Real-Time Payments Gateway


Bill Pay Exchange


TodayPayments.com is the go-to platform for modern financial operations, powering businesses with Bill Payment Exchange solutions using Request for Payments, ISO 20022 messaging, and fully digital invoicing. We equip merchants, service providers, and finance teams with tools to connect Payees and Payers across SMS, email, and secure messaging platforms. Our mission is to simplify invoicing, reduce aging receivables, and accelerate reconciliations using automation-ready file formats and free productivity templates. At TodayPayments.com, we don't just move money—we move your business forward.

 

What is Bill Pay Exchange

In today's evolving digital economy, businesses and consumers expect fast, accurate, and transparent payment processes. Enter the Bill Payment Exchange—a modern framework that allows businesses (B2B) and consumers (C2B) to interact seamlessly through Request for Payments (RfP). With the rise of digital invoicing, SMS notifications, and ISO 20022 batch processing, the Bill Payment Exchange bridges the gap between Payees and Payers, enabling real-time tracking, communication, and reconciliation. And with free financial templates from TodayPayments.com, your path to faster payments and streamlined reporting is just a few clicks away.


A Bill Payment Exchange is a real-time digital platform that allows payees to issue Request for Payments (RfP) to businesses or consumers, who can then approve and complete payment on the spot. The benefits of this exchange model include:

  • Faster communication using SMS, email, or secure messaging
  • Direct invoice delivery from Payee to Payer
  • Compatibility with smartphones, accounting systems, and online banking portals
  • Enhanced transparency with time-stamped invoice activity

Whether you're managing a large B2B portfolio or offering C2B services, this system transforms the invoice lifecycle with automation and accuracy.

Batch Uploads and Reporting with ISO 20022 Rich Data

The power of the Bill Payment Exchange is fully unlocked when paired with ISO 20022-compliant messaging and batch upload capabilities. Businesses can:

  • Upload and download batch invoice requests in .XML, Excel, or JSON formats
  • Use rich metadata like invoice aging, payer details, and payment terms
  • Generate downloadable reports for cash flow tracking and DSO analysis
  • Connect to banks, credit unions, and ERP systems with ISO-standard file formats

With TodayPayments.com, your batch invoicing becomes smarter, scalable, and synchronized with your real-time accounting needs.


Free Templates: AR Aging & Bank Reconciliation—Included

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Get a head start on automating your billing and reconciliation process with free downloadable templates:

  • Aging Accounts Receivable Worksheets: Track invoices by 15, 30, 60, and 90+ days
  • Bank Reconciliation Templates: Match payments to deposits, reducing manual errors
  • ISO 20022 Batch File Samples: Use ready-made structures for uploading your RfP requests

These templates are crafted to save time and reduce risk—perfect for small businesses, enterprise finance teams, or high-risk merchants managing complex billing cycles.

 

Digital paying invoices and Bill Pay Exchange are both electronic payment systems that allow individuals and businesses to send and receive payments digitally, without the need for paper checks or physical cash.

Digital paying invoices refer to the process of sending electronic invoices to customers, which they can then pay online using a variety of payment methods, such as credit cards, debit cards, or bank transfers. This process can be automated using specialized software, which can help save time and reduce errors associated with manual invoicing.

Bill Pay Exchange is a platform that enables businesses to send and receive digital payments using ACH transfers. This system allows businesses to automate their payment processes, track payment statuses, and streamline their cash flow management. Bill Pay Exchange can also integrate with accounting software, making it easy to reconcile payments and keep accurate financial records.

Both digital paying invoices and Bill Pay Exchange offer advantages over traditional payment methods. They can help businesses reduce costs associated with paper checks, improve payment processing times, and enhance cash flow management. Additionally, they offer greater convenience and flexibility for customers, who can pay their bills online from anywhere, at any time.

