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Fed’s Sapenaro On How To Forge Ahead With Payments Innovation

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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. Louis, as its new payments strategy director.

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Fed Looks To Keep Momentum Going On Payments Improvements

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It’s been more than two years since the Federal Reserve issued its Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System paper, in which the Fed outlined initiatives for the payments industry and its stakeholders to promote progress. Now, the Federal Reserve wants to keep the momentum going.

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Does The U.S. Faster Payment System Need A Federal Mandate?

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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.