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FedNow’s Montgomery: Gearing Up For 2023-24 — And Instant Payments Competition

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In an interview with Karen Webster, Boston Federal Reserve Chief Operating Officer and FedNow Program Executive Ken Montgomery said the central bank’s ambitious payments initiative remains on track — and will inject competition into the instant payments market. We can also see opportunities for small and medium businesses.

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Deep Dive: Weighing The Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Proposal

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Against this backdrop, the Federal Reserve proposed creating its own real-time payments service in October 2018. The system would facilitate 24/7 year-round interbank settlements of faster payments and also provide a liquidity management tool to support transfers between Federal Reserve accounts.