Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Greg Lloyd, Client Partner at Endava to talk about AI, stablecoins, and whether or not gasoline and fireworks are a winning combination.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kirsten Trusko from Payments as a Lifeline to discuss  Disaster Relief Payments, Digital Assets, and rehabbing a historic home.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Peter Tapling of PTap Advisory. Peter and Reed talk about Stablecoins, AI, agentic payments, QR codes, and the best places to grab a beer in Portland, Maine.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Vishal Pasari of Euronet. Vishal and Reed talk about the things we can really lean from other markets, key use cases, and Squid Game’s much anticipated 3rd season which was recently released on Netflix.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Karen Brown of CGI. Karen and Reed talk about mandates in other markets, what the U.S. market is doing well, and her love of photography and her dog Harry.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Chris Harmse of BVNK. Reed and Chris talk about stablecoins and cross border payments as well as Chris’s affinity to adrenaline-pumping sports.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Phillipa Wilson of Mastercard. Reed and Phillipa cover a wide range of things going on in faster payments, how emerging tech such as AI will play a role, and how the NBA playoffs might shake out

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with James Watts of Mitek. Reed and James dig in on payments fraud, talk about how faster payments reduce check fraud, and the virtues of a few regional delicacies. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Peter Davey of PaymentsJedi Advisory. Reed and Peter dig into the factors that have persisted in keeping checks in circulation, the continued growth of pay by bank, and the San Diego beer scene. Join the FPC and register at fasterpaymentscouncil.org

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Ross McFerrin of Trustly. Reed and Ross dig into the recently announced Trump administration executive order that aims to significantly curtail the use of checks by the federal government, the rapid growth in usage of instant payments in the United States, and the NCAA tournament. FPC Spring Member Meeting is coming up! Join the FPC and register at fasterpaymentscouncil.org

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Peter Tapling, Managing Director at PTap Advisory. Reed and Peter talk about topical headlines in the payments arena, the best places to grab a beer on this year's conference circuit (San Diego, Boston, and Portland, ME all in the same year!), and the growth of pay by bank. Register for the FPC's Spring Member meeting at www.fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Join FPC executive director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Tony Cook of FirstBank and Donna Blum of BHMI. The trio discusses the difficulties of payments reconciliation and the ways payments modernization can help streamline that process. They also discuss the recently released paper from the FPC's Operational Considerations Work Group. Find that paper here: https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/blog/14393/Guideline-02-Operational-Considerations-for-Instant-Payments-Send-Side-Primer

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Yamini Sagar  CEO and Founder of Instarails. Reed and Yamini talk about the market for cross border payments, how Yamini is working to enhance the user experience in that space, and their respective go-to karaoke songs.

Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director and CEO of the FPC as he goes off the rails with Deepak Gupta talking about all the amazing data in the FPC's Faster Payments Barometer, sponsored by Volante Technologies. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Dave Glaser and Skyler Nesheim of Dwolla. The trio talks about retail use cases for instant payments, the need for a dispute resolution framework, pay by bank, and Skyler's Iowa State Cyclones basketball team, which looks pretty darn good. FPC Spring Member Meeting is coming up! Register at fasterpaymentscouncil.org

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Raman Kumar of U.S. Bank to talk about all the consumer use cases Raman sees for faster payments.

Also, if you're able to help with a donation for fire relief in California, here is a link to the California Fire Foundation: https://www.cafirefoundation.org/

Join Reed Luhtanen, executive director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, as he goes off the rails with Colin Parsons of Nasdaq Verafin. Reed and Colin talk about fraud mitigation tactics, fraud trends in other markets, and their favorite Christmas songs.

The FPC Fraud Work Group released a new paper on 12/19/24. You can find that here: https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/Guides-Research

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Stephany Kirkpatrick of Orum and Dean Nolan of SRM. The trio discusses the potential for B2B instant payments, in particular in light of the recent announcement from the clearing house increasing the RTP limit to $10M.

Previous episodes featuring Stephany and Dean:

Stephany: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/12-oct-2023-stephany-kirkpatrick-of-orum-on-account/id1553535872?i=1000631043284

Dean: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/27-oct-2022-moa-agrell-of-trustly-and-dean-nolan/id1553535872?i=1000584042369

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Jim Colassano, SVP and head of business project management for the RTP Network at the clearing house. Jim gives an update on the RTP network’s growth, the value added services that are top of mind for users and financial institutions, fraud, how usage and adoption will scale in the future, his opinions on some Thanksgiving menu items.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Sumner Francisco of BNY. Reed and Sumner talk about the trend toward open banking and the potential for faster and immediate payments to fuel this use case. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Jane Hennessy of Finzly. The pair talks about the things that might be holding financial institutions back from implementing faster payments as well as how many dogs have lived in Jane's home over the years.

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes Off the Rails with Anthony Serio, Chief Risk Officer at Sphere Labs. Reed and Anthony talk about the use of stablecoins for cross border transactions and which rides Anthony recommends at Disneyland. Join the FPC by reaching out to us at info@fasterpaymentscouncil.org!

Join Reed Luhtanen, Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council as he goes off the rails with fraud expert Yinglian Xie in the final episode before the FPC Fall Member Meeting in Denver. If you're feeling the FOMO, join the FPC now so you don't miss out on San Diego in the spring!

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Sarah Hoisington, Head of Marketing and Strategy for Matera US. Reed and Sarah talk about the ways QR codes can be used to initiate faster payments, the fraud prevention protocols that can be put in place to reduce fraud, and sourdough bread. 

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Vishal Pasari of Euronet. Reed and Vishal talk about the things that will drive adoption of instant payments, the non-speed benefits of instant payments, and the U.S. Women's Basketball team's unbelievable run of dominance in the Olympics. Don't forget to register for the FPC's fall member meeting in Denver -- fasterpaymentscouncil.org/FPC-Events. It's going to be packed with great sessions and a super fun evening event at Lucky Strike!