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Faster Payments: Does The Fed Have A Hidden Agenda?

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First, there was the Fed’s decision to slow faster payments progress via Same Day ACH because it wasn’t ready to approve another processing window during the day. Meanwhile, there are already two ubiquitous faster (than before) payments rails in the U.S.: Then came PayPal’s debut of Instant Transfer to Bank.

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Why FedNow Will Slow Real-Time Payments

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Direct deposit over the ACH network eliminated that friction and got them earlier access to those funds. Fast-forward four decades, and everyone – FIs, ACH operators, FinTechs – have been working overtime to get payroll off the paper check and to get wages into workers’ bank accounts faster. Slowing Innovation.