By Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development for Elavon, Inc. The past two years have brought unprecedented change to both business and consumer behavior. 2020 was the year small businesses needed to find a way to adapt their operations to survive in a …

Volante Technologies Inc., a cloud payments and financial messaging provider, said it will offer U.S. financial institutions a unified real-time payments service that offers access to The Clearing House’s RTP network and the upcoming FedNow service, which is expected to launch in 2023. Volante has been in the FedNow pilot program since 2021.Facepay …

A survey of 260 corporate executives found that 85% said the availability of real-time payments is the most important factor when choosing a bank partner, said Citizens Financial Group Inc.Mozper, a contactless card intended to help educate children on responsible payments, launched in Brazil on the Visa Inc. network.A mobile-commerce startup …

As criminals increasingly target real-time payments networks with fraud scams, ACI Worldwide Inc. on Monday announced the launch of its proprietary Network Intelligence Technology as part of its ACI Fraud Management platform. The new technology enables banks, processors, acquirers, and networks to augment fraud-prevention strategies by allowing them to share …

As the payments business moves toward faster settlement, verifying payor accounts becomes crucial, yet for non-card payments, “there’s a gap there,” notes Patricia Hewitt, principal at PG Research & Advisory Services LLC, a Savannah, Ga.-based payments consultancy. On Thursday, Checkbook Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup, announced a step toward …