Join Faster Payments Council Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Krish Chandrashekaran from Mindgate Solutions and Tony Cook from FirstBank. Krish and Tony discuss some possible obstacles to the adoption of instant payments in the United States, how Fintechs and financial institutions can be partners in delivering great instant payments experiences, and TV binging habits.

Go Off the Rails with the U.S. Faster Payments Council as host Reed Luhtanen (executive director of the FPC) chats with Carl Slabicki. They discuss interoperability, ubiquity, emerging use cases for faster payments, and Carl's preference in guitars. BNY Mellon has been a leader in instant payments from the jump, and was the very first financial institution online with the RTP Network, and they are now helping to lead the industry through participation in the FedNow pilot. 

Hear portions of various presentations given by payments industry leaders at the FPC's Spring Virtual Conference. You will hear from Steve Ledford of The Clearing House (2:18), Nick Stanescu of the Boston Federal Reserve (4:14), Elizabeth McQuerry of Glenbrook Partners (6:11), Fran Duggan of Payrailz (7:41), David Scola of SWIFT (9:31), Christina Tetreault of Consumer Reports Advocacy and Carlos Naudon of Ponce Bank (13:30), Kelvin Leung of Mastercard (17:05), and Gene Neyer of U.S. Bank (19:02).

FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes Off the Rails with Joe Casali from NEACH. They discuss the evolution of faster payments, potential threats to traditional financial payments from Fintech and banking as a service, and the GOAT status of one Tom Brady.

FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails with Steve Ledford. The self-proclaimed payments nerd discusses the RTP network, a new deliverable from the FPC's Network Committee, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on payments and the economy.