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

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 National Consumers' League: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/financial-inclusion-reed-luhtanen-gail-hillebrand-faster/id1493191701?i=1000583304486

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 fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

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 status as the GOAT. Check out the Financial Inclusion deliverable here: https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/blog/9874/Faster-Payments-and-Financial-Inclusion

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 head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the FPC's fall member meeting!

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 fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the FPC's Fall Member Meeting in Minneapolis.

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 payments!