Payments Nerds

Discover how Worley, a global engineering, project management, and professional services company, is reimagining supplier payments through blockchain-enabled smart contracts and instant payments over the RTP® network. In this episode, Pushkar Rao, Vice President of Digital Transformation at Worley, and Preeti Chaturvedi, U.S. Head of Domestic and Emerging Payments at HSBC, share how they collaborated to automate complex payment workflows, streamline vendor interactions, and improve cash-flow visibility across large-scale capital projects. Learn how HSBC’s payment orchestration capabilities and the instant payment capabilities of the RTP network helped Worley process transactions more efficiently while strengthening supplier relationships and reducing operational friction.

What if auto dealer refunds arrived in seconds instead of days? In this episode of Payments Nerds®, PNC Bank's Lilly Dodd and Jim Colassano of The Clearing House explore how a leading auto retailer modernized its refund process by replacing paper checks with a digital, multi-rail payment strategy that delivers faster, simpler refund experiences. Learn how the RTP® network and other electronic payment options are helping businesses enhance customer satisfaction, streamline operations, and modernize disbursements to meet the demands of today's digital-first consumers.

Recorded at NACHA’s Smarter Faster Payments conference, Mike Thomas of US Bank, Kammy Tsang of PayPal, and Keith Melton of The Clearing House discuss how real-time payments are reshaping corporate treasury and banking. The conversation explores precision payments, liquidity management, customer experience, operational efficiency, fraud misconceptions, and emerging stablecoin use cases, while offering practical insights for financial institutions and corporates looking to accelerate instant payment adoption.

Financial services commentator Mary Wisniewski explores the future of the RTP® network and instant payments, how real-time payments are changing consumer expectations, enabling 24/7 money movement, supporting earned wage access, and creating new opportunities for banks and fintechs. Recorded live at Fintech Meetup in Las Vegas, the conversation also covers fraud prevention, open banking, embedded finance, stablecoins, and the customer-centric RTP use cases driving adoption across the payments ecosystem.

Instant payments have reached a tipping point as the RTP® network continuing to expand. The technology is proven, best practices are known, and financial institutions can no longer afford a wait-and-see approach – especially when it comes to enabling send capabilities. In this episode, Marcia Klingensmith of Candescent explains why banks and credit unions must move beyond receive-only participation, modernize their technology foundations, address fraud concerns with confidence, and prepare for a future shaped by AI, real-time data, and B2B innovation.