Federal Reserve Board

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Period: 17 Feb 2006 - 26 Jul 2024

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Federal Reserve puts Gordon Werkema in charge of payment system overhaul

The Federal Reserve today named Gordon Werkema as Payments Strategy Director with responsibility for leading major payment system improvement initiatives described in its recently published "Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System" paper.

St Louis Fed confirms DNS hijack

The following notification information was emailed today to individuals who have an active user account for our publicly available economic data and analysis tools (FRED, FRASER, GeoFRED, ALFRED), which are available on our research division’s public website.

Fed survey shows mobile banking on the rise in Southeast

In August 2014, the Retail Payments Risk Forum conducted a mobile banking and payments survey of financial institutions in the Sixth Federal Reserve District. (The Sixth District comprises Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.)

US mobile banking on the rise - Fed study

US mobile banking on the rise - Fed study

Nearly 40% of banked Americans that have mobile phones now use their handsets to access their accounts, according to research from the Federal Reserve Board.

Federal Reserve opens registration for payments task forces

We are pleased to share with you registration information for participation in the task forces outlined in our recently published Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System paper.

Fed researcher sets out vision for government cryptocurrency

Fed researcher sets out vision for government cryptocurrency

A senior researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis has floated the idea of a government-backed 'Fedcoin' that uses a bitcoin-style protocol but the US dollar as the monetary object, combining the best of cryptocurrencies and cash.

Fed sets out faster payments options

Fed sets out faster payments options

The US Federal Reserve has set out a series of options for speeding up the country's antiquated payments system.

The Clearing House wakes up to real-time payments

The Clearing House wakes up to real-time payments

US bank-backed ACH The Clearing House is to undertake a multi-year effort to build a new real-time processing platform, as the country finally begins to get to grips with its antiquated payment systems.

Fed sets up tokenisation work group

Fed sets up tokenisation work group

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is to set up a working group to tackle the interoperability and technology challenges of using digital account tokens to replace card numbers for online and mobile purchasing.

Federal Reserve inches towards faster payments

Federal Reserve inches towards faster payments

America's Federal Reserve Banks are moving ahead with plans to improve the country's payment infrastructure, promising to publish a roadmap in the coming months that could eventually lead to a faster payments system.

Bitcoin not a threat to banking system...yet

Bitcoin not a threat to banking system...yet

Bitcoin is still more of a curiosity than a threat to the banking system but in the long term the crypto-currency could have a pronounced impact on payments, according to a group of advisers to the US Federal Reserve.

Cash is here to stay says US Federal Reserve

Cash is here to stay says US Federal Reserve

While Finextra Future Money delegates debate the future of cash and the UK's Halifax predicts its slow decline, the Federal Reserve Banks release fresh data which shows that US consumers choose to use notes and coins more frequently than any other payment instrument, including debit or credit cards

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