Fast payments: design and adoption - BIS

The payments landscape is evolving rapidly, and fast payment systems (FPS) have emerged as a key innovation. Jurisdictions differ in their approach to designing FPS and in user adoption. 

In this article the authors lay out the main design features of FPS that may foster adoption. Cross-country regressions suggest that adoption of fast payments is greater when the public sector plays an active role in the FPS. Other design factors important for adoption are non-bank participation, more use cases and more cross-border connections.

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Challenge of Real-Time Payments for Legacy Banks

In a world of immediate payment options like Venmo and Zelle, most U.S. banks are still using the same payment-processing technology they installed in the 1980s. Consumers have come to embrace real-time payments, looking increasingly to digital-first nonbank financial players for increased speed and convenience. It has created a landscape where many legacy banks are lagging behind both their customers’ expectations and their competitors’ capabilities.

To explore how legacy banks can get up to speed on real-time services, PaymentsJournal sat down with John Brady, Chief Architect and Head of Engineering at BillGo, as well as Elisa Tavilla, Director of Debit Payments at Javelin Strategy & Research.

Listen to this PODCAST HERE.