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RTP Picks Up Pace With Corporates, While CBDCs Raise Banker Doubts

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The Clearing House's real-time payments offering, the RTP ® network, continues to gather steam with financial institutions (FIs), FinTechs and their business customers in this week's Payment Rail Innovation roundup. The technology will facilitate instant payments for merchants, businesses, FinTechs, government entities and individuals.

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FinTechs Take On Payment Rail Status Quo

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Below, PYMNTS looks at some of the other payments and financial technology companies that are either innovating on top of existing rails or looking to bypass those legacy networks altogether with entirely new solutions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. Billhop Eases B2B Card Acceptance. and Sweden, it noted.

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Singapore Reforms Laws For FinTech Push

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The small nation is making a big push in support of FinTech innovation by reforming its payment laws. Singapore’s financial authority said it will look to consolidate existing legislation related to payment systems, stored value facilities and remittance businesses in order to create a new combined regulatory framework.

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Since Square purchased Afterpay, customers can get an Afterpay card to use with participating retailers that operate with Square, which lets customers use Afterpay for in-store purchases. Afterpay is offered at thousands of merchants – notable names include Nordstrom, Bed, Bath & Beyond, and Nike. According to Kristen E.

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Singapore Reforms Laws For FinTech Push

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The small nation is making a big push in support of FinTech innovation by reforming its payment laws. Singapore’s financial authority said it will look to consolidate exiting legislation related to payment systems, stored value facilities and remittance businesses in order to create a new combined regulatory framework.

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FinTech Firms On The New FinTech Charter

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Department of the Treasury report on how to encourage more FinTech, payments executives were mulling over the report, wondering if it would lead to any concrete improvements and giving their ideas to PYMNTS about how to best improve payments innovation and entrepreneurship. FinTech Improvements. Additionally, the report calls upon the U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Denies Reports Of Police Raid; Blockchain Expands To Gaming Payments

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“The young demographic in India give[s] an edge to adopt and build on new financial technologies, and I believe this will play a vital role in making India a global blockchain innovation center to also spur cryptocurrency adoption throughout the larger public in the country,” said CEO Changpeng Zhao of Binance in a press release.

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