Mercator Advisory Group’s latest research report, The Current State of Real-Time Payments in the United States: Talking to the Providers, provides a direct view into the how, why, and when of launching connectivity to RTP. Adoption rates have been rather tepid, and through the eyes of those responsible for advancing the real-time businesses at their institutions and through their comments on their institutions’ experiences, one learns that moving large organizations into an “always on” systems and service environment is not a job for the faint of heart. As more banks and third-party providers are now connecting to the RTP network, uses become more scalable and valuable.

“There has been noticeable uptick in recent RTP project activity as more businesses learn about the actual advantages of an entirely new payments rail with unprecedented speed, data, and communications ability,” commented Steve Murphy, Director, Commercial and Enterprise Payments Advisory Service, co-author of the report along with Sarah Grotta, Director of the Debit and Alternative Products Advisory Service, “so any institution that has been considering a launch effort would do well to listen to some of their peers about how to get it done.”

This report is 17 pages long and has 7 exhibits.

Companies and other organizations mentioned in this report include ACI, Bank of America, BNY Mellon, Citi, Early Warning, Federal Reserve, Finastra, FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry & Associates, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, P27, PayFi, The Clearing House, U.S. Bank, Visa, and Wells Fargo.