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Reed Luhtanen

Executive Director

U.S. Faster Payments Council

Member since

10 Aug 2020

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Bentonville

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Meeting Unprecedented Times with Faster Payments Disbursements

In a year where we’ve seen the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the raging wildfires in California, a hurricane season so active we’ve exhausted the alphabet, and more, “unprecedented” has become an all too familiar term. And these incomparable times have had considerable impact on the American people, particularly from a financial perspective....

15 October 2020 /payments /covid-19 Fintech

U.S. Faster Payments Evolution: Share Your Thoughts on the Journey

For most of us, the pandemic has upended our way of life. It has changed our working styles and environments. It has altered shopping habits. It has driven a surge in touchless and remote transactions. And while all of these are colossal shifts for the American people, the one even larger change stemming from the pandemic lies in the transition to...

06 October 2020 /payments /retail Fintech

Exploring QR Codes for Faster Payments

Around the world, QR codes continue to explode in popularity as a payments instrument. In China, over the past three years, QR code “scan-to-pay” solutions have grown 15-fold, reaching $1.3 trillion U.S. in the fourth quarter of 2019. And globally, 4% of all consumer transactions leverage a QR code, according to research from Kleiner Perkins Cauf...

25 August 2020 /payments /retail The Payments Business

The Dialogue Driving the Faster Payments Interoperability Question

Dialogue is an integral part of our society. Real, meaningful dialogue can be the driver behind collaborative action that can bring out change, understanding, cooperation, confidence, and more. And in today’s environment with now-daily conversations about issues that are core to our humanity – systemic racism and oppression, health and safety conc...

17 August 2020 /payments /retail The Payments Business