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Fed seeks 8,000 financial institutions for FedNow

Payments Dive

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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Who’s afraid of FedNow? Not Visa

Payments Dive

Visa's CFO on Wednesday brushed off any concerns about the threat of new competition from FedNow, or any other real-time payments system.

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FedNow chases real-time payments front-runners

Payments Dive

real-time payments system next year in the form of FedNow, but it’s an open question as to whether, or how, consumers and businesses will adopt instant payments. The Federal Reserve plans to unleash a U.S.

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Fiserv lines up FedNow clients

Payments Dive

The mega processor has signed up 200 banks for FedNow, but now its clients are in search of use cases.

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FedNow aims to avoid Zelle-type fraud

Payments Dive

As the Federal Reserve prepares for a mid-year launch of its instant payments system, FedNow, it’s zeroing in on anti-fraud tools to protect users.

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Is FedNow pivotal for payments or overhyped?

Payments Dive

FedNow won’t fill the gap between the U.S. and other countries in payments innovation, writes one fintech CEO.

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