Faster Payments Council Blog

The FPC Digital Assets Work Group published the third in a series of blogs that map out how digital assets relate to the financial services industry, focusing specifically on payments made with digital funds. This latest post discusses the cross-poll...

Developed jointly by the FPC Financial Inclusion and Cross-Border Payments Work Groups, this bulletin addresses critical issues surrounding financial inclusion and cross-border payments. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current lan...

The Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World research report builds on the FPC’s previous white paper, Cross-Border Faster Payments, which focused on use cases and user expectations for cross-border faster payments....

Developed by the FPC Cross-Border Payments Work Group, this series of Bulletins is designed to educate the payments industry on the developments of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and their effect on cross-border faster payments....

The FPC Cross-Border Payments Work Group Bulletin.02 presents a simple cross-border correspondent banking payment flow model as a guidepost, discusses basic money movement flow to provide context into how cross-border funds move, and raises unanswere...

Developed by the FPC Cross-Border Payments Work Group, this first edition of the Work Group’s Bulletin is focused on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and their effect on cross-border faster payments. The series of Bulletins is designed to educ...

While spooky season may have passed, the FPC continues to work hard to take fear out of faster payments. For example, insightful sessions at our Fall Member Meeting, which took place September 30 – October 1, in Denver, CO, gave us the opportunity to...

We’re at that time of year again, where the weather cools, the leaves begin to change color, and…… we gear up for the FPC’s Fall Member Meeting. This fall, we are excited to welcome everyone to Denver, Colorado, September 30 - October 1, for a meetin...

At the FPC, our Work Groups continue to work to address pain points around faster payments and leverage opportunities to ensure advancement. To that point, this month the Cross-Border Payments Work Group will issue complementary Cross-Border Payment...

The FPC Work Groups acknowledge there are cross pollination opportunities for real-time payments initiatives. Functions and operations that reduce the current 2–3 day payment processing and settlement time to instant funds availability are targets f...

I am still captivated coming out of our Spring Member Meeting that took place in late March. We were able to ask tough questions around cross-border faster payments, fraud, what the future holds, and more, and gain valuable expert perspectives in res...

As we step into April, it’s important that we, as an organization, focus in on National Financial Capability Month. It serves as a month to increase financial literacy, expand financial inclusion, and empower consumers to enhance their financial well...