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CSG Forte Insights is a collection of industry news and perspectives to help navigate the payments landscape.
What Is a Bill Payment Platform, and How Does It Work?
Remember the last time you paid a streaming bill without even noticing? That friction-free moment is no accident; it’s the result of purpose-built bill payment platforms that move money quietly in the background. Today, more than one-third (34.6%) of United States consumers use automatic payment methods, and Baby Boomers use it 43% of the time […]
How Your Business Can Start Accepting ACH Payments
Checks get lost. Cards expire. Customers find making in-person and cash payments a pain. Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, also called eCheck payments, offer a smarter, more stable way to move money—one that reduces fees, increases reliability and simplifies the entire payment process. For organizations looking to cut overhead and improve cash flow, it’s quickly […]
What Is ACH Prefunding?
Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions are booming. In 2024 alone, the ACH network transferred 8.6 billion commercial and government direct deposit payments (totaling $15.8 trillion) for things like payroll, retirement distributions, Social Security and tax refunds. Imagine what would happen if the money wasn’t there to back those payments. Banks, who are ultimately on the […]
Debunking ACH Payment Myths: What You Should Know
What’s the most valuable non-cash payment channel in the United States? Most people would say credit cards—and most people would be wrong. It turns out Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are the most valuable non-cash payment channel. Even though more credit and debit card than ACH payments are transacted each year, ACH payments are worth much […]
What Can ACH Processing With a Nacha-Preferred Partner Do for Your Business?
While digital payments have been around for decades, in the four short years since the pandemic made digital payments a bigger part of everyday life, Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment processing has become an integral part of digital commerce. The ACH Network—which is the only payment system that reaches all U.S. bank and credit union […]
6 Essential Features for a Better IVR Payment System
Paying bills may never be customers’ favorite activity, but reducing friction points during the bill-paying process can get your invoices paid faster. In fact, Millennials report they are more likely to prioritize paying bills that are easy to pay before taking care of those that are more inconvenient. Unfortunately, more than half (52%) of consumers […]
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