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

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 treasurer perspective, and video game to television adaptations.

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.

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 between FPC and X9, and some of Steve’s fun hobbies

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 instant payments, stablecoins, and of course the Oscars. Register now for the FPC’s Spring Member Meeting February 25-27th in Washington DC! https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/events/2894/FPC-2026-Spring-Member-Meeting

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 insights on recent Nacha rule changes and describes for us his appreciation for banjo music. Register now for the FPC’s Spring Member Meeting February 25-27th in Washington DC! https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/events/2894/FPC-2026-Spring-Member-Meeting

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 developing and delivering products such as Visa Direct to the market, and who we like in the upcoming College Football Playoff championship game.

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 bank, how Mike and North American Banking Company have long been leaders who invest in payments innovations that truly provide returns, and how our Minnesota Twins could look in 2026.

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 needle, and they talk about the upcoming final race of the Formula 1 season. 

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 Network, instant payments use cases, the new fraud service that TCH is rolling out, and a ton of other stuff.

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 to be done, stablecoins, AI, tokenized deposits, and an out of the ordinary vacation destination recommendation.