Instant Payment adoption is accelerating

US mobile ubiquity and global ISO adoption setting the groundwork for instant payments

43.2%

of US smartphone owners use mobile payments.

By 2025

experts predict these numbers will rise to 50% (125 million) Americans.

80%

of payment volume worldwide uses ISO 20022 standards.

Not offering Instant Payments presents an attrition risk for both businesses and banks

66%

of businesses would factor access to faster payments into whether to switch banks.

90%

of businesses expect to be able to send and receive faster payments by 2023.

75%

of businesses consider it important their bank offer faster payments.

Consumer use of Instant Payments is becoming the standard

Over 60%

of consumers want a real-time view of their account balance and immediate posting of their payments.

17%

of disbursements US consumers received in 2021 were instant payments.

Nearly 3x

growth in Instant Payments has occurred between 2020 and 2021 (according to the January/ February 2022 Disbursements Tracker®).

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Seize the instant payments opportunities in the US with Finastra Payments To Go

Experience the future of instant payments in the US with Finastra Payments To Go and learn how financial institutions can offer round the clock instant payments services.

Instant Payments in the U.S.: How to Seize the Opportunity

Find out how financial institutions and businesses can harness the growth in instant payments opportunities to meet the growing customer demands.

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Watch the replay of this webinar to find out about Instant Payments developments in the US

As traction for Instant Payments grows join Finastra in discussion with the Federal Reserve and The Clearing House as we consider the resulting impact and opportunities.

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The state of instant payments in the US: Top 5 findings

Find out how financial institutions and businesses can take advantage of instant payments opportunities with Finastra Payments To Go.

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Comparing Instant Payment Rails

RTP

Availability
24/7/365

Source/Destination
Account to Account

Limits
$1 Million

Business Segment
B2B, B2SMB, B2C

Use Cases
Insurance, Utilities, Gig Economy, Payroll, and vendor/supplier disbursements

Sent Via
The RTP network Operator
The Clearing House

Institution Reach
Reaches 61% of US DDA's

Regulatory
Uses ISO 20022

Funding
Prefunded amounts into a joint account (does not earn interest or count toward reserve requirements)

Liquidity Management Tools
No Liquidity Management Tool (Fedwire payment required to cover liquidity)

The FedNowSM Service

Availability
24/7/365

Source/Destination
Account to Account

Limits
$500K

Business Segment
B2B, B2SMB, B2C, P2P

Use Cases
Insurance, Utilities, Gig Economy, Payroll, and vendor/supplier disbursements

Sent Via
The FedlineSM network
Operator The Federal Reserve

Institution Reach
Expected to reach 100% of US DDA’s

Regulatory
Uses ISO 20022

Funding
Can use their master accounts which earn interest and count toward reserve requirements

Liquidity Management Tools
Liquidity Management Tool (LMT) which supports instant payment liquidity transfers between FedNow Service participants and financial institutions with real-time capabilities.

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The road to US real-time payments adoption: Use cases, use cases, use cases

Discover how financial institutions should be approaching real-time payments as customer demand accelerates.

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