
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.
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Aug 24, 2023 • 29min
24 August 2024 Carl Slabicki of BNY Mellon on instant payments, FedNow, open banking, financial inclusion, and Mission: Impossible
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Carl Slabicki of BNY Mellon. Reed and Carl talk about instant payments, the FedNow launch, open banking, Carl's "Rocky Run" in Philly last year, and financial inclusion. The FPC Fall Member meeting is just over a month away -- register at fasterpaymentscouncil.org! Also, please rate the show on your podcast app!

Aug 10, 2023 • 24min
10 August 2023 Josh Karoly from Netflix on instant payments, recurring payments, user experience
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Josh Karoly from Netflix. Reed and Josh talk about the promise of instant payments, developing a great user experience, fraud and trust, and musical instruments. Please rate the show!

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Jul 27, 2023 • 34min
27 July 2023 Jim Colassano of The Clearing House on the RTP Network, Interoperability, Instant Payments Use Cases, and Indiana Jones
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Jim Colassano of The Clearing House. Jim and Reed talk about what’s going on with the RTP network, Jim's view on faster payments use cases, the trajectory of usage and adoption, and they give their reviews of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Register for the FPC Fall Member Meeting at fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

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Jul 13, 2023 • 19min
13 July 2023 Dr. Angela Murphy, "Payments Elsa," on faster payments, data, AI, payments experiences, musical theatre
Join Reed Luhtanen, executive director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, as he goes off the rails with Dr. Angela Murphy, also known as "Payments Elsa." Angela and Reed talk about faster payments, data, and the use of AI to enhance payments experiences. They also talk about Angela’s past in musical theater.

Jun 22, 2023 • 22min
22 June 2023 Bradley Wilkes of Open Payment Network on On-boarding, interoperability, fraud, and pickleball
Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the rails with Bradley Wilkes, Founder and CEO of Open Payment Network. Bradley and Reed talk about on-boarding FIs to RTP and FedNow, interoperability, fraud, and they make a couple movie recommendations. Register for the FPC Fall Member Meeting at fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Jun 8, 2023 • 28min
8 June 2023 Miriam Sheril of Form3 on Interoperability, Payments Technology, APIs, and Pocket Aces
Join Reed Luhtanen, executive director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council and Miriam Sheril of Form3 as they talk about faster payments interoperability, shifting the mindset for financial institutions, how big this all could be, and playing poker in Vegas.

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May 25, 2023 • 32min
25 May 2023 ChatGPT and Peter Tapling on Generative AI, Faster Payments, Financial Inclusion, and Micropayments
Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the rails with ChatGPT and Peter Tapling, principal at PTap Advisory. This episode is a bit different, starting off with an interview Reed did with ChatGPT on a range of topics related to faster payments. Then Peter and Reed break it down and try to put that discussion into context a bit to help us all get a sense for how useful this technology is, where it could be in the future, and where you want to be careful.Special Thanks to Catherine Tapling for lending her voiceover services to ChatGPT! You can listen to more of her work and hire her for your voiceover needs at catherinetapling.com

May 11, 2023 • 33min
11 May 2023 Chris Jewell and Trev Wistaff of Zepto on Australia's NPP, faster payments use cases, and zero turn mowers
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.

Apr 27, 2023 • 23min
27 April 2023 John Drechny from the MAG on Faster Payments for merchants, use cases, ecommerce, point of sale, and mountain biking
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 September 26th and 27th in Memphis!

Apr 12, 2023 • 28min
13 April 2023 Mark Majeske of Alacriti on Faster Payments Use Cases, Fraud, and chainsaws
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.
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