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Fed seeks 8,000 financial institutions for FedNow

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About 700 financial institutions have connected to the Fed’s instant payment network since last July, with at least 1,000 more in the pipeline, a FedNow official said this week.

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Fed courts nonbanks for FedNow growth

Payments Dive

The Federal Reserve is stressing the importance of fintechs and core providers for the future expansion of its new instant payments system FedNow.

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FedNow to launch by mid-2023, Fed official says

Payments Dive

The federal government’s new real-time payments system should be ready for use by the middle of next year, Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said in a speech this week.

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Fed officials tout FedNow, seek adoption

Payments Dive

Fed officials are on a campaign to increase adoption of the new instant payments system, noting it may have implications for other Fed services.

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Fed Launches FedNow Community For Instant Payments, Seeks Participants

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The Federal Reserve has formed a FedNow Community group for its upcoming instant payment offering, the FedNow Service , and needs volunteers to support it, the Fed announced Wednesday (May 6). Last summer, PYMNTS reported the FedNow initiative was expected to speed up the time it takes to process paper checks, inching the U.S.

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New Fed official speaks to payments, crypto and FedNow

Payments Dive

Here are 10 takeaways from the Fed's new head of supervision, on everything from payments to crypto to FedNow.

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The Fed Debuts FedNow

PYMNTS

The Fed plans to build its own instant clearing and settlement rails. We only get to make this kind of decision once every 30 or 40 years,” Brainard said, noting that this was the biggest payments oriented move made by The Fed since the early 1970s and the implementation of the ACH system. “At Why Now For FedNow.

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