Faster Payments Council Blog

This two-part blog series from the FPC Digital Assets Work Group takes a closer look at blockchain in U.S. payments, from emerging use cases and opportunities to the infrastructure and considerations needed to support implementation. The series explo...

The FPC Cross-Border Payments Work Group, in collaboration with the FPC Digital Assets Work Group, have developed this report that examines how GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoins could be used to improve cross-border payment processes and compares stab...

As faster payments, digital assets, and AI-driven technologies continue to evolve, digital identity has become essential to fraud prevention, security, and customer trust. In this blog, the FPC Digital Assets Work Group (DAWG) examines why modern dig...

Developed by the FPC Digital Assets Work Group (DAWG), this blog explores how digital assets, digital wallets, digital IDs, stablecoins, and distributed ledger technology (DLT), commonly known as blockchain, can transform disaster relief payments and...

This latest blog from the FPC Digital Assets Work Group (DAWG) provides 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 DAWG blog als...

In this blog, the FPC Digital Assets Work Group (DAWG) discusses how the digital asset market, encompassing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, stablecoins, and tokenized assets, has grown significantly since Bitcoin’s inception in 2008....

This report, developed through a collaboration between the FPC Financial Inclusion Work Group, sponsored by ACI Worldwide and the FPC Digital Assets Work Group, examines how digital assets and digital ledger technology can address financial exclusion...

The widespread adoption of digital wallets is transforming access to a broad range of payment options for consumers and businesses, all through a secure interface. Integration of mobile phones with hardware secure elements is accelerating this trend,...

In this blog, the FPC Digital Assets Work Group (DAWG) takes a look at the role of digital ledger technology in core banking functions. Anyone who has worked for a financial institution knows that technological change within an organization can lag s...

In this blog, the FPC Digital Assets Work Group (DAWG) explores tokenized deposits, which offer the promise of significant risk reduction and automation potential to financial markets. Tokenized deposits have the potential to meaningfully drive a...

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...

The FPC Digital Assets Work Group published the second 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 benefits ...