Benjamin Ayer

GIACT Announces Third Consecutive Year of Dramatic Growth
Payments
GIACT Announces Third Consecutive Year of Dramatic Growth

GIACT, a Refinitiv company, today announced that it has added a global consumer and business identity verification solution, gIDENTIFY® Global, to its EPIC Platform. gIDENTIFY Global represents a significant advancement in global identity verification, allowing U.S. organizations to validate non-U.S. persons across 38 countries and businesses across 11 countries, respectively.

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Why Real-Time Payments Need Real-Time Trust
Payments
Why Real-Time Payments Need Real-Time Trust

It can be a moment of anxiety, worry and mistrust: that moment when a digital payment is sent into what was once called the ether. Will the funds end up in the right bank account? Will fraudsters hitch a ride? Those and other questions can vex people involved in the transaction — and keep them glued to paper-based payments until the questions can be answered to their satisfaction.

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PNC, GIACT® Launch New Identity Verification; Authentication Offering
Identity
PNC, GIACT® Launch New Identity Verification; Authentication Offering

GIACT, a Refinitiv company, today announced that it has added a global consumer and business identity verification solution, gIDENTIFY® Global, to its EPIC Platform. gIDENTIFY Global represents a significant advancement in global identity verification, allowing U.S. organizations to validate non-U.S. persons across 38 countries and businesses across 11 countries, respectively.

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ACH Payments Volumes Rising, as is Interest in Fraud Precautions
Payments
ACH Payments Volumes Rising, as is Interest in Fraud Precautions

Monthly ACH volume has hit an all-time high, topping 2 billion transactions and $4.5 trillion in payments in August, according to Nacha – The Electronic Payments Association.

Those numbers represent a 10% increase in transaction volume and a 12% increase in dollar value over August 2017. Nacha said it’s on track to add more than a billion new ACH payments for the fourth year in a row.

“The ACH Network is thriving, and has achieved a milestone of more than 2 billion payments in one month,” Nacha COO Jane Larimer said. “This impressive growth demonstrates that businesses and consumers are choosing to use ACH payments.”

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