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Stablecoins: Central to Payments Innovation and Faster Payments Advancement
Aug 05, 2025
Last month, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act was signed into law, signaling the Administration’s continued focus on innovation around currency and payments in the United States, particularly digital c...
U.S. Disaster Relief Payments: Dangerously in Need of Innovation, and Fast
Jul 31, 2025
When disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, pandemics or floods strike, timely financial aid is critical for survivors. However, in the United States, disaster relief payment systems — both public and private sector — are often slow, inefficient, a...
The (Faster Payments) Deal with Stablecoins
Jul 29, 2025
Stablecoins have become big news. From the January Executive Order on digital assets to recent Congressional momentum around the GENIUS Act to talk of institution-level coins within banks and retail organizations, stablecoins have emerged as the fina...
FPC: Supporting Faster Payments Today, and Preparing for the Future
Jul 03, 2025
At the FPC, it’s our role to enable faster payments to serve as a preferred payment option, so we support accessibility and adoption and ensure our members, and the larger industry, are prepared for what’s next. For instance, we just released our new...
Stablecoins for Faster Payments
Jul 02, 2025
This FPC Digital Assets in the Financial Industry Work Group blog aims to provide an overview of how stablecoins can enable faster and more efficient payments with a focus on meaningful topics for banks and other financial services companies. The blo...
Heating Up FPC Efforts
Jun 03, 2025
With the unofficial kickoff of the summer behind us, I am sure many of you are looking forward to warmer temperatures, longer daylight, and turning those vacation vibes on. But I also know that while we all enjoy that summer experience, faster paymen...
FPC’s Spring Member Meeting: Examining the Latest and Planning for What’s Ahead
May 07, 2025
What a fantastic few days we just had at the FPC’s Spring Member Meeting! Even amidst this busy conference season, we had an outstanding turnout to examine recent faster payments work efforts, learn about the latest developments, and plan for what i ...
Digital Asset and Stablecoin Regulation: U.S. Faster Payments are Shaping the Future
Apr 30, 2025
The digital asset market, encompassing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, stablecoins, and tokenized assets, has grown significantly since Bitcoin’s inception in 2008. By early 2025, the global market capitalization of cryptocurrencies excee...
Marching Forward with New Industry Resources
Apr 01, 2025
We were thrilled to continue the FPC’s momentum as we closed out March and now have our sights on April and beyond. On the heels of the February release of the 2025 Faster Payments Barometer, we have published two new industry resources geared toward...
Understanding Where We Are and Where We’re Going through the Faster Payments Barometer
Mar 04, 2025
This month, we released the fifth iteration of the FPC’s Faster Payments Barometer, sponsored by Volante Technologies. The annual examination of industry developments, perspectives, and opinions on faster payments is a critical undertaking to help us...
Laying the Educational Foundation to Support Faster Payments in 2025
Feb 05, 2025
As we kick off 2025, the FPC is focusing on broadening understanding of faster payments within the industry to support its adoption and use. Fittingly, the FPC recently released the latest resource from its Operational Considerations Work Group: Oper...
FPC Members Driving the Successes of 2024
Dec 23, 2024
It’s hard to believe 2024 is almost over. What a year it’s been! With the support of Members and backing of the industry, the FPC has been able to accomplish so much this year. From an FPC Community perspective, we’ve been able to increase membership...