X9 Launches ISO 20022 Market Practice Industry Forum
The Accredited Standards Organization X9 is looking to catalyze ISO 20022 common data usage in the U.S. market through their ISO 20022 Market Practice Group.
Engagement in Action: FraudClassifier Model Receives Positive Industry Reception
Tim Boike, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, provides updates on the Fed’s collaborative efforts with the payments industry on the FraudClassifier model.
Continuing on the Road to Instant Payments
Faster payments, including instant payments, are quickly gaining popularity around the world. And here in the United States, the topic is at the forefront of the payments industry. Now is the time to start learning more about this important and evolving area for the future of payments.
U.S. Faster Payments Council Names Federal Reserve Officer to Board Advisory Group
Connie Theien, Senior Vice President and Director of Payments Industry Relations at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will advise on the newly formed U.S. Faster Payments Council’s (FPC) Board Advisory Group.
Federal Reserve Payments Study Highlights Strong Trends in Card Use
From 2012 to 2015, credit and debit (including prepaid and non-prepaid) card payments continued to gain ground in the payments landscape, accounting for more than two-thirds of all core noncash payments in the United States, according to a Federal Reserve study of U.S. non-cash payments released December 22, 2016. Automated Clearing …
Federal Reserve Board Request for Comments: Proposed Guidelines for Evaluating Joint Account Requests
In light of ongoing developments to improve the U.S. payment system, including the Federal Reserve’s Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System (PDF) efforts, the Federal Reserve Board anticipates additional interest by industry participants in establishing joint accounts. Joint accounts are intended to facilitate settlement between depository institutions participating in …
Engage for Change!
Last week we released our much anticipated Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System (PDF). One of the five desired outcomes outlined in the paper, collaboration, is about the need for a broad array of payment participants to collectively identify approaches for payment system improvement and make material progress in …