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Carvana and Plaid, with the help of Cross River Bank, have launched Request for Payment, which combines billing with The Clearing House's RTP Network. The option has been slow to gain traction, but the companies are betting large-ticket purchases, such as for an automobile, will be popular.

The bill-payments company Doxo is bringing more than 100,000 utilities and other billers to the technology firm InComm's retail network to make it easier for consumers to pay bills in person.

Banks and creditors have spent years trying to remove obstacles to presentment and payment, but some consumers say they would still rather step on a Lego brick than pay a bill, according to PayNearMe research.

The move furthers the retail giant's strategy to become a one-stop shop for payments and financial services.

Billers have long had the edge in handling users' bill payments. Fiserv says it can change that through faster transactions, but it faces fresh competition from fintechs.

Allied Payment Network is linking to the digital banking platform of Tyfone for community banks and small businesses.

The bank anticipates strong demand from businesses that want to settle invoices faster. It also wants to get ahead of competition from fintechs offering similar services.

A comprehensive strategy around when and how consumers pay bills online can better help credit unions understand members' behavior patterns and deepen those relationships.

Fattmerchant is capitalizing on the subscription concept by taking a majority stake in Canadian billing software firm Fusebill, which competes with Chargebee and Chargify in the fast-growing arena of managing subscription revenue for merchants.

The card brand's data exchange platform, which provides mobile real-time processing, has gained support from the likes of PNC and Citizens.

The card brand's data exchange platform, which provides mobile real-time processing, has gained support from the likes of PNC and Citizens.

The everyday occurrence of patients leaving medical appointments or hospital stays with no idea what their insurance will cover, what they owe or what payment options exist would change dramatically if health care facilities turn to technology that delivers accurate billing at checkout.

Amy Coney Barrett will assume a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, just as it prepares to hear a case on the Affordable Care Act that could toss years of advancement in health care payments into disarray.

Bank bill-payment sites have become less relevant over the last decade as more people go to billers’ websites to pay directly or use billers' mobile apps — often at the last minute. But the COVID-19 pandemic could flip the script on the $4.6 trillion bill-payment sector.

Bank bill-payment sites have become less relevant over the last decade as more people go to billers’ websites to pay directly or use billers' mobile apps — often at the last minute. But the COVID-19 pandemic could flip the script on the $4.6 trillion bill-payment sector.

For many U.S. cities and counties, the high number of walk-in payments and checks typically received for services, permits and fees has been aggravating but acceptable — until coronavirus struck.

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, Tenn., is among the first to enable real-time payment posting into Epic systems and a single deposit that reconciles daily with the Baptist Memorial system.

The 2020 election has tossed the U.S. Postal Service under extreme scrutiny, pressuring the institution at a time when it has become a potential catalyst for financial inclusion.

Cloud-based patient billing provider VisitPay is partnering with the Geisinger Health System to simplify the billing and payments process for both patients and providers.