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U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes International Report on Mitigating Faster Payments Fraud US Faster Payments Council 12/18/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases 2024 U.S. Instant Payments Adoption Quantitative Study US Faster Payments Council 10/03/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Dual Reports on ISO 20022 Implementation and Benefits US Faster Payments Council 09/17/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes Operational Considerations for Receiving Instant Payments Guideline US Faster Payments Council 09/12/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Introduces 2024 Board Advisory Group US Faster Payments Council 07/31/2024
Breaking Barriers to Instant Payments: U.S. Faster Payments Council and Finzly Publish Essential Guide for Financial Institutions US Faster Payments Council 07/30/2024
Carl Slabicki Named Chairperson of U.S. Faster Payments Council Board of Directors US Faster Payments Council 07/24/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces 2024 Board of Directors US Faster Payments Council 06/24/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases New Survey Report on Faster Payments and Financial Inclusion US Faster Payments Council 06/06/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Unveils Comprehensive Report on Instant Recurring Payments US Faster Payments Council 05/07/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Report on QR Codes’ Role in Last Mile Adoption of Faster Payments at the Point-of-Sale US Faster Payments Council 04/19/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes Industry Bulletin on Financial Inclusion for Cross-Border Remittances and Bill Payment US Faster Payments Council 02/23/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Shares Faster Payments Fraud Trends and Mitigation Opportunities in New Industry Bulletin US Faster Payments Council 01/24/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Explores the Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World US Faster Payments Council 01/10/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New Real-Time Payment APIs Report US Faster Payments Council 12/12/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases First Operational Considerations for Instant Payments Guideline US Faster Payments Council 10/11/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Names 2023 Board Advisory Group US Faster Payments Council 09/07/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Members Certified on Now Live FedNow® Service US Faster Payments Council 07/20/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Introduces 2023 Board of Directors US Faster Payments Council 06/14/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Third Cross-Border Payments Industry Bulletin US Faster Payments Council 05/31/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Shares Results from 2023 Faster Payments Barometer US Faster Payments Council 04/17/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Launches New Faster Payments Barometer Survey US Faster Payments Council 02/14/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Debuts New Service Provider Catalogue in Knowledge Center US Faster Payments Council 01/23/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Second Cross-Border Payments Industry Bulletin US Faster Payments Council 12/15/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes International Best Practices in Directory Models Report US Faster Payments Council 10/13/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases First Cross-Border Payments Industry Bulletin US Faster Payments Council 10/04/2022
Nacha, Faster Payments Council and Payments Associations Announce Accredited Faster Payments Professionals Program US Faster Payments Council 09/28/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Launches New Use Case Repository in Knowledge Center US Faster Payments Council 09/27/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New State of Play in U.S. Faster Payments Report US Faster Payments Council 08/31/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces 2022 Board Advisory Group US Faster Payments Council 08/02/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes Faster Payments and Financial Inclusion White Paper US Faster Payments Council 07/29/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases QR Codes for Faster Payments White Paper US Faster Payments Council 