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  • 2019 Will Be Remembered as a Pivotal Year in US Faster Payments — paymentsjournal.com

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    Data for today’s episode is provided by Mercator Advisory Group’s report – Business-to-Business Faster Payments: Market Review and Forecast 2018–2023

    2019 will be remembered as a pivotal year in US Faster Payments:

    • Same-Day ACH achieved Q1 & Q2 growth rates over 100% of the year prior
    • 25 more banks joined The Clearing House’ Real-Time Payments platform
    • Over 50% of US bank accounts are now connected to The Clearing House’ Real-Time Payments platform
    • P2P real-time payments will become ubiquitous, Zelle continues double-digit growth rates
    • Business to Consumer payments gained ground in insurance, refunds, rebates and expense reimbursements
    • Consumer to Business payments take shape around new products:
      • Mastercard’s Bill Pay Exchange Service and TCH’s Request for Pay service pioneer B2C payments