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.
Latest episodes
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.
Feb 8, 2021 • 22min
16 Feb 2021 Steve Ledford from The Clearing House on RTP Real-time payments, instant payments, use cases
FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails with Steve Ledford. The self-proclaimed payments nerd discusses the RTP network, a new deliverable from the FPC's Network Committee, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on payments and the economy.
