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May 6, 2025

Pidgin and United Bankers' Bank Named American Banker's 2025 Innovation of the Year

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, is proud to announce that its partnership with United Bankers' Bank (UBB) has been recognized as one of American Banker's Innovations of the Year for 2025. This prestigious award highlights the groundbreaking work Pidgin and UBB have accomplished in bringing instant payment capabilities to community banks across the United States.
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Apr 15, 2025

Pidgin’s Executives to Present at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025 on the Future of Payments

Pidgin, a secure, instant payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that two of its executives, Kevin Olsen, Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions, and Angela Murphy, Ph.D., Vice President of Marketing & Solutions, will be featured speakers at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025, taking place April 27-30 in New Orleans, LA.
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Apr 9, 2025

Pidgin & BMA Banking Systems Partner to Make Faster Payments Accessible for More Financial Institutions

The partnership combines Pidgin’s advanced payment infrastructure with BMA Banking Systems’ extensive network and expertise in financial technology solutions.
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Feb 05, 2025

Powering Potential: Rethinking Your Payments Strategy With ICBA Payments

ICBA Payments—formerly ICBA Bancard—hasn’t just rebranded. It has begun a multiyear phased investment strategy to modernize its technology and service offerings, which are designed to elevate your bank’s payments strategy.
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Dec 26, 2024

Instant Payments & the Magic of Standards

Credit Union Times
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Dec 17, 2024

2025 Holiday IT Wish List - Part 2

For the 2025 edition of the annual Finopotamus “Holiday Tech Wish List” feature, we sat down with forward-looking fintech and credit union executives who shared their tech hopes and forecasted market realities for 2025. Due to a significant number of intriguing responses, this year’s Wish List will be presented in five consecutive installments.
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Nov 21, 2024

The Benefits of Updated Payments Systems

Angela Murphy, vice president of marketing and solutions for fintech Pidgin, has been nominated for the PayTech Women 2024 Award in the Emerging Trendsetter category. BankBeat talked to Dr. Murphy about the current landscape of payment tech.

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Oct 22, 2024

Women in Technology: Pidgin’s Angela Murphy

In what is a recurring feature, Finopotamus spotlights innovative women who are positively impacting technology applications in the credit union industry, and beyond. For this issue, we visited with Pidgin’s Vice President of Marketing and Solutions, Dr. Angela Murphy.
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Sep 16, 2024

Dr. Angela Murphy Nominated for the PayTech Women 2024 Awards in the Emerging Trendsetter Category

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has announced that Dr. Angela Murphy, Vice President of Marketing and Solutions, has been nominated for the prestigious PayTech Women 2024 Award in the Emerging Trendsetter category. This nomination highlights Dr. Murphy’s exceptional contributions and innovative leadership within the fintech and payments sectors.
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Oct 01, 2024

Can Faster Payments Lead to Faster Fraud?

Community banks can thwart criminals’ attempts to scam people via instant payments by deploying multilayered controls, including educating customers on how to not fall for scams.
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Sept 12, 2024

More Banks are Adopting FedNow

Bankers and industry experts see FedNow as an expanding service with room to grow 14 months after it launched.
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Aug 09, 2024

The Instant Payments Quandary: DIY, buy or partner?

The payments space could unlock trillions of dollars in transactions for banks and credit unions, driving deposits and other revenue opportunities.
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Aug 05 , 2024

Pidgin Partners with ICBA Payments to Empower Community Banks with Instant Payment Offerings

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with ICBA Payments, the payments subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), to offer instant payments to the nation’s community banks.
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Aug 02, 2024

Pidgin and ICBA Payments partner to offer instant payments to community banks

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with ICBA Payments, the payments subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), to offer instant payments to the nation’s community banks.
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Aug 02, 2024

ICBA Payments Partners With Pidgin to Improving Speeds for Community Banks

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with ICBA Payments, the payments subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), to offer instant payments to the nation’s community banks.
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May 28, 2024

Pidgin and Corelation Team on Real-Time CU Payments

Pidgin and Corelation have teamed to let more credit unions offer members real-time payments.The partnership between real-time payments platform Pidgin and payments processing Fintech Corelation will let credit unions (CUs) access faster payment channels and “embrace real-time payments” based on their operational preferences and their members’ needs, the companies said in a Tuesday (May 28) news release.
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May 28, 2024

Pidgin Partners with Corelation to Enable Real-Time Payments for Credit Unions Nationwide

