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Treasury Department Aims to Limit Federal Agencies’ Use of Checks
Digital Payments // January 09, 2023

A federal agency is proposing more limits to the government’s use of paper checks. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that is to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday (Jan. 10), the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said that present...

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Financial Institutions and Service Providers Welcome Launch of FedNow

July 20, 2023
Financial institutions and payment service providers hit the ground running when the Federal Reserve launched the FedNow Service on Thursday (July 20). Many had new offerings ready to go using the nationwide payments infrastructure, which was the first to be implemented in about 40 years. At the time of Thursday’s launch, 35 banks and credit unions, and the U.S. Department […]

Treasury Department Aims to Limit Federal Agencies’ Use of Checks

January 09, 2023
A federal agency is proposing more limits to the government’s use of paper checks. In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that is to be published in the Federal Register...