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Fed, TCH joust over interoperability

Payments Dive

When it comes to bridging the FedNow and RTP networks, officials at the Federal Reserve and The Clearing House have slightly different priorities.

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Deep Dive: Making Instant Payment Schemes Universal And Interoperable

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An interoperable cross-border solution could remove these frictions and provide smooth transfers between two real-time payment systems, while a single, globally accessible faster payments service could offer swift end-to-end transfers. Smooth communications between players must be supported if payment schemes are to be interoperable.

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How Visa, FIS, TCH, SWIFT, Nacha and Circle See The Future of Faster, Real Time Payments Rails

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Interoperability In Focus . Interoperability, said the panel, can improve B2B payments, creating new payments structures that contain message payloads that (can eventually) enable straight-through processing. As a rule of thumb, he said, on-ramps and off-ramps need to be monitored and controlled to make sure networks are safe.

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Different faster pay schemes must collaborate

Payments Source

If the intention is for FedNow to give the market a choice, particularly to smaller, local banks then interoperability between the TCH and FedNow is a must, says FIS' Elena Whisler.

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The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US

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Waiting for the Fed — and its promise of interoperability, which requires participation from the private sector — is akin to playing the (very) long game. Waterhouse said that in terms of TCH’s own initiatives in getting banks on board the ongoing effort to make RTP ubiquitous across the entirety of the U.S. What’s Next.

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FedNow’s Montgomery: Gearing Up For 2023-24 — And Instant Payments Competition

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These comment letters highlighted the need for features to address accessibility, interoperability, security, liquidity, and fraud prevention,” Montgomery said. Looking Toward Interoperability And Scale . Interoperability is a core component” of FedNow, said Montgomery.

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Deep Dive: Weighing The Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Proposal

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TCH, which is co-owned by 25 banks, launched Real-Time Payments (RTP) in November 2017. The Independent Community Bankers of America and the CUNA requested that the Fed system be interoperable with the private sector’s real-time payment rails. . The Clearing House (TCH), for instance, has voiced its opposition.