Real-Time Payments

Emerging real-time or instantaneous settlement of payments, e.g., FedNow.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION INTRODUCES PSD3/PSR TO ADVANCE OPEN BANKING

In this white paper, TINK (a Visa company) explains how PSD3/PSR is a welcome addition to the development of open banking in Europe. PSR should address standardization issues and past problems with APIs. The requirements should be passed before the summer of 2024 with enforcement happening by the end of 2025.

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HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH

FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.

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A NEW PUSH FOR PUSH PAYMENTS

This white paper by Mastercard explains that as real-time payments increase globally, Card-based push payments (push-to-card) enable participants to send funds directly to consumers and small businesses via their payment card accounts. Receipt of funds via a payment card, typically a debit card linked to a deposit account, makes for a seamless consumer experience,

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