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A year after launching the same-day Automated Clearing House process for credit payments, Nacha says same-day ACH for debit payments began Friday.

Rather than waiting one to three days for funds through the Automated Clearing House system, merchants will be able to receive settlement payments straight to their debit cards within minutes through a partnership between Visa and the processor Vantiv.

With clients seeking a faster way to reimburse employees for expenses, Shoeboxed turned to payments technology provider Dwolla to help create Fetch.

In early fall, the central bank is expected to announce its next steps regarding how to improve the aging U.S. payments system.

For the last two years, the central bank has allowed the private sector to drive a process aimed at modernizing the nation's payments system. Now the Fed will have to determine what its own role will be.

Same-day Automated Clearing House transactions exist, in part, as a first step in the faster payments initiatives taking place in the U.S. But are they lucrative enough for acquirers to add to their portfolio?

An influential task force established by the central bank envisions a future in which the U.S. has multiple real-time payment systems, and in a new report it lays out a series of actions that will be necessary to stitch them together.

Particularly at risk are service providers with high volumes of automated or customer-initiated debit payments, such as cell phone service providers, utilities, cable companies, insurance, and retailers.

The company wants to meet demand for corporate payments globally, especially in emerging markets.

A deeper dive into the workings of the Amazon Prime Reload program should give the card payments industry serious cause for concern.

With The Clearing House still targeting November for the launch of its Real-Time Payments service, it relies on a wide range of partnerships to introduce this offering to the banks that would use it.

Dwolla and Plaid are collaborating to add protection to Automated Clearing House payments.

The industry has made great strides in faster payments over the past year. Even more cooperation among stakeholders will be needed in the year ahead.

ICBA Bancard is partnering with the payments provider linked2pay to more easily deploy Automated Clearing House and other transaction types through a cloud-based platform.

The industry has made great strides in faster payments over the past year. Even more cooperation among stakeholders will be needed in the year ahead.

Technology and payment companies are both trying to get businesses to automate supply chain payments, but for years their efforts have stalled.

The Electronic Payments Association announced the election of new officers to its board of directors.

Since the dawn of online bill payment, billers and banks have been waging war to handle the payments on their own sites. At last, a victor may be emerging.

Direct deposit transactions accounted for 52% of all transactions processed through the speedier system

After more than two years of work on its real-time payments rail, The Clearing House senses it has the proper plumbing in place to make any new system hum. And the one thing it wants to make clear: This isn't your father's ACH.