Off the Rails from the U.S. Faster Payments Council - FPC

Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the rails with Chris Jewell and Trev Wistaff of Zepto. Chris, Trev, and Reed talk about faster payments in Australia and how it could be a roadmap in the United States. Register for the FPC Fall Member meeting -- Chris will be there! -- now at fasterpaymentscouncil.org.

Join Reed Luhtanen, executive director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, as he goes Off the Rails with John Drechny, CEO of the Merchant Advisory Group. Reed and John talk about the potential for faster payments to become part of the payment mix for ecommerce and point of sale, use cases, and John's work with a very cool non-profit. Save the date! The FPC Fall Member Meeting will be Septem...

Join Reed Luhtanen, executive director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the rails with Mark Majeske of Alacriti. Reed and Mark discuss faster payments use cases, the coming inflection point in the space, fraud, and Mark's big weekend of baking, chainsaws, and Vegas.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Alex Gonthier, CEO and Founder of Trustly. Reed and Alex talk about the experience with faster payments in the UK, the plusses and minuses of irrevocability, and his picks for dining out in Paris.

Complete the Faster Payments Barometer Survey! https://www.research.net/r/9LYK6S9 Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Charles Harkness of Corporate One Federal Credit Union and Steve Wasserman of Vments. Reed, Charles, and Steve talk about the great resources that are being produced by the FPC's education and awareness work group, faster payments use cases,...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Phillipa Wilson from Mastercard. Reed and Phillipa talk about faster payments infrastructure, value added services, fraud, financial inclusion, use cases and learning Spanish competitively. Help us! The faster payments Barometer survey is open at fasterpaymentscouncil.org -- please complete the survey and share it with colleag...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Lana Swartz, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and author of the book New Money: How Payment Became Social Media.  Reed and Lana talk about the fundamental nature of payments, payments as a mechanism for communications, and the uses (and potentially misuses) of payments systems that sometimes fly under t...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Sumit Arora and Joanne Strobel of Wells Fargo. Reed, Sumit, and Joanne talk about the benefits of ISO 20022, strategies for adopting the new format, faster payments use cases, and more! Don't forget to register for the FPC spring member meeting at fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with David Dwumah, Founder and CEO of OurBanc. David and Reed talk about fintechs and ESG and the opportunities new technology can create for financial inclusion. They also talk a bit about barbecue. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Mark Field, CEO of Liberty Bank. Mark and I talk about faster payments at community banks, the challenges and opportunities this new technology might pose for them, fraud liability, and more.

Join Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Dan Baum of the Federal Reserve. Dan and Reed talk about FedNow, and he gives some insights into when we might expect a go-live date, and we talk about fraud and risk, and cycling.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Nathan Churchward, Payments Domain Lead at Australian payments firm Cuscal and Jack Baldwin, CEO of BHMI. Nathan, Jack, and Reed talk about the faster payments experience in Australia, lessons learned that can be used here in the United States, and the promise of instant payments in the long-run. Check it out, and don't f...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the Rails with Matt Howarter, Sr. Director of Digital Payments Acceptance at Walmart. Reed and Matt talk about talk about the promise of instant payments in retail, the pros and cons of irrevocability, and University of Kansas basketball. The call for Session Proposals for the FPC Spring Member Meeting is open! Head to fasterpaymentscouncil....

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Dean Nolan from Fifth Third Bank and Moa Agrell from Trustly to talk about the work the pair is leading in the FPC's API work group, the implications of irrevocability, fraud, and the prospects for APIs to catalyze the use of instant payments. Link to Leaders in Payments Podcast, featuring Reed and Gail Hillebrand from Na...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kevin Christensen, SVP at Shazam. Reed and Kevin talk in depth about what faster and instant payments will mean to community financial institutions, the advantages of ISO 20022, the potential impact of a Federal Reserve CBDC, Fed accounts for Fintechs, and the very sad state of the Iowa Hawkeye's offense. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Anthony Walton, CEO of Iliad Solutions. Reed and Anthony talk in depth about what ISO 20022 is (and what it is not) and how it benefits the payments ecosystem, the use of blockchain and digital currencies in faster payments, and a bit of Premier League football. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Al Bodine of Bankers' Bank. Reed and Al talk about the role of a bankers bank, how the advent of faster payments presents a challenge as well as an opportunity for community banks, the potential for CBDCs to play a role, and Al's first concert. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Srinivas Chintakrinda of Volante Technologies. Srini discusses payments overload, how to deal with it, the value of ISO20022, and how many NFTs he owns. Also, don't miss out on Srini's top pick for fall industry events -- the FPC's fall member meeting -- Sept 14th and 15th in Minneapolis. Register at fasterpayme...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Gail Hillebrand of the National Consumers League and Adam Rust of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Gail and Adam discuss the wide diversity of perspectives represented on the FPC's work groups, the recent deliverable published by the Financial Inclusion Work Group, design thinking, and Serena Williams's...

Join FPC Executive Director as he goes Off the Rails with Scott Green of Shazam and Steve Mott of BetterBuyDesign. Reed, Steve, and Scott discuss the pair's work as the leaders of the FPC's QR Code Interface Work Group, the recently-published white paper from the work group, and next steps for the industry to advance faster payments via the use of QR Codes. Also, don't forget to hea...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Rusiru Gunasena of Jack Henry. Reed and Rusiru talk about the importance of faster payments for financial institutions of all sizes, faster payments use cases, fraud, and the future of electric vehicles. Don't forget to register for the FPC fall member meeting by going to fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Art Brieske of Goldman Sachs and Jim Magats of PayPal. Art, Jim, and Reed talk about the massive potential impact of instant payments, pay by bank, open banking (open banking and instant payments are like chocolate and peanut butter), CBDCs, and the implications of irrevocability in payments. FPC Members: head to fasterpayment...

Join Faster Payments Council Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Mike Bilski of North American Banking Company. Mike and Reed discuss the importance of faster payments for community banks, cryptocurrency, and a bit of Mike's carpentry work. Head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to learn more about the FPC and to complete our survey on the use of cryptocurrency in paymen...

FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails with Vlad Jovanovic from PSCU and Jorge Jimenez from Juniper Payments. Vlad, Jorge, and Reed talk about payments modernization, automation, faster payments use cases, sailing, and digital assets. Download and subscribe now so you don't miss future episodes! And head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the fall member meeting, su...

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Sumit Arora, SVP and head of Payments Ecosystem Enablement within Well Fargo's Enterprise Payments Strategy Group. Reed and Sumit talk about the implications of payments modernization, the role of fintechs, and Sumit gives a couple streaming recommendations.  Registration for the FPC's Fall Member Meeting is open! He...