Highlights
What’s New & Next: 2021 Chicago Payments Symposium
This year’s annual Chicago Payments Symposium focused on “Activating Next Gen Use Cases,” including global innovations in faster and instant payments, digital currency, new financial technologies and the importance of financial inclusion. Read highlights from the exciting two-day event.
Frictionless Framework for Modernized B2B Payments Within Reach
To modernize business-to-business (B2B) payments, there must first be a framework for businesses to send, receive and automate electronic invoices and remittance information. Explore the third video in our educational series for an overview of a virtual exchange framework and its potential as a solution for automation.
Recent Announcements
Accelerate Your Instant Payments Journey with FedNowSM Explorer
The Federal Reserve recently launched new resources to facilitate education, preparation and ecosystem innovation in support of instant payments. Learn more by visiting the FedNow Explorer website (Off-site), an experiential platform with curated content and business tools to support your instant payments journey.
Two New Industry Efforts to Propel B2B Payments Toward Modernization
The Federal Reserve and the Business Payments Coalition (BPC) recently announced the E-invoice Exchange Market Pilot and Remittance Delivery Assessment Work Group, two industry efforts aimed at catalyzing the modernization of business-to-business (B2B) payments in the United States.
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Hear from Federal Reserve Experts at Upcoming Events
American Bankers Association Webinar: Introducing FedNow(SM) Explorer – November 3
Association for Financial Professionals Annual Conference 2021 – November 6 – 10
Finastra U.S. Payments Business Forum 2021 – November 17 – 19
Central Bank Payments Conference – November 29
Visit our Events page to learn more and reserve time to speak with Federal Reserve experts.
In The News – Top Headlines
PYMNTS.com – 10/14/21
Federal Reserve Pushes Digital Payments Standards to Boost Adoption (Off-site)
PaymentsJournal – 10/13/21
Fed and BPC Announce Two Industry Efforts to Modernize B2B Payments (Off-site)
Sibos TV – 10/13/21
Sibos TV: The US’ demand for faster payments – Oct 2021 (Off-site)
Payments Council – 10/5/21
Off the Rails Podcast: Connie Theien from the Federal Reserve System (Off-site)
American Banker – 10/1/21
Why this Colorado bank is testing faster payments from both FedNow, RTP (Off-site)
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