
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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May 26, 2022 • 42min
26 May 2022 Vlad Jovanovic from PSCU and Jorge Jimenez from Juniper Payments on payments modernization, automation, use cases, digital assets, and crypto
FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails with Vlad Jovanovic from PSCU and Jorge Jimenez from Juniper Payments. Vlad, Jorge, and Reed talk about payments modernization, automation, faster payments use cases, sailing, and digital assets. Download and subscribe now so you don't miss future episodes! And head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the fall member meeting, submit session proposals, and check out all the amazing deliverables published by FPC's work groups!

May 12, 2022 • 22min
12 May 2022 Sumit Arora from Wells Fargo on payments modernization, fintechs, and faster payments
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Sumit Arora, SVP and head of Payments Ecosystem Enablement within Well Fargo's Enterprise Payments Strategy Group. Reed and Sumit talk about the implications of payments modernization, the role of fintechs, and Sumit gives a couple streaming recommendations. Registration for the FPC's Fall Member Meeting is open! Head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register!

Apr 28, 2022 • 29min
28 April 2022 James Sellick of Ripple and Barry Tooker of iSoftware4Banks on cross border payments, international, crypto, and digital assets
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the Rails with James Sellick of Ripple and Barry Tooker of iSoftware4Banks. Reed, James, and Barry talk about trends in cross border faster payments, digital assets, and the difference between cricket and baseball (still unclear). Also, head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to submit a proposal for a session at our upcoming member meeting an register for our event in Nashville on May 2nd!

Apr 14, 2022 • 33min
14 April 2022 Deborah Baxley of Paygility and Andrew Haskell of BNY Mellon on faster payments fraud, the metaverse, and mobile payments
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Andrew Haskell of BNY Mellon and Deborah Baxley of Paygility Advisors. The trio discuss the FPC Fraud Information Sharing Work Group's new report on payments fraud mitigation -- available in the Knowledge Center under the Resources tab on fasterpaymentscouncil.org. If you're going to be in Nashville for the Payments Conference, join us for an event sponsored by Alacriti! Submit your session proposal to the FPC's Fall Member Meeting, and plan to be there for a great conference and an evening event sponsored by North American Banking Company. Find all the links to register for the Nashville event and submit a session proposal at fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Mar 24, 2022 • 34min
24 Mar 2022 Kevin Miyamoto from Identifee on faster payments training, data, banks, and education
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kevin Miyamoto of Identifee. Reed and Kevin talk about the evolution of payments training, the benefits for financial institutions to leverage payments data, and make a few NCAA tournament predictions. If you're interested in sponsoring the show, shoot us a note at info@fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Mar 10, 2022 • 29min
10 Mar 2022 Eric Foust from Trustly on open banking, RTP transactions, FedNow, and faster payments trends
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Eric Foust from Trustly. Reed and Eric talk open banking, increasing transaction limits, and home improvement projects. Also, Reed shares the announcement of the FPC's new Faster Payments 101 video courses, created in partnership with Identifee. Those will be available to FPC members soon!

Feb 24, 2022 • 35min
24 Feb 2022 Peter Tapling from PTap Advisory on faster payments directory, corporate treasurers, and businesses
Join USFPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Peter Tapling, principle at PTap Advisory and Chair of the FPC's Directory Models Work Group. Reed and Peter spend time talking about the state of affairs in faster payments, why it matters to corporate treasurers and business end users, and travel recommendations.

Feb 10, 2022 • 34min
10 Feb 2022 Carl Slabicki from BNY Mellon on FedNow, point of sale, instant payments use cases, and RTP
U.S. Faster Payments Council Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails with Carl Slabicki, Co-head of Global Payments for BNY Mellon's Treasury Services. Reed and Carl talk about the progress being made in bringing use cases to life. Carl predicts that instant payments will reach the point of sale in 2022, and he also makes his Super Bowl prediction. Don't forget to register for the FPC's Spring Member Meeting -- www.fasterpaymentscouncil.org

Jan 27, 2022 • 32min
27 Jan 2022 Peter Davey from The Clearing House on RTP, instant payments, cryptocurrency, and payments data
Join FPC executive director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Peter Davey, Head of Product Innovation and Labs at The Clearing House. Reed and Peter discuss the trends in faster payments, the added value of data in the payments flow, and the Virginia craft beer scene. Check it out, subscribe, and share with your network! And don’t forget to register for the FPC’s Spring Member Meeting March 2nd-4th in New Orleans!

Jan 13, 2022 • 33min
13 Jan 2022 Charles Harkness Corporate One and Steve Wasserman Vments on faster payments education and awareness, RTP, FedNow, QR Code payments, and directory services
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Charles Harkness and Steve Wasserman, the leaders of FPC's Education and Awareness Work Group, sponsored by The Clearing House. Charles, Steve, and Reed talk about the importance of getting educated on faster payments trends, helping spread the word within your personal network, and whether winter is better in Hawaii than upstate New York. Don't forget to register for the FPC Spring Member Meeting at fasterpaymentscouncil.org!
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