5/22/2026 1:25:50 PM Fed proposes limited payment accounts for fintech companies By Louden Richason The U.S. Federal Reserve proposed adopting a new, more limited form of a payment account that would allow firms to move money across the...
11/17/2023 11:01:32 PM Officials seek more transparency for US treasury market By Cristobal de Atucha Officials from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department on Thursday called for increased transparency into data for the $26t...
8/9/2023 1:17:31 PM Federal Reserve launches program to oversee banks' crypto and stablecoin activities By FinTech Collective The Federal Reserve has launched a new program to oversee banks’ cryptocurrency activities, focusing on partnerships. State-owned banks...
7/21/2023 12:55:22 PM Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system By Louden Richason The "FedNow" service will seek to eliminate the several-day lag it commonly takes cash transfers to settle, bringing the U.S. in line...
7/21/2023 12:52:52 PM Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live By Louden Richason Banks and credit unions of all sizes can sign up and use this tool to instantly transfer money for their customers, any time of the day,...
7/21/2023 12:49:32 PM The Fed is rewiring the U.S. payments system By Louden Richason The Federal Reserve has launched its own real-time payments system, called the FedNow Service (FedNow), as of July 20. Though FedNow is...
5/23/2022 8:52:41 PM Banks and funds stash record $2t overnight at Fed facility By Sarah Wolter The figures disclosed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York marked the first time more than $2t had been tucked away in the Fed’s...
5/14/2021 2:25:55 PM Fed’s waller says inflation jump likely temporary, urges patience By Carlos Alonso Torras Over the past week, official data have shown April job creation falling far short of economists’ forecasts, evidence of a shortage of...
4/5/2021 1:57:15 PM Five banks to test FedNow real-time payments system By Sarah Wolter The Federal Reserve’s FedNow program, intended to streamline the clearing and settlement process, will be tested by five Northern...
8/10/2020 3:53:42 PM How the government’s new real-time payments system could transform commerce By Sarah Wolter While the Fed has provided payment and settlement services to the financial system since its founding more than a century ago, FedNow...
6/26/2020 12:54:38 PM Fed suspends stock buybacks, caps dividends for big banks By Carlos Alonso Torras Fed is requiring all 34 big banks that participated in the exercise to resubmit capital plans, seeking to ensure they have enough...
8/12/2019 11:13:55 PM Federal Reserve announces plan for real-time payments system By FinTech Collective The Fed announced "FedNow," a real-time retail payment infrastructure, that will be available in 2023 or 2024. FedNow is expected to add...