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Fed Moves Ahead With FedNow Despite Objections

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Not everyone favors the Federal Reserve Board’s launch of its settlement service designed to eliminate the three-day check clearing and support instant payments in the U.S. The Clearing House, a payments company that is owned by the nation’s largest banks, has been operating its own real-time system for three years.

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What’s Fast And Slow And Read All Over?

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But recommendation number five is for the Fed to “determine the optimal design of and implement a 24/7/365 settlement service to serve the needs of the faster payments system…and level the playing field.” It’s also a puzzle that we’d even look to the Feds in the first place to drive payments innovation. back in 2014.

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