07/25/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces 2022 Board of Directors and Officers US Faster Payments Council 06/07/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes Beneficial Characteristics of Real-Time Recurring Payments White Paper US Faster Payments Council 05/27/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases First Edition of Faster Payments Fraud Survey and Report US Faster Payments Council 03/09/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council and Identifee Partner on Faster Payments Educational Content US Faster Payments Council 02/11/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Shares Results from 3rd Annual Faster Payments Barometer US Faster Payments Council 02/03/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New Resources in Knowledge Center US Faster Payments Council 01/26/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces 2021 Board Advisory Group US Faster Payments Council 07/29/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes Interoperability Research Report US Faster Payments Council 06/23/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Cross-Border Faster Payments White Paper US Faster Payments Council 06/16/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces 2021 Board of Directors US Faster Payments Council 05/24/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council Launches New Work Groups Focused on Financial Inclusion and Real Time Recurring Payments US Faster Payments Council 2/18/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes State of Play in U.S. Faster Payments US Faster Payments Council 1/28/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council Shares Insights from 2nd Annual Faster Payments Barometer US Faster Payments Council 12/7/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces Inaugural Board Advisory Group US Faster Payments Council 8/17/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New White Paper Focused on Fraud Prevention US Faster Payments Council 07/30/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Consumer Bill Pay Research White Paper US Faster Payments Council 07/22/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes Interoperability White Paper US Faster Payments Council 06/04/2020
U.S.  Faster Payments Council Announces 2020 Board of Directors US Faster Payments Council 05/28/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council Names Walmart Executive Reed Luhtanen as its New Executive Director US Faster Payments Council 03/25/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council Welcomes Federal Reserve as Founding Sponsor US Faster Payments Council 12/05/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council Reveals Results from Inaugural Faster Payments Barometer US Faster Payments Council 11/04/2019
Nacha’s Payments Innovation Alliance and the U.S. Faster Payments Council Launch the Faster Payments Playbook Payments Innovation Alliance 11/05/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) Adds Two Industry Leaders to Team U.S. Faster Payments Council 09/09/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council Statement to FED RTGS Decision U.S. Faster Payments Council 08/05/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) Hires Payments Industry Expert Kimberly Ford as First Executive Director Faster Payments Council 06/20/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) Elects Officers at First Board Meeting Faster Payments Council 06/06/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) Announces First Elected Board of Directors U.S. Faster Payments Council 05/20/2019
Nacha’s Payments Innovation Alliance and the U.S. Faster Payments Council Collaborate to Develop the Faster Payments Playbook U.S. Faster Payments Council 05/07/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces Founding Sponsors U.S. Faster Payments Council 03/06/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council Names Interim Leadership U.S. Faster Payments Council 01/15/2019
Payments Industry Leaders Launch U.S. Faster Payments Council U.S. Faster Payments Council 11/13/2018

FPC in the News

The State of US Instant Payments Adoption Finextra 11/14/2024
Slow Going for Faster Payments as Fraud Concerns Persist PYMNTS 10/14/2024
Real-time payments to make uneven progress, report predicts PaymentsDive 10/07/2024
What Will Drive Instant Payment Adoption? PaymentsJournal 10/04/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases 2024 U.S. Instant Payments Adoption Quantitative Study FFNews 10/04/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Dual Reports on ISO 20022 Implementation and Benefits FFNews 09/18/2024
