Intellect Design Arena Ltd. has announced its US market expansion with its AI-first payments platform. The platform helps banks capture growth in instant payment demand, enabling them to move beyond incremental upgrades for speed and resilience. Intellect’s AI-First Payments Platform applies intelligence across the payment lifecycle, reducing latency and improving predictability. The US real-time payments market is projected to reach $2 billion by 2030.
US Market Expansion
Intellect Design Arena Ltd. is accelerating its expansion into the US market with its AI-first payments platform, designed for business impact. The announcement was made on January 27, 2026. As banks aim to capture growth in instant payment demand, Intellect enables institutions to move beyond upgrades and design payment systems that deliver speed and competitive advantages.
AI-First Payments Platform
Intellect’s AI-First Payments Platform applies intelligence directly across the payment lifecycle. Powered by Purple Fabric, the platform supports anomaly detection, exception prediction, and operational decisioning. This approach reduces latency, minimizes reconciliation overhead, and improves predictability as payment volumes increase.
Market Opportunity
The revenue opportunity from US real-time payments is projected to reach $2 billion by 2030, with an annual growth rate of 40%. According to market data, 86% of businesses demand instant payments, and 33% are willing to switch banks to gain access.
Unified Orchestration
Intellect Payments provides a single orchestration layer across major US payment networks, including TCH RTP, FedNow Service, ACH, Fedwire, and SWIFT. Purple Fabric AI operates at every stage, validating and enriching payments before they enter the flow, applying anomaly detection in real-time.
Commitment to the US Market
Intellect is backing its global banking expertise with significant US infrastructure investments, including a new headquarters in New York City, an operations center in Atlanta, and an AI development hub in Austin. Recent acquisitions and partnerships demonstrate Intellect’s commitment to leading the US wholesale banking technology market.
Leadership Insight
Manish Maakan, Executive President & Group Chief Revenue Officer and CEO – Wholesale Banking, Intellect Design Arena, stated that banks face a binary choice: lead the payment transformation or risk being outpaced. He emphasized the need for AI-first payment platforms designed for regulated banking to combine speed, resilience, and operational intelligence.
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