PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

For the Federal Reserve, real-time payments will take time — three or four years’ time, to be specific. Federal Reserve Board members this week shed some light on the timing and mechanics of FedNow — an always-on, fully interoperable interbank-settlement service that will give rise to instant payments in the United States.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

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. Digital Dollars, Too? .

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Finovate

JANUARY 31, 2024

lags behind its peers when it comes to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and learn about U.S. Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum scores new funding Has crypto winter yielded to the year’s first crypto unicorn? Federal Reserve has deployed “less than 20” people to work on research and development on CBDCs.

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