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Federal Reserve Raises 2020 Payment Services Fees By 2.4 Pct.

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percent higher than 2019, the Fed announced in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. Fees will stay the same as 2019 for the FedACH service, National Settlement Service and Fedwire Securities Service. In August, the Fed launched a real-time payments system, FedNow , that is broadly accessible across the financial services ecosystem.

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Ticking Off The Boxes On The Fed’s Checklist Of B2B Payments Priorities

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The Federal Reserve currently operates its own ePayments directory, the E-Payments Routing Directory, which includes routing information for FedWire and FedACH transactions. Payment System ” report, published last September, the Fed called for the creation of a B2B directory to simplify and standardize business payment information.

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The Impact of FedNow on the US Payments Landscape

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Since its launch in July last year, about 700 banks and credit unions have joined the FedNow network, and this list is expected to grow as the Fed seeks 8,000 financial institutions. The Federal Reserve’s goal is to achieve wide adoption of FedNow over time, much like the Fedwire ® Funds Service and FedACH ® Services.

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