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The U.K.’s Paysend Eyes U.S. P2P Payments Among Hispanics

Paysend Group is embarking on a campaign to make its name known among U.S. Hispanic peer-to-peer payments users with an advertising campaign and an offer of fee-free money transfers to Latin America, at least initially. Having opened a U.S. office in 2022, London-based Paysend hopes its advertising campaign, which debuts …

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A Regional Fed Official Sees FedNow Consolidating Networks And Adding P2P

With the Federal Reserve’s rollout of the FedNow real-time payments service expected by the end of the month, a regional Federal Reserve Bank official on Wednesday outlined a roadmap for the new network that includes network interoperability, the possible addition of peer-to-peer payments, and, overall, the prospect of fewer payment …

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Can Visa+ Transform P2P Payments?

Peer-to-peer transfers have turned into big business, but one nagging problem remains: there’s no interoperability between networks. Visa is forging a solution, though there are complications.  Peer-to-peer payments have in a relatively short period of time become ingrained in consumers’ daily lives. Whether it’s sending a family member birthday cash, …

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80% Use a P2P Payment App And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/6/23

Some 80% of U.S. consumers say they have used a peer-to-peer payment service at least once, while two-thirds report having used a mobile wallet in the past year, according to the 2023 State of Payments report from card-issuing platform Marqeta Inc. The study surveyed 4,091 consumers in February, including 2,013 in the …

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As New Services Roil P2P, Fiserv Gets Set to Shut Down Its Popmoney Network

Fiserv Inc. will discontinue its longstanding Popmoney peer-to-peer payments service on June 30, the processing giant said, following notices being posted by participating banks. The move comes as the processing giant shifts its priorities to supporting the bank-owned Zelle network, according to a Fiserv spokesperson. “Due to the tremendous success …

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P2P Gets Some Respect

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me peer-to-peer payments have broken through some sort of barrier. Just in the past few years, the concept of allowing individuals to pay each other via mobile apps has taken root and taken off. Apps like CashApp, PayPal, and Venmo have …

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As P2P Transfers Rise Via Apps, Visa Responds With an Interoperability Play

The payments industry continues to reckon with the myriad ways the pandemic has permanently reshaped how people pay businesses and other people. One key example is how individuals are paying each other compared to just a couple of years ago, and how payment networks are responding. In just the two …

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