
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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Dec 20, 2021 • 29min
20 Dec 2021 Elizabeth McQuerry and Sam Levitt from Glenbrook Partners on business payments, barometer, FedNow, RTP, Instant Payments
Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Elizabeth McQuerry and Sam Levitt of Glenbrook Partners. Reed, Sam, and Elizabeth dig into various aspects of the FPC's Faster Payments Barometer, look to the future of faster payments, and talk about crafting Christmas gifts as a way to feed the soul. Also, don't forget to head to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the FPC's Spring Member Meeting in New Orleans. It will be the industry event that everyone is talking about.

Nov 22, 2021 • 30min
22 Nov 2021 Hope Hacker from Nationwide and Josh Karoly from Netflix on recurring payments, FedNow, RTP, instant payments, real-time payments, corporate treasurer
Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the Rails with Josh Karoly from Netflix and Hope Hacker from Nationwide Insurance. The trio discusses the future of payments, the work that’s being done at the FPC to advance real-time recurring payments, questionable television choices for children, the best airport dining options now that we are all traveling again, and having a user-centric perspective on payments implementations. Don’t forget to go to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to access faster payments resources and to register for the FPC’s Spring Member Meeting — March 3rd and 4th in New Orleans!

Oct 28, 2021 • 37min
28 October 2021 Booshan Rengachari from Finzly on bank payments, RTP, FedNow, cost, interoperability, user experience
Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, as he goes off the rails with Booshan Rengachari, CEO of Finzly. Reed and Booshan discuss interoperability, user experience, the cost of payments, and Kung Fu movies. You won't want to miss this in-depth discussion with one of the few people who submitted a faster payments solution proposal to the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Task Force back in 2014.

Oct 5, 2021 • 36min
5 October 2021 Connie Theien from the Federal Reserve System on business end users, FedNow, instant payments
Join Faster Payments Council Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Connie Theien, SVP Industry Relations with the Federal Reserve System. They talk about a new report from the Fed regarding business perspectives on instant and faster payments, plans for the FedNow Service, and home remodeling woes. You won't want to miss this discussion, or future ones so be sure to hit subscribe!

Aug 31, 2021 • 28min
31 Aug 2021 Ross McFerrin from Trustly on instant payments, open banking, fraud
Join us as Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, goes Off the Rails with Ross McFerrin of Trustly, an FPC Accelerating Sponsor. Listen as this payments expert talks about the advantages of faster and instant payments, open banking, fraud prevention, and the right time of day to go fishing. Also, don't forget to head over to fasterpaymentscouncil.org to register for the upcoming Fall Member Meeting September 13-15th.

Jul 29, 2021 • 28min
29 July 2021 Craig Ramsey of ACI Worldwide on payments hubs, central bank digital currency, user experience, international payments
Join host Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, as he goes Off the Rails with Craig Ramsey, faster payments expert from ACI Worldwide. Craig digs into experiences from around the world, a focus on the user experience in payments, and also hits on rugby and central bank digital currencies. Don't forget to register for the FPC's Fall Member Meeting by heading over to fasterpaymentscouncil.org

Jun 21, 2021 • 30min
21 June 2021 Krish Chandrashekaran from Mindgate Solutions and Tony Cook from FirstBank on instant payments adoption, obstacles, fintechs, financial institutions, payment user experience
Join Faster Payments Council Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Krish Chandrashekaran from Mindgate Solutions and Tony Cook from FirstBank. Krish and Tony discuss some possible obstacles to the adoption of instant payments in the United States, how Fintechs and financial institutions can be partners in delivering great instant payments experiences, and TV binging habits.

May 19, 2021 • 38min
19 May 2021 Carl Slabicki from BNY Mellon on instant payments interoperability, ubiquity, use cases, RTP and FedNow
Go Off the Rails with the U.S. Faster Payments Council as host Reed Luhtanen (executive director of the FPC) chats with Carl Slabicki. They discuss interoperability, ubiquity, emerging use cases for faster payments, and Carl's preference in guitars. BNY Mellon has been a leader in instant payments from the jump, and was the very first financial institution online with the RTP Network, and they are now helping to lead the industry through participation in the FedNow pilot.

Apr 29, 2021 • 20min
29 April 2021 FPC Spring Conference Recap
Hear portions of various presentations given by payments industry leaders at the FPC's Spring Virtual Conference. You will hear from Steve Ledford of The Clearing House (2:18), Nick Stanescu of the Boston Federal Reserve (4:14), Elizabeth McQuerry of Glenbrook Partners (6:11), Fran Duggan of Payrailz (7:41), David Scola of SWIFT (9:31), Christina Tetreault of Consumer Reports Advocacy and Carlos Naudon of Ponce Bank (13:30), Kelvin Leung of Mastercard (17:05), and Gene Neyer of U.S. Bank (19:02).

Mar 24, 2021 • 28min
24 Mar 2021 Joe Casali from NEACH on financial institutions, fintechs, banking as a service
FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes Off the Rails with Joe Casali from NEACH. They discuss the evolution of faster payments, potential threats to traditional financial payments from Fintech and banking as a service, and the GOAT status of one Tom Brady.
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