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Payments & Transfers

NMI Buys Dwolla: Is This Big for Pay-by-Bank?

NMI just bought Dwolla. Everyone expected NMI to keep expanding its white-label payment platform. This acquisition, however, signals a bolder move into account-to-account payments.

4 min read 1 week ago
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Payments & Transfers

RTP Network Hits $8.6B Daily Record: Is Speed Enough?

The Clearing House's RTP network shattered its own records with $8.6 billion in payments on a single day. Yet, questions linger about whether this rapid adoption can translate into lasting consumer habit.

4 min read 1 week, 5 days ago
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Payments & Transfers

Boku Live with Pix Payments in Brazil

Boku has officially gone live with Pix payments in Brazil, opening the door for global merchants to tap into the country's massive real-time payment ecosystem. The integration use Brazil's rapidly ascendant digital payment infrastructure.

5 min read 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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Payments & Transfers

JPMorgan & ACI Fight Real-Time Payment Fraud

The clock ticks faster for fraudsters when payments are instant and irreversible. Now, JPMorgan and ACI Worldwide are racing to build a digital moat around real-time transactions.

5 min read 4 weeks, 1 day ago
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Payments & Transfers

HSBC Exec on Real-Time Payments: It's About YOU, Not Crypto

Forget the blockchain hype. Corporations are jumping onto real-time payments for one simple reason: they make them money. HSBC is here to tell us why.

5 min read 1 month ago
How Real-Time Payments Work: FedNow, Faster Payments, and PIX Compared
Payments & Transfers

How Real-Time Payments Work: FedNow, Faster Payments, and PIX Compared

Real-time payment systems like FedNow, Faster Payments, and PIX are making instant money transfers the global standard. Here is how they work and how they compare.

7 min read 1 month ago
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Payments & Transfers

SoFi Unlocks FedNow Send/Receive: Instant Transfers Live

SoFi just flipped the switch on FedNow, letting you ping money across banks in seconds. No more ACH purgatory—but who's really cashing in on this 'instant' promise?

5 min read 1 month, 1 week ago
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RegTech & Compliance

[2026] Why Sanctions Programs Must Move Beyond Name Matching

Picture a customer's finger hovering over 'Confirm Payment' – one glitchy sanctions check, and they're gone forever. In 2026, AI's rewriting the rules, but compliance can't afford sloppy name matching anymore.

5 min read 1 month, 1 week ago
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Payments & Transfers

Fed's FedNow Gambit: Cross-Border Payments Without the Hype

Everyone figured FedNow would stay domestic forever. Now the Fed's floating cross-border via intermediaries—changing the game, or just kicking the can?

5 min read 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Payments & Transfers

60% of Banks Ditch New Rails for Payments Hubs—Smart Move or Desperate Patch?

What if the battle for faster payments isn't won by building more tracks, but by mastering the switches? Six in ten banks say yes—and they're deploying payments hubs now.

5 min read 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Payments & Transfers

Instant Payments Get Ironclad Fraud Shields—Your Wallet Just Got Safer

Picture zapping cash to a friend across town—or the globe—in seconds, zero fraud freakouts. Instant payments security is flipping the script on scammers, turning speed into strength.

5 min read 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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