There are two tasks in collecting regular bill payments from consumers; first, delivering the bill/invoice, and second collecting the payment. There are now many options. Consumer Billing and Payment…
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The mobile phone operators have long dreamed of having their mobile users pay for goods and services via their mobile phone account. For years just one or two operators in countries offered such a service, but now i
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reached an agreement with seven of the UK's biggest high street banks that will see them use a same day 'retry system' when processing direct debits, standing orders and fut
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According to a study of 1,000 billers released today by NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association, Direct Payment via ACH is the leading method consumers use to pay their bills. The study
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HSBC Bank is the first bank to complete live customer transactions on India's new National Automated Clearing House (NACH) debit platform. Vodafone India, one of India's telecommunications
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GlobalCollect, a leading payment service provider, and Vindicia, a leader in enterprise-class subscription billing, have announced that the two companies have further integrated their platforms. This
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NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association's Internet Council announced the launch of its WEB eResources Center. The WEB eResources Center offers resources and tools to support
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Total ACH payment volume grew to over 21 billion transactions in 2012, up 4.19 percent over 2011, according to NACHA the Electronic Payments Assocation.
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The Payment Council's report on the way the UK pays always makes interesting reading. Some of the key findings from the report are:
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The UK Payments Council's clearing statistics for 2012 show that a revolution is happening in the UK payments landscape:
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The fifth annual Billing Household Survey, which was carried out by US financial services technology company Fiserv, indicates that:
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The UK's Faster Payments Service was introduced in 2008 with a focus on personal payments and standing orders. The ACH based system, which clears and settles within a couple of hours (and normally much less), proces
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Dr Thaer Sabri, Chief Executive Electronic Money Association, in his presentation at the recent Eurofinance Conference in Monaco used Square and PayPal as examples of additional functionality being added to payment
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There is general agreement that consumers expect to be able choose from a range of payment methods to pay for their goods and services. (See Safety Insurance case study.) Businesses are undecided as to: 1) which pa
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In his fascinating talk with BNY Merllon’s Michelle Palombo the AFP Annual conference, Jeff Paradis described why they decided to accept insurance premium payments by mobile. It fitted with their payment strategy: 1
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The latest clearing statistics from the UK's Payments Council shows major differences in annual growth rates
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New initiatives for mobile phone payments are announced every day, here are some recent ones:
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The new Online Banking ePayment (OBeP) systems allow consumers to make purchases using their most trusted financial institutions - their banks. With this approach, consumers don't have to share their personal inform
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Barclays Pingit smart phone application for consumers to transfer cash between bank accounts simply by using phone numbers, see Figure, is now available to corporate clients to make and receive payments.
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SafetyPay, a US-based on-line payment systems developer, has added a global cash payment option.
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doxo, the all-in-one digital file cabinet and payment provider, today announced that a dozen state and local government agencies had joined their service.
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Billing automation using all sorts of payments channels is happening world-wide, here are a few of the latest examples:
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Zumbox, the Californian based service company, creates a digital mailbox for every street address in a country.
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US subscription billing service provider Recurly has released a payment gateway designed specifically to handle the requirements of recurring billing.
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The consumer digital file cabinet service doxo, for securely storing important documents, which enables consumers to connect to selected service providers to receive their bills and
