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Faster Payment Becomes A Federal Case

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It’s the Feds versus the Free Marketeers, and the feud between them is over whose real-time payments (RTP) rails will rule them all. To ensure fast payments are available to everyone, FedNow will be accessible to all banks, no matter the size. Public vs. Private RTP. was sold as “the information superhighway.”.

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Global Payments Cybersecurity Task Force A Go

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Reuters had previously reported last week that such a task force would form following the $81 million bank heist from Bangladesh Bank , a crime that infiltrated the SWIFT payments messaging network. The funds were stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve.

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FPC 2022 Fall Member Meeting

Faster Payments Council

In fact, 83% report they already use digital wallets or fintech mobile apps and 62% plan to use faster payments more. Speakers: Connie Theien, Federal Reserve Financial Services; Gail Hillebrand, National Consumers League; Syed Ejaz, Consumer Reports; Liana Muller, U.S.

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Keeping Up with the Pace: Modernising Payment Systems

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The Drivers of Change Source: Adobe Stock ISO 20022 has become the global standard for payments messaging, with two-thirds of real-time payment systems around the world already using it, according to Mastercard.

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Smarter Payments Tracker Eyes Interoperability

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Payments messaging firm SWIFT has taken recent steps to promote interoperability of its payments network, recently announcing that it would allow blockchain platforms to loop into SWIFT’s global payments innovations (GPI) service to facilitate real-time transactions. Across the pond, meanwhile, the U.S.’s

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Helping Corporates Get Over The Real Time Payments Hump

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And at the broader level, as the current market climate drives further adoption of digital payments, growing adoption of real-time transacting is contributing to the modernization of a cashless, resilient economy. Yet, according to Villarreal, one of the largest value propositions of real-time transactions goes beyond the movement of money.

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Finastra Boosts Its Payments Processing Strategy with Fed Certification for ISO 20022

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Finastra , a global provider of financial software applications and marketplaces, today announced it has completed testing and certification through the Federal Reserve for ISO 20022, becoming one of the first vendors in the industry to complete the process for multiple solutions.