OrboNation Blog
In the interest of equal time – Checks? We love ’em!
Read More“Just because checks have existed since at least 13th century Venice and 19 billion of them were used to pay people and businesses in the U.S. last year doesn’t mean that we should keep them alive. We, as a country, somehow mustered up the courage to move past the horse-and-buggy and 8-track tapes – I think we can dig deep and find it within ourselves as a payments ecosystem to kill the check.”
Read MoreSnapcheck founder Ken Kruszka describes describes the continuing popularity of the paper check as “ludicrous,” but contends that they have their advantages.
Read MoreWhat were the top five payment trends according to BAI’s 2015 Payments Connect Publication?
Read MoreOur friends at RemoteDepositCapture.com completed a new poll on mobile RDC and found that among those participating in their survey, 28% put the value of mobile remote deposit capture (mRDC) at up to $1.00 per transaction, and just 3% said using mRDC is of no value to them.
Read MoreFifth Third Bancorporation is deploying Remote Deposit Capture to attract new customers from the ranks of un- and underbanked Americans, collectively known as financially underserved.
Read MoreOne of the biggest hurdles in maintaining self-serve devices — ATMs, Remote Deposit Capture (RDC), and kiosks, to name a few — is ensuring that any negotiable item is converted and deposited correctly. Money orders are often the worst offenders, but there are still many checks with poor dropout features. Additionally, low-end scanners are more prone to poor images and MICR rejects due to cheaper imaging components.
Read MoreThe vision of P2P payments is like a dream for mobile app vendors and bank executives who love digital payments. Let’s say you want to give or pay money to a friend, relative, or even small business. I recently went through this exercise several times.
And guess what? To my surprise, the best option was still a check!
Read MoreATM technology is responding to the fact that, in spite of consumers’ embrace of plastic, there is still a lot of love for cash (Chase plans to respond to the desire for cash access by introducing check-cashing ATMs in late 2016.). Checks are still getting some luvin’ as well!
Read MoreIt’s a safe bet that there will be a great deal of talk at this year’s HIMMS Conference (February 29 – March 4 in Las Vegas) regarding integration in medical claims billing.
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