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with Corelation Inc., a fintech offering the next generation of core processing solutions. Pidgin is now a preferred partner with Corelation, and together, the partnership will enable more credit unions to offer real-time payments to their members with Pidgin’s payments ecosystem.
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May 24, 2024

Pidgin Named President’s Award Winner in 2024 NEACH Excellence Awards

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, was named the winner of the President’s Award in NEACH’s 2024 Excellence Awards. The NEACH Excellence Awards showcase outstanding payments contributions in leadership, products or services to the financial industry and beyond. Winners were announced at the 2024 Payments Management Conference, held May 19-21 at Foxwoods Resort in Ledyard, CT.
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Jan 17, 2024

Pidgin Publishes New Whitepaper to Guide Financial Institutions on their FedNow Service Journey

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, published its newest whitepaper, “The FedNow Service is Here. Now What?” This free resource serves as a practical guide for banks and credit unions to evaluate their level of participation within the network, key decisions to make when getting connected and much more.
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Dec 6, 2023

Pidgin Partners with Modern Banking Systems to Enable Real-Time Payments for Community Banks

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with Modern Banking Systems, a leading provider of core bank processing solutions, to enable more community financial institutions to offer real-time payments to their account holders.
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Jul 20, 2023

Pidgin Supports Live Transactions on the FedNow® Service, Driving Innovation in the U.S. Payment Infrastructure

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, now supports live transactions on the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment rail, the FedNow Service. Pidgin is among the first service providers actively facilitating transactions for financial institutions on the service.
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Jul 10, 2023

Pidgin Publishes New eBook to Prepare Financial Institutions for Faster Payments

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, today published its newest eBook, “Faster Payments Playbook: 3 Steps Financial Institutions Should Take to Prepare for FedNow.” This free eBook explores the key steps bank and credit union leaders should take to prepare as faster payments become more widespread with the launch of the Federal Reserve’s FedNow Service.
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May 10, 2023

Pidgin Among the First to Complete Certification for Federal Reserve’s New Instant Payment ServiceShare

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, is among the first companies in the industry to complete testing and certification for the FedNowSM Service, the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment offering launching in July 2023.
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Apr 25, 2023

Pidgin Selected for 2023 ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Program

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has been invited to participate in the Independent Community Bankers of America’s (ICBA) fifth annual ThinkTECH Accelerator program.
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Apr 17, 2023

U.S. Century Bank Partners with Pidgin to Bring Real-Time Payments to Growing Customer Base

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that U.S. Century Bank has chosen to partner with Pidgin to bring real-time payments to its growing customer base.
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Apr 3, 2023

Kevin Olsen of Pidgin to Present at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2023

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, today announced that Kevin Olsen, the company’s SVP of Innovation & Strategy, will present at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2023 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel on Sunday, April 16.
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Mar 27, 2023

Real-Time Payments Platform, Pidgin, Partners with Effectiv to Help Financial Institutions Mitigate Transaction Fraud

Pidgin, a secure, real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has partnered with Effectiv, a fraud-fighting and compliance automation platform to help financial institutions monitor transactions to detect and prevent payments fraud in real time.
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Feb 21, 2023

Pidgin Partners with Community Bankers’ Bank to Facilitate Faster Payments Across Network of Independent Community Banks

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that Community Bankers’ Bank (CBB), is extending the platform to its network of independent community banks in the Fifth Federal Reserve District and contiguous states.
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Aug 1, 2022

United Bankers’ Bank Offers Pidgin to its More Than 1,000 Community Banks

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that United Bankers’ Bank, the nation’s first bankers’ bank, is extending the platform to its more than 1,000 community banks across the West Coast to the Great Lakes and South Atlantic.
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Jul 25, 2022

Pidgin Selected to Demo its Real-Time Payments Platform at FinovateFall

Pidgin, a secure real-time payments platform built for the future of payments, has been selected to demo at FinovateFall this year, which takes place September 12-14 in New York City.
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Apr 15, 2025

Pidgin’s Executives to Present at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025 on the Future of Payments

Pidgin, a secure, instant payments platform built for the future of payments, announced that two of its executives, Kevin Olsen, Senior Vice President, Payments Solutions, and Angela Murphy, Ph.D., Vice President of Marketing & Solutions, will be featured speakers at Nacha Smarter Faster Payments 2025, taking place April 27-30 in New Orleans, LA.
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