72% of consumers pay for access to instant income | PYMNTS.com
Instant payments are valued less by how fast money moves and more by what speed access allows consumers to do. This is an excerpt from PYMNTS Intelligence’s April 2026 Real-Time Payments Tracker® series report, “From Faster from Smarter: Real-Time Payments as a Consumer Cash Flow Tool.” The report found that real-time payments are evolving from …