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The Fed Prioritizes Security As Payments Speed Up

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Federal Reserve is turning heads for its attention to faster payments, but the Fed has recently announced yet another initiative in the payments innovation space. Last week, the Fed’s Secure Payments Task Force called for comment from industry stakeholders about what challenges they face when it comes to payments security.

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Fed Names New Payments Security Leader

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Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. He will lead the Fed’s initiative to address payments fraud risk and boost the security of payments in the U.S. Treasury and financial market, among other responsibilities.

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Fed Looks To Keep Momentum Going On Payments Improvements

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Payment System paper, in which the Fed outlined initiatives for the payments industry and its stakeholders to promote progress. For the Fed, progress means improving the speed, security and efficiency of the payments system, and to focus on international payments capabilities and promote collaboration within the field.

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Faster Payments And The Fed, Two Years On

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More than two years after the Fed’s Faster Payments Task Force first took shape in 2015, the push toward innovation and improved infrastructure (and why shouldn’t the two be intertwined?) To that end, the Fed held a webinar late last month titled “ Next Steps in the Payments Improvements Journey.”.

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Fed Names Leader For FedNow Faster Payments Service

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“Ken brings deep financial services insights and technical expertise to his new role,” said Esther George, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, who is also the sponsor of the Fed’s payments improvement initiative. “He

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Fed’s Sapenaro On How To Forge Ahead With Payments Innovation

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With the financial services space shifting from a competitive nature to a collaborative spirit between traditional banks and emerging FinTechs, one major stakeholder in the payments industry has quietly been an integral part of this co-op: the Federal Reserve. Business-to-business payments are a lot harder to change,” Sapenaro noted.

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Fed Task Force Releases Payment Lifecycles And Security Profiles

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The profiles serve as educational materials outlining the lifecycles, security characteristics and relevant laws and regulations for the most common payment types, the Federal Reserve said in a press release. “We payment system and keeping pace with the rapidly evolving and expanding threat environment.”.