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Solving for the Interoperability Challenge

Faster Payments Council

While we're well on our way to establishing a thriving faster payments ecosystem, we recognize we're still missing a key factor that can contribute to achieving ubiquitous faster payments: interoperability. 53% of respondents expressed the lack of interoperability as a key barrier to faster payments adoption.

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The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine

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where almost everyone is now banked) and made the case for why the Fed was positioned as the best player to operate a ubiquitous, interoperable real-time payments network – even though the Fed doesn’t have a great track record at payments innovation ( #killthecheck ). Here’s where the canary flew in. it has been since the fall of 2017.

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U.S. Faster Payments Council Launches New Work Groups Focused on Financial Inclusion and Real-Time Recurring Payments

Faster Payments Council

"As people increasingly look for digital solutions and choice in payment rails to meet their needs, it's imperative to examine the current issues and barriers to the adoption of faster payments," said Ron Shultz, executive vice president, New Payment Flows, North America at Mastercard.

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FPC 2022 Fall Member Meeting

Faster Payments Council

The panel will discuss issues such as security, governance, and interoperability as well as concerns that the U.S. In this session, FPC QR Code work group leaders address the call to action for payment industry standards needed for universal acceptance and interoperability of QR codes.

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Payments Rails, Laying New Tracks

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From an ACH networks standpoint, noted Estep, innovation may be “skinny,” but operations are ubiquitous, connecting all the bank accounts in the United States. Mastercard’s Malhotra said that as the card networks work, “we actually make these payments process within the blink of an eye.”

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QR Codes Are Gaining A Brighter Profile

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The idea is to “promote global interoperability across EMV QR Code payments,” the standards group said in a statement. The QR Code has been enjoying some love and attention over the past few weeks, though the prospects for the digital payment tool remain relatively limited outside of Asia, at least according to one report.

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Sleepless In 2017: The Eight Big Shifts That Should Keep FIs, Retailers and Payments Execs Up At Night

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But mobile and other connected devices, the cloud, software platforms, new technologies, data, near-ubiquitous wireless internet and the imaginations of innovators have changed all of that. The general purpose credit card, which became increasingly widely held after the start of Mastercard and Visa 50 years ago, changed all of that.