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Making the Instant Payment Decision

South State Correspondent

Most banks ignore instant payments or are still worried about fraud and research. The irony is that of the estimated $25 trillion in B2B payments in the U.S., Why Payments Matter For the bank, the correlation between transactions processed and profitability is exceedingly high – approximately 82%.

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VA Issues Proposed Refinance Loan Rule

CFPB Monitor

The need for the veteran to have made at least six consecutive monthly payments on the existing loan, and the new loan being made at least 210 days after the first payment due date of the existing loan. The requirements include: A maximum 36-month period for the veteran to recoup the cost of the refinancing.

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Assessing Global Cash Flow Post Pandemic

Abrigo

An institution can look at their debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, which does not count for living expenses or taxes, or their debt service coverage (DSC) ratio, which is generally the net of their living expenses and taxes. Whichever method they use, it should be the same across the institution so that they can get a factual comparison.

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QuickBooks Strengthens Reports, Adds Enterprise Diamond Tier

PYMNTS

With the updates, users can also make more that one comparison in an individual report such as past period and period year-to-date. And assisted payroll helps with the handling of wages as well as the filing of payroll taxes. Additionally, the updates include an enhanced look and readability of reports on paper.

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Five Democratic Senators urge CFPB to revise remittance transfer rule

CFPB Monitor

sent a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to request that the Remittance Rule be modified to require transfer providers to disclose the true cost of remittance payments so consumers can comparison shop. The Senators compare hidden remittance payment fees to junk fees that the CFPB is seeking to curtail.

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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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Take two announcements from just last week, related to the evolution of faster payments in the U.S. First, there was the Fed’s decision to slow faster payments progress via Same Day ACH because it wasn’t ready to approve another processing window during the day. Okay, so maybe the Fed’s payments folks are just busy.

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US Treasury Eyes Borrowing Almost $3 Trillion In Second Quarter

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By comparison, last year, the government borrowed $1.28 That funding included aid for hospitals, small businesses, more testing, unemployment boosts, and direct payments to millions of people all over the country. That amount is over five times as much as the country borrowed at the height of the Great Recession in 2008.

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