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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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.
Mar 23, 2023 • 31min
23 March 2023 Alex Gonthier CEO and Founder of Trustly on Instant Payments, Irrevocability, and dining in Paris
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.
Mar 9, 2023 • 40min
9 March 2023 Steve Wasserman from Vments and Charles Harkness from Corporate One FCU on Faster Payments Education, Use Cases, Digital Assets, and Healthy Eating
Complete the Faster Payments Barometer Survey! https://www.research.net/r/9LYK6S9Join 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, fraud, digital assets, and healthy eating.
Feb 23, 2023 • 33min
23 Feb 2023 Phillipa Wilson of Mastercard on payments infrastructure, financial inclusion, and 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 colleagues!
Feb 9, 2023 • 42min
9 Feb 2023 Lana Swartz Prof. at the Univ. of Virginia and Author of New Money: How Payment Became Social Media
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 the radar. Buy a copy of Lana's book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300233223/new-money/
Jan 26, 2023 • 36min
26 Jan 2023 Joanne Strobel and Sumit Arora of Wells Fargo on ISO 20022, faster payments use cases, cryptocurrencies, and more
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!
