can offer Volt’s ‘Pay by Bank’ solution at checkout, enabling their customers to initiate real-time account-to-account payments – with funds settling near instantly. The solution will be made available to Shopify merchants in additional countries over the coming months, starting with Australia in Q4 2023. Shopify, which has millions...
ACI enables financial institutions to utilize Swift Go via the ACI Enterprise Payments Platform
Tassat® Group Inc., the leading provider of private blockchain-based, B2B real-time payments and financial services solutions to banks, today announced that Orlando, Florida-headquartered Cogent Bank has launched a fully-integrated digital banking platform powered by Tassat. The private permissioned blockchain-based payments platform, now available to Cogent Bank’s business-to-business (B2B) clients, is the latest adoption of TassatPay by a bank for use in its clients’ transactions. “We welcome Cogent Bank to the growing roster of banks that are using TassatPay...