Payments Strategy

A majority of AFP survey respondents (54%) report that speed is the primary driver when choosing a payment method.

More than 80% of tenants pay their rent by old-fashioned paper checks.

The Federal Reserve Board has announced pricing, effective January 3, 2023, for payments services including FedNow. 

Two Federal Reserve Financial Services reports can provide your organization with powerful strategic payments insights.

Progress towards ubiquitous faster payments on a global scale is gaining momentum due to ISO 20022 migration.

Between inflation, market swings, crypto issues, and more, the U.S. has weathered an uncertain economic situation in 2022.

The Federal Reserve recently announced pricing for the FedNow Service, which will launch mid-year 2023.

Federal bank regulatory agencies have issued a statement highlighting key risks for banking organizations associated with crypto-assets.

FedNow, embedded payments, cybersecurity, BNPL, and more will be dominant themes in the payments industry this year.

If you missed our November 2022 Executive Payments Summit, here are 6 quick takeaways from the event.

Is your organization preparing for the FedNow Service launching this year?

The U.S. Faster Payments Council has debuted its latest industry resource.

With so many eyes on crypto right now, it’s a great time to get up to speed.

According to Nacha, the ACH Network continued growing in the final quarter of 2022.

If an application or bank doesn’t cut it, consumers are at liberty to find financial wellness options elsewhere.

What is ChatGPT and what does it mean for payments?

The Nacha Top 50 rankings of financial institution originators and receivers of ACH payments for 2022 are now available. 

One of the most significant drivers of the growth of RTP volume is earned wage access (EWA).

Where are you on your FedNow Service journey?

ePay’s partnership with ATMIA will strengthen our ability to support our member financial institution.

Headed to Nacha's Smarter Faster Payments 2023 conference in Las Vegas? Come hang out with Team ePay at Booth 433!

This month the Federal Reserve started formal certification of participants for launch of the FedNow service.

GoDaddy and Microsoft are working to let small businesses accept payments during meetings on Teams.

The 2023 Faster Payments Barometer reveals that faster payments adoption is flourishing.

This report examines the use of checks by US consumers, businesses, and government in 2021.

Watch an example of how financial institutions can enable their customers to access instant payments through the FedNow Service.

Are we all on the same page as to what faster, instant, real-time, and emerging payments mean?

Jeff Foote, President, ePayResources, has been additionally named CEO, succeeding Laura Steele, whose retirement was effective May 31, 2023.

The FedNow^SM launch is almost here! Spark your imagination and get ready!

We're proud to announce the launch of our new mobile app!

57 early adopter organizations have completed formal testing and certification in advance of FedNow's launch later this month.

With so many person-to-person (P2P) and credit push choices, how are consumers to decide what to use?

Want to start the FedNow Service onboarding process but don’t know where to begin? 

The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow^® Service, is now live!

Six years after its launch, the RTP Network has surpassed 500 million real-time payments.

ePayResources is excited to launch its podcast, The Payments Space!

While the FedNow launch offers a significant industry milestone, the work is far from complete.

A new work effort will help transform the way electronic remittance (e-remittance) information is delivered and processed. 

The use of Same Day ACH payments grew significantly in the first half of 2023.

PayPal has announced the PayPal USD stablecoin will begin rolling out to accountholders.

Missed ePayConnect 2023?  Now you can listen in as the Payments Beer Nerds contemplate the death of checks!

FedNow^® is live, and we have courses in ePayU to help you get ready!

The Association for Financial Professionals has released its Payments Guide to ACH: What Corporates Need to Know.

Pioneers of Now represent engaged financial institutions and service providers united by their commitment to early adoption of the FedNow Service.

Congrats to our newest APRPs!

Historical ACH Volume and Value from the previous year and additional historical data is also available at the bottom of the page.

Payments improvement news, perspectives, and community

Online News feed on Faster Payments from PYMTS.com

The FedNow Service will provide many opportunities for financial institutions and others to build innovative payment solutions.