The demand for speed, efficiency, and user-friendly experiences is reshaping expectations for financial institutions. In a Banking Exchange-hosted webinar, Optimizing Payment Rails: Smarter Solutions for Efficient Money Movement, industry experts Paul Steinbrecher, Director of Payments Consulting at Alacriti, and Jeff Bucher, former Senior Product Manager at Alkami, explored how smart routing and multi-rail optimization are helping institutions rise to the challenge. They also shared a timely market update and introduced the foundation of their partnership—a powerful integration designed to help financial institutions modernize payment operations without compromising on agility, scalability, or user experience.
This article summarizes their insights on leveraging centralized payment hubs, optimizing rail selection, and implementing technologies that improve performance across the RTP® network, the FedNow® Service, ACH, and wires.
