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The Future of Checks – Tales From The Crypt

South State Correspondent

As check volumes continue to decline as instant payments take hold and fraud increases, we predict the cost per check will hit over $15 per check by 2026. We predict that banks will realize this at the end of 2024 and become more proactive in moving their customers off checks and onto ACH and instant payments.

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Take Me Out To The (Payments) Ball Game

PYMNTS

All in, Wright noted, it adds up to a big opportunity for minor league baseball — and a big goal: to increase its fan base to 50 million by 2026. But because of FIS’s work with community banks and businesses, we are partners ideally suited to work together, even if banking and sports aren’t a combination that immediately springs to mind.”.

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