As Australia announces its official plan to phase out and eventually completely discontinue paper checks, Bob Anderson ponders the motives behind the move, whether other countries will follow in their footsteps, and just how long paper checks might have left.| CUSO Magazine ®
Text-to-pay platform Authvia has integrated Visa’s real-time money movement capabilities into its core offering. The collaboration with Visa Direct, announced in a Monday (Aug. 25) news release, allows for real-time disbursements across industries such as healthcare, automotive services, insurance and gig economy platforms with a single text message. “Whether it’s sending a co-pay reimbursement to a patient, returning a deposit to a customer, or disbursing funds to a technician in ...| PYMNTS.com