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Portugal's SIBS Takes Payments Platform International

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Portuguese payments provider SIBS has taken its instant payments service international two years after launching it as a intra-country platform. SIBS said more than 5 million instant payments were made inside Portugal over the past year — a rate of about 450,000 transactions per month. In the U.S.,

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Fed Exploring ‘Hypothetical’ Digital Currency

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A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. Digital dollars on the horizon? Maybe – but first comes a focus on policy.

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Payment Rails Present Many Paths To B2B Payments Optimization

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In the journey to improving B2B payment processes, it’s unlikely that any single solution will be the silver bullet to combating friction. In this week’s examination of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS explores the latest efforts to tackle B2B payments pain points. Deluxe Preserves The Check Workflow.

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