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Fed consults on new operational risk-management requirements for systemically-important utilities

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday invited comment on updates to operational risk-management requirements for certain systemically important financial market utilities (FMUs) supervised by the Board.

26 September 2022

Company announcement/payments

Fed ships analytics tool for tracking payments through ACH

Federal Reserve Financial Services today launched the FedPayments® Insights Service, a business and analytics tool that generates reports on a financial institution’s payments settled through the FedACH Service to help the organization advance its business strategy and day-to-day ACH operations.

20 September 2022

News/payments

FedNow real-time payments service to launch next summer

The Federal Reserve has narrowed the timing of the launch of its real-time payments service, FedNow, to the middle of next year.

29 August 2022

Company announcement/regulation

Fed warns banks to over crypto obligations

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday provided additional information for banking organizations engaging or seeking to engage in crypto-asset-related activities.

17 August 2022

News/crypto

Fed finalises system for evaluating fintech access to services

The Federal Reserve Board has established a tiered system for evaluating whether to grant access to its accounts and payment services, with ramifications for chartered fintechs and crypto firms.

17 August 2022

Company announcement/regulation

Regulators tell Voyager Digital to stop false statements about FDIC deposit insurance status

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board today issued a joint letter demanding that the crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital cease and desist from making false and misleading statements regarding its FDIC deposit insurance status and take immediate action to correct any such prior statements.

29 July 2022

News/payments

Federal Reserve delays ISO 20022 cutover by two years

The Federal Reserve is to delay the implementation of the new ISO 20022 payment messaging format by two years to 2025.

30 June 2022

Company announcement/payments

Fed study sheds light on rising consumer demand for faster payments

Faster payments have become a way of life for many consumers who regularly use mobile devices to track their finances as well as payment apps to send and receive payments among friends and family.

17 May 2022

News/payments

Fed begins real-time payments pilot

The Federal Reserve has started onboarding pilot participants for its new real-time payment system, FedNow, ahead of a full launch next year.

03 May 2022

Company announcement/payments

Iliad Solutions featured in the Federal Reserve’s new FedNow Service Provider Showcase

Iliad Solutions is proud to be featured in the Federal Reserve’s new FedNow Service Provider Showcase, an online resource designed to connect US financial institutions with leading service providers as they prepare to offer instant payment solutions through the new FedNow Service.

29 March 2022

News/crypto

White House lays out ground rules for digital assets

The White House has issued a sweeping executive order on the oversight of cryptocurrencies and prompted the Federal Reserve to step up the pace on exploration of the case for a central bank digital currency (CBC)

09 March 2022

News/regulation

Fed preps tiered system for evaluating fintech access to services

The Federal Reserve Board is seeking comment on a plan to introduce a tiered system for evaluating whether to grant access to its accounts and payment services.

02 March 2022