PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Federal Reserve is turning heads for its attention to faster payments, but the Fed has recently announced yet another initiative in the payments innovation space. Last week, the Fed’s Secure Payments Task Force called for comment from industry stakeholders about what challenges they face when it comes to payments security.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Kenneth Montgomery will chair the Secure Payments Task Force, which is comprised of more than 200 industry stakeholders who are working on a faster payment system in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

He will lead the Fed’s initiative to address payments fraud risk and boost the security of payments in the U.S. The position means Montgomery will chair the Secure Payments Task Force, one of several task forces the Fed has formed to promote innovation and advancement in the industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

With the financial services space shifting from a competitive nature to a collaborative spirit between traditional banks and emerging FinTechs, one major stakeholder in the payments industry has quietly been an integral part of this co-op: the Federal Reserve. payments system via faster payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

financial players active in the payment infrastructure, is a government-backed mandate necessary to keep these various entities on the same page? That’s a question the Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force is considering as it looks at ways to make U.S. faster payments safer and more efficient.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Through the collaborative efforts of those with backgrounds in payments and security, the Federal Reserve’s Secure Payments Task Force has published “Payment Lifecycles and Security Profiles.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

“Through the strategies and tactics outlined in this next steps plan, the Federal Reserve will support continued industry momentum toward safe, ubiquitous, faster payments for our country.”. According to the Fed, payments must not only be faster, they must also be safe and ubiquitous.

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