Colorado-based FirstBank will enable consumers and businesses to send, clear, and settle payments in real time on the RTP network. 

Ensuring that the RTP network serves U.S. depository institutions of all sizes and their customers has been The Clearing House’s priority since we first began work to develop the country’s new, modern payments rail over five years ago.

Community bank to implement the RTP^® network to support innovative payments capabilities for customers and Fintech partners.

The Clearing House points to the FDX launch as a significant step  toward improving financial data sharing practices.

Nearly one-third of U.S. banking consumers use online and mobile fintech applications (apps) to help manage their money, according to a new survey conducted by The Clearing House (TCH). Yet, a majority of consumers are concerned about data privacy and want more control over the financial data their apps can access.

Capital One’s decision to share customer data with third-party services through application programming interfaces (APIs) deserves applause. The data-sharing model allows banks to protect their customers, while giving customers better control over their personal financial information. 

Greg Baer, President of The Clearing House Association (TCH), today testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.  The hearing focused on the implementation of FinCEN’s customer due diligence rule.

Greg Baer, President of The Clearing House Association (TCH), today testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.  The hearing focused on the implementation of FinCEN’s customer due diligence rule.

The NACHA Excellence in Payments Award honors superior leadership and accomplishment in the development, implementation or advancement of domestic or international electronic payments. Steve is recognized for his 30+ years in payments leadership, most recently overseeing nearly all aspects of RTP®. The attributes that set Steve apart are his inclusive approach, positive outlook and infectious enthusiasm for what’s next.

Today, Greg Baer, President of The Clearing House Association, spoke to the Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C. where he discussed the current framework for bank supervision.

Today, The Clearing House (TCH) announced it has formed an RTP® Advisory Committee from a diverse set of financial institution stakeholders to obtain input on the operation of its new real-time payments system. The committee is comprised of senior executives from credit unions, community and mid-size banks, and trade associations. The committee is charged with providing perspectives that will help RTP continue to be responsive to all financial institutions and drive adoption of RTP in an effort to achieve the goal of ubiquity by 2020.

In a comment letter, filed with the Federal Reserve, The Clearing House highlights the need for significantly greater public transparency into key aspects of the Federal Reserve’s stress testing and capital planning framework and offers three recommendations to improve transparency that aim to ensure stress testing continues to serve its prudential purposes but better promotes economic growth, vibrant capital markets, and the global competitiveness of the U.S. banking system.

The Clearing House (TCH) launched RTP®, its real-time payments system, the first new core payments infrastructure in the U.S. in more than 40 years.  The new RTP system was designed and built through the collaborative effort of TCH’s 25 owner banks and meets the objectives of the Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force. RTP is open to all U.S depository institutions with a goal of reaching ubiquity by 2020.

Today, The Clearing House (TCH) and Mastercard announced they are partnering to enable TCH to provision and manage Mastercard-branded tokens on behalf of banks. The partnership with Mastercard establishes TCH as one of the first Mastercard-certified third-party Token Service Providers to enter the US market, and enables TCH to support current and future token capabilities ranging from mobile payments to remote purchases and Internet-of-things (IoT) transactions.

In a comment letter filed on September 21 with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, The Clearing House (TCH) made recommendations regarding how to more effectively implement the Volcker Rule to better promote lending, banking services, and vibrant capital markets while still ensuring it meets its objective of reducing risk and enhancing bank safety and soundness by restricting excessive risk-taking activities by banks and their affiliates.

Task Force's final report offers a roadmap for achieving competitive, safe, ubiquitous, and faster payments.