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Walmart Plans Instant Bank Payments, Cutting Out Card Networks

9 pointsby 2y agobloomberg.com
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2y agoHN ↗

There has to be some sort of downside to this, right? Otherwise, wouldn't everyone be doing this?

2y agoHN ↗

FedNow just recently launched. Takes time for all the tubes to get plumbed up (Central Bank<->Banks, FIs<->Financial Service Consumers).

TLDR 1 cent to request payment, 5 cents to move value, can move $100k at once (initial limit), can move up to $500k if your provider supports it. 20 second settlement SLA 24/7/365.

FedNow Is Live - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36801491 - July 2023 (1022 comments)

https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow/organi... ("FedNow Service Participants and Service Providers")

Change can happen fast: https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/brazils-pix-overtak... ("Brazil's Pix to overtake credit cards in e-commerce as soon as 2025, study shows") (my note: Pix is Brazil's instant payment version of FedNow, launched in 2020)