
Off the Rails from the U.S. Faster Payments Council - FPC
Hosted by the Faster Payments Council, FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails and chats with payments industry insiders on the latest trends and headlines in faster payments. Guests include experts from across the payments ecosystem who have been working to advance the U.S. market toward its faster payments future.
Latest episodes

Apr 11, 2024 • 30min
11 April 2024 Sam Aarons from Modern Treasury on the need for standards, catalyzying usage, and reality television
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he talks with Sam Aarons, Co-Founder and CTO at Modern Treasury. Sam will talk about why he sees increased standardization as a potential catalyst for faster payments, how to drive demand and interest among corporates, and some reality television.

Mar 28, 2024 • 27min
28 March 2024 Kirsten Trusko from Payments as a Lifeline on disaster relief payments, fraud, and doing well by doing good
Join Reed Luhtanen, executive director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the rails with Kirsten Trusko of Payments as a Lifeline. The pair discusses the important work being done to make disaster relief funding faster, more efficient, and less fraud prone.

Mar 14, 2024 • 24min
14 March 2024 Kalpa Gupta of Knekxt Group on Fraud, Fraud Prevention
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kalpa Gupta of Knekxt Group. Kalpa and Reed talk about the human side of fraud, fraud mitigation tactics, and more.

Feb 22, 2024 • 29min
22 Feb 2024 John Drechny from the Merchant Advisory Group on instant payments for merchants
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with MAG CEO John Drechny. Reed and John discuss the long history of the payments modernization efforts in the United States, the progress that's been made to date, and where John sees opportunities for further advancements. Now is the time to register for the FPC's spring member meeting at Walt Disney World in Orlando March 27th and 28th -- fasterpaymentscouncil.org

Feb 8, 2024 • 27min
8 Feb 2024 Lee Kyriacou of The Clearing House and Amanda Compton of Arvest Bank on instant payments fraud, trust, and crochet
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Amanda Compton of Arvest Bank and Lee Kyriacou of The Clearing House. The trio discuss the latest fraud report from the FPC’s Fraud Working Group, faster payments fraud mitigation tactics, next steps in fighting fraud, and both guests' very interesting side hustles. Register for the FPC's spring member meeting at https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/events/1322/FPC-2024-Spring-Member-Meeting

Jan 25, 2024 • 31min
25 Jan 2024 Peter Davey from Alloy Labs on Instant Payments, FedNow, RTP, Fraud, Open Banking, APIs, and DMB
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Peter Davey of Alloy Labs. Peter and Reed talk about the reasons instant payments have become an imperative for financial institutions, the way learnings from other markets and other domestic systems can and should influence instant payments strategies, the role of the operators in advancing standardization, and more. Also, don't forget, it's time to register for the spring member meeting and to book your travel to Florida! fasterpaymentscouncil.org, click on News & Events for all the details.

Jan 11, 2024 • 33min
11 Jan 2024 Barry Tooker and Jonathan Holland on Cross Border Faster Payments, CBDCs, and Formula 1
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Barry Tooker of transactionbanker.com and Jonathan Holland of Mastercard as the trio discusses the progress being made by the FPC's Cross Border Working Group, which is led by Barry and Jonathan as chair and vice chair, respectively. Check out these deliverables referenced in the show:https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/blog/9610/Cross-Border-Payments-Work-Group-Bulletin-01https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/blog/10904/Cross-Border-Payments-Work-Group-Bulletin-02https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/blog/11894/Cross-Border-Payments-Work-Group-Bulletin-03https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/blog/12745/The-Practicalities-of-Cross-Border-Payments-in-a-Faster-Payments-World-Report

Dec 21, 2023 • 28min
21 Dec 2023 Colin Parsons from Verafin on faster payments fraud, check fraud, fraud prevention, and bagpipes
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Colin Parsons, fraud specialist from FPC member Verafin. Reed and Colin talk about the state of faster payments fraud, fraud prevention best practices, the huge problem of check fraud, and how Colin made his coffee that morning. Don't forget to register for the FPC Spring Member Meeting at fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Dec 14, 2023 • 32min
14 Dec 2023 Lou Grilli of PSCU and Jorge Jimenez of Juniper Payments, a PSCU Company on Instant Payments for Credit Unions, Fraud, and Guardians of the Galaxy
Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the Rails with Lou Grilli and Jorge Jimenez from PSCU and Juniper, a PSCU company. Lou, Jorge, and Reed talk about big doings in the credit union space, fraud, and the hidden talents of these two guests.

Nov 30, 2023 • 28min
30 Nov. 2023 Dean Nolan with Strategic Resource Management on Instant Payments, Monetization, and Hawai'i
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Dean Nolan of Strategic Resource Management (SRM). Reed and Dean talk all things faster payments, implementing instant payments at smaller financial institutions, fraud, and more. Don't forget to register for the FPC's spring member meeting in Orlando, March 27th and 28th!