The decision is in: The Federal Reserve Banks will develop the FedNowSM Service, a new 24x7x365 real-time gross clearing and settlement service
Last fall, the Federal Reserve Board requested comment on potential actions the Fed could take to facilitate interbank settlement of faster payments. After conducting an assessment of the public comments and policy criteria regarding the Fed’s role in the payment system, the Board has decided that the Federal Reserve Banks …
Learn About the Fraud Definitions Work Group’s Latest Progress: July Meeting Summary
The Fraud Definitions Work Group held its third in-person meeting at the Charlotte Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on July 24-25, 2019. This meeting featured the Federal Reserve providing an overview of the updated Fraud Classification Model for Payments (Model) and leading detailed discussions and breakouts focused …
Cash Trends in the Modern World
These days, when we think ‘payments’ we usually think the electronic kind – cards, mobile, online. Roger Replogle, executive vice president and cash product manager in the Federal Reserve System’s Cash Product Office (CPO), thinks about the legacy kind – cash – and its usage within the modern payments environment …
Fraud Definitions Work Group’s June In-Person Meeting Summary
The Fraud Definitions Work Group held their second in-person meeting at the Denver Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on June 4 – 5, 2019. During this meeting, the Federal Reserve discussed the intended audience and use of the Payments Fraud Classification Model (Model), reviewed the proposed …
Stay Up-to-Date on the Fraud Definitions Work Group’s Progress: April Meeting Summary
The Fraud Definitions Work Group held their first in-person meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on April 10-11, 2019. During this meeting, the Federal Reserve provided an overview of previous payment improvement initiatives and the planned approach to these efforts. Work group members began discussing what a fraud …
JUST ANNOUNCED: Members of the Fraud Definitions Work Group
Today, the Federal Reserve announced the members of the new Fraud Definitions Work Group. These industry experts will work collaboratively with the Federal Reserve on recommendations to improve the quality and consistency of ACH, wire and check fraud data. Over 140 individuals submitted an “expression of interest” from January 24 …