Features & Benefits

FedNow instant payments has benefits for all parties involved in Financial Transactions.
Benefits to your company include:
Text Mobile Request for Real-Time Payment Money Transfer: Current limit of $1,000,000 ~ FedNow, $10,000,000 ~ RTP.
It's Final: All RTP and Instant Payments are Final & Irrevocable.
It's Fast: 24/7/365 access to funds anytime vs. several days for paper checks or ACH transfers to process.
Request for Payments ( RfP ): Mobile & Online Real-Time Bill Payments.
Software Integration: Integrate your A/R & A/P Management or Enterprise software with us.
Message Detail: Full 145 characters available using ISO 20022 messaging XML format.
Online Down Payments: Don't use inconvenient and expensive Wires & Cashier's Checks.
Online Real-Time Reporting: Configured Dashboard with Virtual Terminal login.
Reduced calls / emails in the "Purchasing Chain": All parties to a instant payment transaction receive immediately text & email messaging.  The FedNow and RTP Systems enables Participants to initiate credit transfers, receive final and irrevocable settlement for credit transfers, and make available to Receivers funds associated with such credit transfers in real-time, twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, fifty-two (52) weeks a year. All instant payments are "Credit Push" instead of "Debit Pull."

Creation Request for Payment Bank File

Call us, the .csv and or .xml FedNow or Request for Payment (RfP) file you need while on your 1st phone call! We guarantee our reports work to your Bank and Credit Union. We were years ahead of competitors recognizing the benefits of RequestForPayment.com. We are not a Bank. Our function as a role as an "Accounting System" in Open Banking with Real-Time Payments to work with Billers to create the Request for Payment to upload the Biller's Bank online platform. U.S. Companies need help to learn the RfP message delivering their bank. Today Payments' ISO 20022 Payment Initiation (PAIN .013) shows how to implement Create Real-Time Payments Request for Payment File up front delivering a message from the Creditor (Payee) to it's bank. Most banks (FIs) will deliver the message Import and Batch files for their company depositors for both FedNow and Real-Time Payments (RtP). Once uploaded correctly, the Creditor's (Payee's) bank continues through a "Payment Hub", will be the RtP Hub will be The Clearing House, with messaging to the Debtor's (Payer's) bank. Request for Payment

... easily create Real-Time Payments RfP files. No risk. Test with your bank and delete "test" files before APPROVAL on your Bank's Online Payments Platform. Today Payments is a leader in the evolution of immediate payments. We were years ahead of competitors recognizing the benefits of Same-Day ACH and Real-Time Payments funding. Our business clients receive faster availability of funds on deposited items and instant notification of items presented for deposit all based on real-time activity. Dedicated to providing superior customer service and industry-leading technology.

Pricing with our Request For Payment Solutions

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 1) Free ISO 20022 Request for Payment File Formats, for FedNow and Real-Time Payments (The Clearing House) .pdf for you manually create "Mandatory" (Mandatory .csv or .xml data for completed ISO 20022 file) fields, start at page 4, with "yellow" highlighting. $0.0 + No Support


2) We create .csv or .xml formatting files using your Bank or Credit Union. Using your invoice information database to create an existing Accounts Receivable file, we CLEAN, FORMAT to FEDNOW or Real-Time Payments into CSV or XML. Create Multiple Templates. You can upload or "key data" into our software for File Creation of "Mandatory" general file. Use either the Routing Number and Account Number for your Customers or use "Alias" name via Mobile Cell Phone and / or Email address.

Fees = $57 monthly, including Activation, Support Fees and Batch Fee, Monthly Fee, User Fee. We add your URI for each separate Payer transaction for additional Payment Methods on "Hosted Payment Page" (Request for file with an HTML link per transaction to "Hosted Payment Page" with ancillary payment methods of FedNow, RTP, ACH, Cards and many more!) + $.03 per Transaction + 1% percentage on gross dollar file,


3) Add integrating QuickBooks Online "QBO" using FedNow Real-time Payment using our Bill Pay Exchange system.

Fees Above 2) plus $29 monthly additional QuickBooks Online "QBO" formatting, and "Hosted Payment Page" and WYSIWYG


4) Above 3) plus Create "Total" (over 600 Mandatory, Conditional & Optional fields of all ISO 20022 Pain .013) Price on quote.

Each day, thousands of businesses around the country are turning their transactions into profit with real-time payment solutions like ours.


Contact Us for Real-time Payments processing

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Today Payments Merchant Services
2305 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92106
(866) 927-7180