Finzly and FPC Reveal How Firms Can Overcome Instant Payments Trials and Tribulations TheFinTechTimes 08/03/2024
Outdated tech could slow instant payment adoption: survey PaymentsDive 08/02/2024
FedNow one year on: An update on the US’ instant payment rail FXCintelligence 07/03/2024
Over Half of Financial Institutions Use Faster Payment Technologies, According to Faster Payments Council FinancialIT 06/21/2024
Over Half of Financial Institutions Use Faster Payment Technologies BBNTimes 06/21/2024
Faster payments catch on slowly: survey PaymentsDive 06/20/2024
A new study has revealed the progress of the development of faster payments CryptoDNES 06/08/2024
Faster Payments Council releases financial inclusion report ThePaypers 06/07/2024
US Faster Payments Council reports on faster payments and financial inclusion ElectronicPaymentsInternational 06/07/2024
56% of US companies offer faster payments; 35% planning to do so Finextra 06/07/2024
35% Intend To Add Faster Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/7/24 DigitalTransactions 06/07/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases New Survey Report on Faster Payments and Financial Inclusion FFNews 06/07/2024
US FP Council: Ripple to Challenge Mastercard and Visa for Digital Assets Currency Conversion TimesTabloid 06/06/2024
US FP Council Says Ripple to Rival Visa and Mastercard for Digital Assets Currency Conversion TheCryptoBasic 06/04/2024
US Faster Payments Council reports on Instant Recurring Payments Yahoo!Finance 05/08/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Unveils Comprehensive Report on Instant Recurring Payments FFNews 05/08/2024
US Faster Payments Council analyses instant recurring payments ThePaypers 05/08/2024
US Faster Payments Council reports on Instant Recurring Payments ElectronicPaymentsInternational 05/08/2024
Expanding faster payments with the FPC TheFinancialRevolutionist 05/07/2024
Real-time consumer payments need standards to rise PaymentsDive 04/30/2024
QR Codes: The ‘Driving Force’ Behind Faster Payments Adoption TheFintechTimes 04/22/2024
How a Cracked Square Could Spark a Payments Renaissance FinanceMagnates 04/22/2024
FPC report explores QR code adoption for faster payments ThePaypers 04/22/2024
Apple Wallet Open in Europe? and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/22/24 DigitalTransactions 04/22/2024
US Faster Payments Council releases report on QR Codes ElectronicPaymentsInternational 04/19/2024
US Faster Payments Council publishes QR code report Finextra 04/19/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Report on QR Codes’ Role in Last Mile Adoption of Faster Payments at the Point-of-Sale FFNews 04/19/2024
The Three Initiatives Driving The Cross-Border Payments Transformation Forbes 04/03/2024
FedNow vs. ACH: How they differ Bankrate 03/21/2024
FedNow’s Slow Rollout Is Not a Matter of Concern PaymentsJournal 03/07/2024
US Faster Payments Council addresses critical issues of financial inclusion and cross-border payments ElectronicPaymentsInternational 02/23/2024
What Concerns Corporates in Crypto Payments? Insights from Ripple’s Report! TradingView 02/22/2024
Payment Executives Are Eyeing Blockchain B2B Payments: Ripple Survey CryptoNews 02/20/2024
First Look: Faster Payments Council (FPC) NilsonReport 02/15/2024
PortX, Hummingbird Partner to Fight Financial Crime PYMNTS 02/06/2024
Banks and CFOs Need Data-Sharing Plans to Fight Fraud PYMNTS 02/02/2024
Banks’ Next Profit Center: Instant Payments PaymentsJournal 01/30/2024
Payments Processing Survey Shows Progress for FedNow, RTP PaymentsJournal 01/17/2024
The Factors Driving Cross-Border Payments PaymentsJournal 01/16/2024
Interoperability and Transparency Are Key Challenges as Cross-Border Payments Modernize PYMNTS 01/15/2024
US Faster Payments Council Reports on Practicalities of X-Border Payments Finextra 01/11/2024
US Faster Payments Council Reports on Practicalities of X-Border Payments Finextra 01/11/2024
Instant Payments to Buoy Cross-Border Flow PaymentsDive 01/11/2024
U.S. Faster Payments Council Explores the Practicalities of Cross-Border Payments in a Faster Payments World FFNews 01/11/2024
Standardizing Instant Payment APIs Can Expedite Adoption in the U.S. PaymentsJournal 12/22/2023
20 Key Skills Finance Professionals Need To Cultivate Forbes 12/19/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New Real-Time Payment APIs Report FFNews 12/13/2023
