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How Channel Sales Partners Help Merchants Adopt Real-Time Payments?

June 23, 2022

By ICG Digital

The global real-time payments (RTP) market has outgrown expectations in the last three years. COVID-19, unemployment, and the rise of the gig economy are the key contributors to such unprecedented growth. It is safe to say that there is no…

Pros and Cons of Offering a Buy Now Pay Later Car Insurance

June 22, 2022

By ICG Digital

Car insurance payments are some of the most cumbersome (yet necessary) payments that one cannot afford to miss. An individual may attract a heavy fine/penalty from the cops if found driving without car insurance. Moreover, the settlement payment may wreck…

The Future of Federal Payments

June 20, 2022

By ICG Digital

The digitization of federal payment systems sped up significantly in the last five years. The Fed actively adopts new payment and collection systems to meet the growing digital banking demands of the average consumer. COVID-19, the need for real-time payment…

Energy Bill Collections for Wind Energy Providers

June 17, 2022

By ICG Digital

Inflation is rising, a recession is imminent, global warming is killing life, and the world is on fire. Quite literally. It seems that nothing is going right for humanity right now. What steps can we take to ensure survival? How…

What are Alternative and Frictionless Payments?

June 16, 2022

By ICG Digital

When was the last time you paid for something with cash? Chances are, you don’t remember. Merchant businesses seek to possess this technology inhouse for their consumers, too. Nowadays, we are all so tuned to paying with mobile wallets and…

Summing Up the SEAA 2022 Annual Conference

June 15, 2022

By ICG Digital

The payments industry enjoys a unique position as one of the few industries that benefit from the expertise of several disparate stakeholders. Third-party service providers, fintech organizations, financial institutions, commercial enterprise organizations, and small-and-medium-sized business owners all come together to…

Top 5 FAQs on QR Code Payments for Merchants

June 13, 2022

By ICG Digital

Latest studies by Statista show that 75.8 million smartphone users in the U.S. scanned a QR code in 2021. This number went up by 15.3% compared to 2020. The use of mobile wallets and online payment technologies improved significantly in…

Everything You Need to Know About ISO 20022 – Fintech News

June 9, 2022

By ICG Digital

The need for faster payment systems is growing by the day. Studies by the Clearing House (THC) discuss how real-time disbursements accounted for nearly 17% of all disbursements made in 2021, up from just 5.7% in 2020. The same study…

Top 10 Real Applications of Real-Time Payment Solutions

June 7, 2022

By ICG Digital

It is NOW or NEVER. Quite literally. The world of payments has seen a massive transformation in the last two decades, and the growth is not stopping any time soon. Technological innovations in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, and the…

5 Best Practices for Bank-Fintech Partner Relationships

June 6, 2022

By ICG Digital

The number of FDIC-insured banks in the U.S. has been steadily decreasing for over a century. At its peak in 1921, there were 30,456 banks in the U.S. A Statista study shows that in 2000, there were 8,315 banks in…