A New QR Code Standard Could Boost Instant Payments, X9 Committee Says

X9 Committee has released X9.150, a new standard for merchant-generated QR codes enabling secure instant payments across US banks and payment networks without separate protocols per network. The standard addresses a gap in interoperability that has limited QR code adoption for account-to-account payments.

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