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FedNow’s Montgomery: Gearing Up For 2023-24 — And Instant Payments Competition

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In an interview with Karen Webster, Boston Federal Reserve Chief Operating Officer and FedNow Program Executive Ken Montgomery said the central bank’s ambitious payments initiative remains on track — and will inject competition into the instant payments market. He noted there has been additional input from the FedNow Community of 700 members.

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The Clearing House’s Strategies To Drive RTP Uptake

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Banking association and payments company The Clearing House (TCH) has been confronting such concerns as it advances its real-time payment ( RTP ) offering in the U.S., The federal government deliberated in 2018 and 2019 over developing its own real-time payment system, FedNow , to compete with RTP.

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Faster Payment Becomes A Federal Case

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It’s the Feds versus the Free Marketeers, and the feud between them is over whose real-time payments (RTP) rails will rule them all. Sensing that existing fast payments are not accessible enough, the Fed proposed the FedNow? To ensure fast payments are available to everyone, FedNow will be accessible to all banks, no matter the size.

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Carl Slabicki Named Chairperson of U.S. Faster Payments Council Board of Directors

Fintech Finance

Carl succeeds Michael Bilski, CEO of North American Banking Company, who has served as Board Chairperson since 2019. Carl brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the FPC. In his role at BNY, he is responsible for the Treasury Services commercial platform, delivering Payments, Trade & Cash Management solutions to clients globally.

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Congress Presses Fed On Real-Time Payments Plan

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The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. 26) titled “ The Future of Real-Time Payments ” to discuss the development of FedNow and its implications for the U.S.

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Top News In Payments: House Committee Holds RTP Hearing; DoorDash Reveals May Data Breach

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House Committee on Financial Services Task Force on Financial Technology held a hearing to talk about the FedNow development and its U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Task Force on Financial Technology held a hearing to talk about the development of FedNow and its U.S. Today in the payments news roundup, the U.S.

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U.S. Faster Payments Evolution: Share Your Thoughts on the Journey

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With systems like The Clearing House's Real Time Payments (RTP®) Network now available, faster payments are clearly advancing. But our 2019 Faster Payments Barometer study showed that still was not enough. Since the release of that survey last year, there have been additional faster payments gains.