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Fed aims to make instant payments the norm

Payments Dive

“It's going to be up to us to move instant payments from being novel to being normal,” Federal Reserve Financial Services’ chief payments executive told attendees at a major industry conference last week.

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Fed seeks 8,000 financial institutions for FedNow

Payments Dive

About 700 financial institutions have connected to the Fed’s instant payment network since last July, with at least 1,000 more in the pipeline, a FedNow official said this week.

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Fed officials tout FedNow, seek adoption

Payments Dive

Fed officials are on a campaign to increase adoption of the new instant payments system, noting it may have implications for other Fed services.

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Fed touts FedNow’s fraud tools

Payments Dive

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester in a speech this week spelled out tools the new instant payments system will have for thwarting fraud.

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Fed courts nonbanks for FedNow growth

Payments Dive

The Federal Reserve is stressing the importance of fintechs and core providers for the future expansion of its new instant payments system FedNow.

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Fed Launches FedNow Community For Instant Payments, Seeks Participants

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The Federal Reserve has formed a FedNow Community group for its upcoming instant payment offering, the FedNow Service , and needs volunteers to support it, the Fed announced Wednesday (May 6). The Fed said it seeks participation from organizations that will represent the key constituents of the FedNow ecosystem.

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Fed Exploring ‘Hypothetical’ Digital Currency

PYMNTS

A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency.