Unified payments processing is the solution to banks’ crushing compliance burden

Surging digital payment volumes and related compliance demands are heaping pressure on banks to scale their processing capacity and optimize operations.

Banks are overwhelmed by payments data. Does unified processing offer a lifeline?

The volume of payments data available to banks today has surged almost to the point of overwhelm: it has created as many operational challenges as it has growth opportunities.

More widely available instant payments are coming to Europe: How Banks and PSPs can prepare for IPR

European payments are moving toward significant transformation as the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) in February 2024, entering into effect on April 8, 2024.

ISO 20022 – Expanding like no tomorrow

ISO 20022 is a messaging standard used across the financial industry.  In the domestic Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/Wire and cross-border payment spaces, transformation to the most recent ISO 20022 (HVPS+ and CBPR+) messaging standards has been ongoing since 2022. The North America Clearing House CHIPS wire system migrated in April 2024, and the U.S. Federal Reserve will update its Fedwire system in March 2025. It is important to note that everyone has been starting with an ISO 20022 standard.

Los sistemas de pago impulsan la expansión de los pagos inmediatos en Latinoamérica 

Aunque los pagos inmediatos son una realidad desde hace muchos años, no se puede negar que la transformación que supone el “tiempo real” ha despegado en Latinoamérica a un ritmo vertiginoso. No obstante, la tasa de adopción varía enormemente de un país a otro.

SEPA one-leg out SCT Inst (OCT Inst) : a great opportunity for new international services

Payment Service Providers in Europe should start looking at the significant possibilities offered by the newest EPC rulebook on One-Leg Out SCT Inst, to develop new business propositions by providing effective international transaction processing to their retail and corporate customer base.

Historias de éxito de los principales sistemas de pagos inmediatos del mundo

En busca de las ventajas económicas de unos pagos más rápidos y eficaces, la mayoría de los mercados más importantes ya cuentan con sistemas de pagos inmediatos o los están desarrollando, por lo que la atención se está centrando en impulsar su adopción.

How New Zealand’s Banks Can Prepare for Upcoming Account-to-Account Real-Time Payments

Next-generation payment schemes, underpinned by the real-time transfer of funds, have become commonplace around the world. Most major markets are now either live with national account-to-account (A2A) instant payment capabilities or have them in development. And research from ACI and GlobalData forecasts that real-time payments will account for 27.8% of all electronic payments globally by 2027.

How Scale, Simplicity and Flexibility Transforms Payments-as-a-Service

Sam Jawad, ACI’s Executive Vice President and Head of Banks & Intermediaries, explains how managed services for payments have evolved over the past two decades, and how banks can take advantage of the ongoing evolution in cloud architectures.

Real-Time Payments Are Reshaping Economies Around the World

The title of our yearly report exploring the growth and impact of real-time payments – Prime Time for Real-Time – is more apt than ever.

Real-Time in Real Life: The State of Real-Time Payments in the U.S.

A wave of digital change affecting both real-time payments and consumer behavior has swept across the world since the onset of the pandemic, but this wave was well underway before COVID-19 hit.

Driving Asia’s Real-Time Payments Boom

There is no doubt, COVID has led to a profound shift in Asia’s payments landscape, transforming long-accepted payment behaviours, almost overnight. As social distancing became a basic part of life, contactless payments, and their real-time nature, provided a simple and immediate solution for the multiple payment issues faced by consumers.