Fed’s new instant payment system could be trouble for PayPal, Venmo::The Fed's goal is to connect 9,000 financial institutions nationwide.

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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

How long has it been that way? We've never had that here in the states...

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    In Australia we've had free next business day transfers for as long as I can remember. Decades.

    The transition to transfers that clear in seconds was happened gradually as bottlenecks were removed from the infrastructure one by one. Some transactions were instant a couple decades ago, but it's only in the last few years that most transactions are instant here.

    These days, Visa/Mastercard are basically the slowest way you can pay someone. It's still the most commonly used option though, since it has the best fraud protection.

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