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Fed Names Leader For FedNow Faster Payments Service

PYMNTS

The Federal Reserve has announced a leader of the new FedNow service, which was created to facilitate faster payments in the country with interbank real-time gross settlement (RTGS), as well as integrated clearing, according to a release. First Vice President Kenneth C.

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ISO 20022 – Expanding like no tomorrow

ACI Worldwide Blog

In the domestic Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/Wire and cross-border payment spaces, transformation to the most recent ISO 20022 (HVPS+ and CBPR+) messaging standards has been ongoing since 2022. Federal Reserve will update its Fedwire system in March 2025.

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Google Backs FedNow Payments System

PYMNTS

Google sent a letter to the Federal Reserve , asking the U.S. central bank to consider modeling FedNow after the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) framework used in India, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Sunday (Dec.

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TRENDING: Inside Hong Kong’s New Faster Payment System

PYMNTS

Demand is also heating up for real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems. The governor of the Federal Reserve is pushing conversations on getting an RTGS system in the U.S., By September of this year, 40 such rails were live, with 16 more expected to launch by early 2020.

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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

PYMNTS

This access, the letter says, will eliminate the bottlenecks of working through intermediaries while extending the reach of real-time payments to those who need it. Currently, access to the Fed’s Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system is limited to financial institutions that hold deposits.

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An Overview of FedNow and Bank to Bank Transfer Payments in USA

Clearly Payments

One of the most significant recent developments in this space is the introduction of FedNow , a real-time payment system launched by the Federal Reserve in 2023. FedNow is a real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service designed by the Federal Reserve to enable instant money transfers between participating banks.

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The payments regulation roadmap: Q2 2025

The Payments Association

This work has particular relevance for non-bank payment service providers (NBPSPs) and foreign banks, as highlighted at Pay360 by Victoria Cleland, Executive Director for Banking, Payments and Innovation.