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Off the Rails from the U.S. Faster Payments Council - FPC

Hosted by U.S. Faster Payments Council · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 117 episodes

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Hosted by the Faster Payments Council, FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen goes off the rails and chats with payments industry insiders on the latest trends and headlines in faster payments. Guests include experts from across the payments ecosystem who have been working to advance the U.S. market toward its faster payments future.

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U.S. Faster Payments Council hosts Off the Rails from the U.S. Faster Payments Council - FPC, a business show with 117 episodes published.

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28 May 2026 Scott Anchin of ICBA on Check Fraud, Stablecoins, AI, and watches

May 27, 202636mEp. 10S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Scott Anchin. Reed and Scott talk about the founding of the FPC, the ongoing issues community banks have with check fraud, emerging payments

14 May 2026 Steve Ledford on Pay by Bank, Instant Payments Adoption, AI, Stablecoin

May 13, 202628mEp. 9S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Steve Ledford.

23 April 2026 Erin West of Operation Shamrock on Payments Scams

Apr 22, 202631mEp. 8S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Erin West, Founder and CEO of Operation Shamrock. Erin and Reed talk about payments scams and how Americans have already lost a generation’s

9 April 2026 Caroline Cypriano of JJ4Tech on QR Codes, Transaction Monitoring, and Surfing

Apr 8, 202633mEp. 7S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Caroline Cypriano, Co-Founder of JJ4Tech. Caroline and Reed talk about QR codes, liquidity management, transaction monitoring, and Caroline’

26 March 2026 Cole Augustine on the Treasurer Perspective, personas vs use cases, and watersports

Mar 25, 202624mEp. 6S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Cole Augustine of Galactic Trade Consultants. Cole and Reed talk about personas vs. use cases, looking at payments from the corporate treasu

12 March 2026 Brian Dammeir of Plaid on Open Banking, Standards, Fraud/Risk, Pyramids, and the Oscars

Mar 11, 202625mEp. 5S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Brian Dammeir of Plaid. Brian and Reed talk about open banking, payments standards, fraud and risk, the Oscars, and pyramids.

26 February 2026 Steve Stevens with ASC X9 on the FPC/X9 Partnership

Feb 25, 202625mEp. 4S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Steve Stevens, executive director for ASC X9. Steve and Reed talk about the need for standards in the faster payments space, the partnership

12 Feb 2026 Carl Slabick from BNY on driving corporate demand for instant payments, stablecoins, and Hamnet

Feb 11, 202631mEp. 3S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Carl Slabicki, Head of Commercial, Global Payments & Trade at BNY. Carl and Reed talk about what Carl sees as key drivers of demand for inst

29 Jan 2026 Kevin Olsen from Pidgin on Stablecoins, New Nacha Rules, Innovation, and Mumford and Sons

Jan 28, 202626mEp. 2S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kevin “The Payments Professor” Olsen of Pidgin. Class is in session as the professor provides a thorough 101 on stablecoins, then drops some

15 Jan 2026 Jim Filice from Visa on Visa Direct Real-Time Payments, Stablecoin, AI

Jan 14, 202635mEp. 1S6

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Jim Filice of Visa. Reed and Jim talk about the huge volumes that are moving through Visa’s faster payments rails, how Visa thinks about dev

18 Dec 2025 Mike Bilski of North American Banking Company Instant Payments Visa Direct Mastercard Send FedNow RTP Minnesota Twins Eggnog

Dec 17, 202526mEp. 24S5

Happy Holidays! Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Mike Bilski of North American Banking Company. Reed and Mike talk about how faster payments volume continues to grow for his

4 Dec 2025 Craig Ramsey of ACI Worldwide on Stablecoins, Instant Payments, Cloud computing, and Formula 1

Dec 3, 202536mEp. 23S5

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Craig Ramsey of ACI Worldwide. Reed and Craig spend time separating the noise in the market from the things that are really moving the needl

20 Nov 2025 Kyle Caldwell and Keith Melton from The Clearing House on the RTP Network and new Fraud Services from TCH

Nov 19, 202536mEp. 22S5

Happy Thanksgiving to our American listeners! Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kyle Caldwell and Keith Melton from The Clearing House. The trio discuss the growth of the RTP

13 Nov 2025 Emanuela Saccarola from Citi on Cross Border Payments, Stablecoins, AI, and Skiing

Nov 12, 202530mEp. 21S5

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Emanuela Saccarola, head of cross border payments at Citi as the two talk about the progress in cross border payments, the work that needs t

23 Oct 2025 Dharshan Shanthamurthy from SISA on forensics-driven cybersecurity, AI, and Ironman

Oct 22, 202521mEp. 20S5

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Dharshan Shanthamurthy, CEO and Founder of SISA as the two dig into forensics-driven cybersecurity, AI, and Taylor Swift’s latest album.

9 Oct 2025 Aaron McPherson of AFM on Stablecoins, Agentic AI, and Making Music

Oct 8, 202522mEp. 19S5

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Aaron McPherson Principal at AFM to talk about Stablecoin, Agentic AI, and making beer with AI.

25 Sept. 2025 -- Carl Slabicki from BNY on cross border, AI, and open banking

Sep 25, 202531mEp. 18S5

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Carl Slabicki Executive Platform Manager of Treasury Services act BNY to talk about Cross Border Payments, AI, and life as a new parent.

EPISODE 100 -- Featuring special guest Reed Luhtanen, interviewed by ACI's Bridget Hall

Sep 10, 202532mEp. 17S5

Check in for a special episode, recorded live at the FPC Fall Member Meeting in Portland, Maine. This time Reed takes the hot seat and Bridget Hall from ACI asks him the ard questions -- and the two of them try out some

28 August 2025 Greg Lloyd from Endava on AI, Stablecoins, B2B Payments and Seafood

Aug 27, 202530mEp. 16S5

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Greg Lloyd, Client Partner at Endava to talk about AI, stablecoins, and whether or not gasoline and fireworks are a winning combination.

14 August 2025 Kirsten Trusko from Payments as a Lifeline on Disaster Relief Payments, Digital Assets, and rehabbing a historic home

Aug 13, 202532mEp. 15S5

Join FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Kirsten Trusko from Payments as a Lifeline to discuss Disaster Relief Payments, Digital Assets, and rehabbing a historic home.

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