Sarah Grotta

Elavon, the merchant services business at U.S. Bank, announced it has secured access to the national real-time payments platform in...

Cashless payments continue to expand globally, but the pace of adoption varies significantly from one country to another. While technology...

The Federal Reserve Bank’s deadline to comment on the proposal regarding the Fed’s direct involvement in providing real-time payment services...

An article in Forbes describing a recent report from Ovum characterizes the difficulties that financial institutions have in defining a...

An article in the Wall Street Journal today suggests that faster payments, and specifically the Federal Reserve’s participation in faster...

In one corner we have the view expressed primarily by community banks and consumer advocacy groups that having one industry...

Mastercard and Visa both have proposed to lower interchange in the European Region when a card that was Interregional interchange...

As faster payments and real-time payments emerge in the U.S. financial services market, the vulnerabilities that can lead to fraud...

The growth of person-to-person (P2P) transactions continues to be brisk with leading providers Zelle and Venmo.  It may be surprising...

If you have been to Las Vegas or other locations in the US that attracts tourist from abroad, you will...