Faster Payments Council Blog

For years, the conversation around instant payments has often centered on a single misconception: that speed and security are at odds. In reality, speed builds trust and narrows the window of opportunity for fraud. It allows businesses to settle paym...

The Faster Payments Council’s Business Benefits of B2B Instant Payments Work Group is on a mission: to raise awareness, foster adoption, and accelerate innovation around instant payments. Together, subject matter experts from across industries are sh...

As 2025 draws to a close and we look ahead to 2026, the payments landscape is poised for another year of rapid evolution. From the rise of agentic AI and the maturation of stablecoins, to the continued importance of standards such as ISO 20022 and da...

The year 2025 has been a transformative period for faster payment technology, with AI, agentic payments, and stablecoins revolutionizing transactions and enabling seamless international digital asset transfers. These rapid advancements are reshaping ...

At the FPC, we are extremely thankful for a year of continued progress and advancement of faster payments. In response to a need for solutions that make faster payments more accessible for all – a sentiment revealed in our 2025 Faster Payments Barome...

At the FPC, the fourth quarter of 2025 has been nothing short of exciting, as we kicked it off with some significant news and announcements, continuing the faster payments momentum that has been intensifying this year. This includes the following maj...

The Faster Payments Council’s B2B Work Group is on a mission: to raise awareness, foster adoption, and accelerate innovation around instant payments. Together, subject matter experts from across industries are shaping a future where faster, smarter f...

What an awesome time we had with Members last month at the FPC’s Fall Member Meeting. Coming together as a community, we worked through the topics that are changing the face of payments. For instance, during our U.S. Instant Payment Adoption: Turning...

The last days of summer are here, and fall is upon us—and with it, the FPC’s Fall Member Meeting. On September 3-4, FPC Members convene in Portland, Maine, at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel for the 2025 Fall Member Meeting, covering the current...

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...

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...

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...