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FedNow Closes 2023 With 300-Plus FIs Using Instant Payments Network
FedNow Closes 2023 With 300-Plus FIs Using Instant Payments Network
December 14, 2023  |  Faster Payments

The Federal Reserve says 331 financial institutions (FIs) are employing the FedNow® Service, its real-time payments system. The service launched in July with 35 participants, and is expected...

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FedNow Service Gets New Leadership at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
FedNow Service Gets New Leadership at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
November 15, 2023  |  Personnel

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has announced the promotions of two FedNow® Service executives to senior leadership positions within the organization. Nick Stanescu has been named executive vice president and...

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Crypto’s Pain Is CBDC and Digital Dollar’s 2022 Gain
Crypto’s Pain Is CBDC and Digital Dollar’s 2022 Gain
December 28, 2022  |  CBDC

One surprising digital dollar asset had a great 2022, and it wasn’t cryptocurrency. While the past year saw the value of the crypto market shrink...

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Federal Reserve: American Anxieties Amplify Value of Safe, Efficient Instant Payments
Federal Reserve: American Anxieties Amplify Value of Safe, Efficient Instant Payments
July 15, 2022  |  Opinion

Kenneth Montgomery, first VP and chief operating officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and FedNow service program executive, writes in the PYMNTS eBook “Baseline 2022:...

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Boston Fed, MIT Digital Dollar Test Casts Doubt on Blockchain as Processing Platform
Boston Fed, MIT Digital Dollar Test Casts Doubt on Blockchain as Processing Platform
February 03, 2022  |  CBDC

A digital dollar experiment by the Boston Fed and MIT was able to produce a functioning and fault-tolerant central bank digital currency (CBDC) design that...

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Today In Payments: Banks Wary As Fed And MIT Prep Digital Currency Report; Jumio Lands $150 Million
Today In Payments: Banks Wary As Fed And MIT Prep Digital Currency Report; Jumio Lands...
March 23, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Boston’s Federal Reserve and MIT could reveal digital dollar prototypes this summer, and Jumio raised $150 million to expand its digital...

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Boston Fed Official Sees Economy Gaining Momentum In Late 2021
Boston Fed Official Sees Economy Gaining Momentum In Late 2021
February 17, 2021  |  Economy

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston indicated on Wednesday (Feb. 17) that he continues to anticipate that the economy with gain momentum...

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Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars
Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars
August 21, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital dollars are a maybe – but if so, not for a while. And there’ll be quite a bit of tinkering with the technology (especially...

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Fed Releases Main Street Program Lender List
Fed Releases Main Street Program Lender List
July 08, 2020  |  Loans

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued a state-by-state listing of lenders accepting applications from new business customers for the Main Street Lending Program on Wednesday...

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