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traditional London, United Kingdom

Faster Payments

UK's 24/7 real-time payments scheme enabling near-instant bank-to-bank transfers between participating banks and PSPs. Operated by Pay.UK via subsidiary Faster Payments Scheme Limited; the per-payment limit was raised from £250,000 to £1 million in February 2022. Processed 3.4 billion payments worth £2.6 trillion in 2021.

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Fees from
Free for consumers; bank fees for businesses
Settlement
Near-instant
Coverage
1 country
Payment methods
1
Dev tools
Sandbox Webhooks

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UK Instant Bank Transfers

Key features

Instant Payments
Low Fees

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