Announcements, Faster Payments

It’s Official: Sean Rodriguez is the Federal Reserve’s new Faster Payments Strategy Leader

Sean RodriguezToday the Federal Reserve announced the appointment of Sean Rodriguez as the new Faster Payments Strategy Leader. Sean, a senior vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will be tasked with leading activities aimed at identifying effective approaches for implementing a safe, ubiquitous, faster payments capability in the United States. In addition, he will also serve as chair of the Faster Payments Task Force and its 300+ members.

“Sean’s leadership experience across payment operations, customer relations and industry outreach is exactly what we need to successfully advance the vision for a faster payments capability in the United States,” said Gordon Werkema, the Federal Reserve’s payments strategy director to whom Rodriguez will report.

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