Electronic Checks

In testing now, the Abrigo Fraud Detection platform is incorporating artificial intelligence into check inspection and image analysis to help banks manage check fraud. Though checks written fell from 15.5 billion in 2018 to 12 billion in 2021, according to the 2022 Federal Reserve Payments Study, they remain a significant …

Real-time account-to-account payments provider AppBrilliance announced it closed an investment from Truist Ventures, the venture-capital arm of Truist Financial. Terms were not announced. AppBrilliance works with The Clearing House’s Real Time Payments network as well as FedNow, the real-time network from the Federal Reserve. Pay Plantation LLC, whose payment gateway allows merchants to accept e-checks …

Most bankers know that today’s payments are broken. From keeping pace with evolving customer experiences, to navigating the changing regulatory environment, to overcoming competitive threats from nonbanks, many have become so frustrated they are debating whether to abandon some in-house payments channels entirely. Consumers, too, are becoming frustrated with the …

Prepaid card platform Blackhawk Network said it is working with Visa Inc. to convert its Visa-branded cards from plastic to paper-based materials. Payments provider Central Payments released PayCP, its payout platform that initially includes a virtual Discover prepaid card, a physical Discover prepaid card, push to debit cards via Mastercard Send, and ACH bank …

FIS Inc. is the latest processor to be certified for the Federal Reserve’s FedNow real-time payments network, which is scheduled to launch later this month. FIS, which announced yesterday it is selling a sell a 55% interest in its merchant-processing business, joins a growing list of certified FedNow participants, including  ACI …

Mitek Systems Inc., provider of remote deposit capture and fraud-prevention technology, says revenue for fiscal 2022 grew 20% to $143.9 million from fiscal 2021’s $119.8 million. Much of the growth came from more demand for the company’s fraud-control offerings. San Diego-based Mitek is a leading vendor of remote deposit technology. …

Payments analysts looking for where the growth is can find it in the automated clearing house network and in debit cards. With respect to transaction volume, no U.S. payment system grew faster over the three years from 2018 to 2021 than the ACH, which posted a compound annual growth rate …

More than half the U.S. companies polled in a recent survey—56%—said they were the target of at least one business-to-business payment-fraud attempt in 2022, with paper checks the leading fraud type. Furthermore, 43% of companies said they had been targeted more than once, and 12% said they had been targeted …

The Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule that would require sellers to offer a “click to cancel” button that customers could use to more easily stop subscriptions and recurring payments. A global survey on cross-border payments found 29% of mid-size and large U.S. businesses cite high transaction cost as a challenge, …

Cheq Inc., a mobile and social hospitality payments provider, said it will provide the mobile ordering platform at Target Field, the home stadium of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball team. Available via the MLB Ballpark app, the service will enable consumers to order and pickup at select concession stands. …