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Billers

Debit is having a moment: Why consumers prefer it and why billers win when they support it

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Billers

The demographic shift powering debit: Why younger, digital‑first customers are choosing it over ACH

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Banking

Is your card platform holding back growth? Legacy vs. modern explained

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Merchants

When gas prices rise, how can fuel retailers protect traffic and loyalty

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Banking

Operational resilience in payments: Governance first, automation second

How ACI Worldwide builds resilience across a global payments infrastructure by leading with controls, proving value early, and earning operational trust before scaling.

Real-time payments

Merchants

The real truth about merchant real-time payments

RTP represents the future of payments, even though it is sometimes difficult to see beyond the current dominance of card-based payments.

ACI Worldwide digital payment solutions with dynamic data streams and secure transaction processing.

Banking

Unified corporate payments: How banks can win corporate clients with seamless service

On this page Corporate banking is undergoing digital transformation as clients demand faster, simpler, and more integrated services. One critical area of opportunity is corporate payments. Traditionally, companies have navigated a maze of payment types: domestic ACH, international wires via SWIFT, regional systems like SEPA, emerging real-time payments, and more.

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Banking

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.

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Banking

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.

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Banking

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.

AI-powered financial technology infrastructure for secure payments and banking solutions.

Leadership in an era of transformation

Navigate the future of payments with insights on today’s barriers, leadership strategies, and ecosystem shifts.

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Banking

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.

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Banking

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.

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Banking

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.

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Banking

Revealed: The Stories Behind the Success of World’s Leading Real-Time Payments Schemes

In search of the economic benefits of faster and more efficient payments, most major markets either already have real-time payment schemes in place or in development, and attention is turning to driving adoption.

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Banking

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.

New Zealand

Banking

3 Essential Considerations for New Zealand’s Real-Time Payments Journey

Modern consumers expect real-time experiences and services, as well as instant fulfillment from the companies providing them.