Predictive Hindsight And Faster Payments: The Trends For 2024 Forbes 11/28/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases First Operational Considerations for Instant Payments Guideline FFNews 10/12/2023
US Faster Payments Council publishes operational guidelines for instant payments Finextra 10/12/2023
Payments conferences to consider for 2024 Payments Dive 10/09/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Names 2023 Board Advisory Group FFNews 09/07/2023
Better Late Than Never: Federal Reserve Platform Will Finally Bring Instant Payments To More Banks–And Customers Forbes 07/20/2023
FedNow goes live for banks, credit unions Payments Dive 07/20/2023
U.S. Faster Payments Council Members Certified on Now Live FedNow® Service FFNews 07/20/2023
In-App, Instant, In-Store Payments Incoming Forbes 06/28/2023
CBDC ecosystem risks fragmentation, trade group says Banking Dive 06/05/2023
CBDCs offer benefits, risks Payments Dive 06/05/2023
Walmart Hints at Early FedNow Adoption While Amazon Is Mum So Far PYMNTS 05/12/2023
Walmart, Kroger eye instant payments Payments Dive 05/01/2023
Ready for U.S. Faster Payments 2.0? Payments Views 04/18/2023
Studies Find Growth in Fast, Digital Payments Green Sheet 04/18/2023
FedNow Spurs Industry Intrigue Payments Dive 04/17/2023
Visa+ Gets an A+ in Our Book PaymentsJournal 04/11/2023
Financial Institutions Without an RTP Strategy Risk Being Left Behind PaymentsJournal 03/16/2023
Global Payment Leaders Think Crypto Brings Value – Ripple Cryptonewsbytes 03/09/2023
Most Merchants Will Embrace Crypto Settlements in the Next 3 Years; Says Ripple Investors King 03/07/2023
Ripple survey: Crypto can enable faster transactions, say 97% payment firms AMBCrypto 03/04/2023
Ripple: Payment Leaders From 45 Countries Back Crypto For Fast Payments The Crypto Basic  03/03/2023
New Ripple Survey Confirms Industry Optimism Surrounding Cryptocurrency Payments CryptoMode  03/03/2023
New Ripple Survey Confirms Industry Optimism Surrounding Cryptocurrency Payments CryptoMode  03/03/2023
Ripple survey reveals overwhelming support for crypto payments – regulatory uncertainty sole barrier CryptoSlate  03/03/2023
Sionic’s Ronald Herman Tapped for U.S. Faster Payments Council’s Board Advisory Group FFNews  02/15/2023
Faster Payments Council Releases New Service Provider Catalogue The Paypers  01/31/2023
US Faster Payments Council Releases Second Cross-Border Payments Industry Bulletin Crowdfund Insider  12/19/2022
US Faster Payments Council releases cross-border payments bulletin Finextra  12/15/2022
Matera’s US Debut Seeks to Duplicate Brazil’s Instant Payment, QR Code Success PYMNTS  12/09/2022
Q&A: The real-time payments trends TCH’s product and strategy head is watching Insider Intelligence  10/11/2022
US Faster Payments Council adds use case repository in knowledge centre Finextra  09/27/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Publishes New State of Play in U.S. Faster Payments Report FFNews  09/01/2022
Two Worlds Colliding: The Rise of Political-Consumer-Digital Partnerships Guidehouse  06/27/2022
US Faster Payments Council publishes Beneficial Characteristics of Real-Time Recurring Payments Whitepaper PaymentsNEXT  05/27/2022
Survey: Faster Payment Methods Will Soon Be the Norm as Consumers Rely on Smartphones PYMNTS  04/08/2022
Fraudsters Outpacing Fraud Prevention in Faster Payments Card Not Present  03/10/2022
U.S. Faster Payments Council Shares Results from 3rd Annual Faster Payments Barometer FFNews  02/08/2022
US Faster Payments Council Releases Latest Barometer Finextra  02/03/2022
Industry Collaboration is Key to Faster Payments Ubiquity PaymentsJournal  12/10/2021
Onbe Becomes One of First Corporate Disbursement Platforms to Join U.S. Faster Payments Council BusinessWire  10/24/2021
Arvest Aims to Accelerate Implementation of Real-Time Payments Yahoo!  10/21/2021
How Enterprises Can Prevent Faster Payment Fraud BankInfoSecurity 08/10/2021
Thwarting Authorized Push Payment Fraud BankInfo Security  08/02/2021
Zelle becoming linchpin in faster payments as its traffic grows American Banker  07/29/2021
US Faster Payments Council names 2021 board advisory group Finextra  07/29/2021
The next step for faster payments: Interoperability American Banker  07/09/2021
US Faster Payments Council publishes interoperability report Finextra  06/24/2021
Authenication Challenges in Faster Payments Bank Info Security  05/18/2021
A Look Ahead: Faster Payments in 2021 ABA Banking Journal  04/08/2021
