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FedNow’s First Year: Path to Critical Mass Requires Time and Education
Digital Payments // July 24, 2024

A year after its launch, the FedNow® Service, the instant payment service introduced by the U.S. central bank last July 20, has seen 900 banks sign up and connect to the new rails. Seth Perlman, global head of product for i2c, told PYMNTS that the sign-ups...

Open Banking Faces Challenges as Banks Urge Delay in New Data Rules
Bank Regulation // July 19, 2024

Open banking, as it emerges more fully in the United States, promises to bring personalized services and products to customers, expanding financial access. Data underpins the joint efforts of traditional financial institutions (FIs) and third parties to bring those innovations to the mass market. But...

Cloud Security 101: Treasury Releases Essential Guidelines for FIs
Cloud Banking // July 17, 2024

Today’s digital landscape has transformed the operational calculus for financial institutions (FIs) and corporations. And with the news Thursday (July 17) that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) published a suite of resources to share with financial...

Banking Sector Seeks More Time on CFPB Open Banking Rule
CFPB // July 17, 2024

The banking industry wants more time to comply with a new rule governing consumer financial data. The open banking regulation in question is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s “Proposed Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights,” which is designed to implement section 1033 of...

Interviews & Exclusives
FedNow’s First Year: Path to Critical Mass Requires Time and Education

July 24, 2024
A year after its launch, the FedNow® Service, the instant payment service introduced by the U.S. central bank last July 20, has seen 900 banks sign up and connect to the new rails. Seth Perlman, global head of product for i2c, told PYMNTS that the sign-ups bode well for faster payments — but getting to 7,000 […]

Cloud Security 101: Treasury Releases Essential Guidelines for FIs

July 17, 2024
Today’s digital landscape has transformed the operational calculus for financial institutions (FIs) and corporations. And with the news Thursday (July 17) that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the...

Trustly Lays Out Vision for Open Banking at Retail

July 16, 2024
Open banking at retail — at the point of checkout — has the advantage of lowering the costs below traditional credit and debit options. Christina Potter, head of eCommerce at...

AI Unlocks Feedback Loop Between Payments Innovation and Customer Expectations

July 15, 2024
All the innovation in the world changes nothing if it fails to meet the needs of end-users. And against a backdrop where expectations around payments convenience, speed, security and, increasingly,...

Quick Reads
NAB and Plenti Team on Pay by Bank for Loan Repayments

July 24, 2024
Australian bank NAB has launched a collaboration with FinTech lender Plenti. The partnership, announced Wednesday (July 24), lets Plenti’s customers make faster loan repayments via NAB’s pay-by-bank offering PayTo. “Plenti is the first NAB business customer to integrate the new account-to-account payment solution in its online lending platform, allowing its customers to make real-time payments via PayTo to pay down […]

Banking Sector Seeks More Time on CFPB Open Banking Rule

July 17, 2024
The banking industry wants more time to comply with a new rule governing consumer financial data. The open banking regulation in question is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s “Proposed...

Report: Digital Job Growth in UK Hits Lowest Level in Decade

July 11, 2024
Great Britain’s digital sector is reportedly seeing its slowest job growth in a decade. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (July 11), this has led the incoming Labour government to promise to revitalize...

Australian Banking Association: Open Banking Rules Need ‘New Pathway Forward’

July 08, 2024
Australian Banking Association (ABA) CEO Anna Bligh said its “time to go back to the drawing board” when it comes to the country’s open banking rules. Bligh said this in a...