
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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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!

Jan 12, 2023 • 30min
12 Jan 2023 David Dwumah from OurBanc on Financial Inclusion, ESG, community, and barbecue
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.

Dec 29, 2022 • 29min
29 Dec 2022 Mark Field of Liberty Bank on Instant Payments, FedNow, Fraud, Liability, and It's a Wonderful Life
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.

Dec 15, 2022 • 22min
15 Dec 2022 Dan Baum from the Federal Reserve on FedNow, Instant Payments, Fraud, Risk, use cases
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.

Dec 1, 2022 • 35min
1 December 2022 Jack Baldwin of BHMI and Nathan Churchward of Cuscal on Faster Payments in Australia, Lessons Learned, and a top NYC restaurant to hit
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 forget to head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the FPC's Spring Member Meeting!

Nov 17, 2022 • 34min
17 November 2022 Matt Howarter of Walmart on Instant Payments, point of sale, ecommerce, user experience, fraud, irrevocability
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.org to submit your session proposal and register for the member meeting!
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