Faster Payments Council Confirms New Work Groups for US FXC Intelligence 02/19/2021
US Faster Payments Council Sets Up Work Groups Finextra 02/18/2021
U.S. Faster Payments Council releases Report on Payments in US The Paypers 01/29/2021
US Faster Payments Council Publishes 'State of Play' Report Finextra 01/28/2021
Fraudulent Activity is the New Virus, and Here Are Some Possible Solutions PaymentsJournal 01/07/2021
Nacha's Payments Innovation Alliance Plans Release of Faster Payments Playbook for Corporates in Early 2021 Yahoo! Finance 12/29/2020
Faster Payments Become 'Must Have,' but Interoperability Still Lags PaymentsSource 12/09/2020
Behind BNY Mellon's war against B2B checks BankingDive 11/25/2020
Meeting Unprecedented Times with Faster Payments Disbursements Finextra 10/15/2020
Real-Time Payments Industry to Witness Double Digits Group in the Next Five Years - Mindgate Solutions BusinessWorld 10/13/2020
Faster Payments are Complex, but Consumer Demand is High PaymentsSource 09/30/2020
Why Faster Payments Council is Adding Goldman, Netflix and Other Advisor Voices PaymentsSource 09/10/2020
Exploring QR Codes for Faster Payments Finextra 08/25/2020
The Dialogue Driving the Faster Payments Interoperability Question Finextra 08/17/2020
US Faster Payments Council Names Board Advisory Group Finextra 08/17/2020
How B2B Payments Fraud Hides Within The Enterprise PYMNTS 08/03/2020
US Faster Payments Council Publishes White Paper Focused on Fraud Prevention The Paypers 07/31/2020
Pandemic Gives U.S. Faster Payments Council Role of Easing Digital Transitions PaymentsSource  07/30/2020
MetaBank Joins US Faster Payments Council Finextra 07/29/2020
Reed Luhtanen: A First Year Playbook During Times of Change Fed Payments Improvement 06/30/2020
FPC White Paper on Real-time Payments Interoperability: A Must Read Payments Journal 06/08/2020
U.S. Faster Payments Council releases faster payment interoperability white paper IBSintelligence 06/08/2020
Baton Systems joins US Faster Payments Council Finextra  05/20/2020
US Faster Payments Council Expands with Mindgate ElectronicPaymentsInternational  04/13/2020
Faster Payments Council Taps Walmart Exec as New Executive Director PYMNTS 03/25/2020
Faster Payments Group Gives Director Role to Walmart’s Luhtanen PaymentsSource 03/25/2020
Podcast: BNY Mellon’s Early Adoption of Real-Time Payments Paying Dividends American Banker 01/27/2020
Real-Time Payments are Taking Off, and Card Users Could Benefit Creditcards.com 01/07/2020
Fed Becomes Founding Sponsor of Faster Payments Council PYMNTS  12/05/2019
Most Payments Stakeholders Believe the US is Behind on Implementing Faster Payments Business Insider 11/13/2019
Poll Reveals US Falling Behind in Faster Payments Adoption  FinTech Futures 11/07/2019
To Accelerate Payments, Mix Rails Or Nix Rails? PYMNTS 11/05/2019
US Faster Payments Council reveals results from inaugural Faster Payments Barometer The Paypers 11/05/2019
Congress Questions The Fed: How A New Policy On Real-Time Payments Threatens Blockchain And Crypto Payment Innovation Forbes 10/03/2019
Fed’s proposal for faster payments raises question of fraud Roll Call 09/23/2019
Payments on Fire Podcast  Glenbrook 09/16/2019
Pricing, Disputed Transactions Among Undetermined FedNow Issues Digital Transactions 09/09/2019
Fed plans to launch real-time payment service by 2024  American Banker 08/05/2019
What Merchants Need to Know about Real-Time Payments PaymentsJournal 07/03/2019
FPC Chooses Industry Expert Kimberly Ford As Exec Director  PYMNTS 06/20/2019
Allied Payment Debuts Bill-Payment Tech and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/20/19 Digital Transactions 06/20/2019
Faster Payments Council Completes Elections For Board Of Directors  PYMNTS 05/20/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) Announces First Elected Board of Directors Payments Journal 05/20/2019
NACHA & Faster Payments Council Developing ‘Faster Payments Playbook’  Credit Union TImes 05/13/2019
Nacha group collaborates with Faster Payments Council on educational platform  Mobile Payments 05/08/2019
NACHA, FPC Team For Faster Payments Playbook PYMNTS 05/08/2019
U.S. Faster Payments Council Announces Founding Sponsors Payments Journal 03/06/2019
Big names sign on as US Faster Payments Council founding sponsors  Finextra 03/06/2019
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking Fintech Futures 11/19/2018
US Faster Payments Council launched by payments industry Financial Regulation 11/15/2018
Payments Industry Leaders Launch U.S. Faster Payments Council CUInsight 11/13/2018