Tagged: fednow

April 17, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Galileo Financial Technologies, SoFi’s technology platform (NASDAQ: SOFI), this week announced that SoFi, N.A. is offering instant bank transfers via the FedNow Service powered by Galileo’s payment technology. The new capability lets SoFi members move money in seconds between their SoFi accounts and their accounts… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Federal Reserve has introduced a public consultation on a regulatory update that would open its FedNow real-time payments platform to international transfers for the first time. FedNow, which began operations in 2023, functions as a high-speed interbank settlement network designed for instant domestic… Read More

November 28, 2025 @ 4:45 pm By Dave Scola  |  

With the FedNow instant payment transaction limit set to rise from $1 million to $10 million this month, following the RTP network’s increase in February, Dave Scola, US Chief Executive of Form3, explores the potential impact on companies, payment providers, and the resilience and competitiveness… Read More

September 30, 2025 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Instant payments, which are the transfer of value without any delay, are predicted to surpass $110 trillion by 2029, almost doubling the $60 trillion that is already occurring today. In a report published by Juniper, instantaneous payments are being driven by regulation, including FedNow in… Read More

September 29, 2025 @ 1:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

ValidiFI’s newest research reveals a critical gap in current fraud prevention strategies—and the financial consequences of relying on outdated account verification methods as real-time payment adoption accelerates. As payment infrastructure evolves with real-time rails like RTP, FedNow, and Zelle driving instant settlement, and faster ACH options modernizing… Read More

August 6, 2025 @ 12:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volante Technologies, the global enabler of Payments as a Service (PaaS), announced the migration of all banking customers to the ISO 20022 messaging format for the Fedwire Funds Service, which includes financial institutions ranging from “a few billion dollars in assets to multiple trillion-dollar systemically… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Clearing House recently announced an update regarding their Real Time Payments (RTP) network transaction limit being raised from $1M to $10M. Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has successfully leveraged this advancement and completed the largest instant payment in US history, a $10M inter-company… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global financial technology firm, announced it is one of the first providers in the fintech industry “certified” to enable send capabilities for credit transfers in the Federal Reserve’s FedNow instant payment service. The addition of send capabilities and real-time alerts will… Read More

July 18, 2024 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

July 20, 2024, will mark exactly one year since the Federal Reserve announced the launch of the notable FedNow Service, which has allowed customers at participating financial institutions to make payments that can be sent and received at any time, immediately available to use. The… Read More

May 2, 2024 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Orum has announced the launch of the “first-ever” no-code product built on top of FedNow to verify bank accounts instantly. FedNow is a US Federal Reserve service that enables instantaneous transfer solutions for financial services firms. Orum states that the no-code solution is better than… Read More

March 14, 2024 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) introduced the new FedNow User Group to continue promoting collaboration among the 607 participating financial institutions and their service providers on the FedNow Service network. The FedNow User Group aims to “facilitate regular engagement between FRFS and FedNow participants to… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orum is live with FedACH and will be adding FedNow and FedWire services. The direct connection to the Federal Reserve’s payment rails “as a service provider is part of Orum’s new money movement API, Deliver.” The Deliver API orchestrates and optimizes money movement “through Federal Reserve… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase says that Alacriti, a cloud-based payments and money services provider, will integrate its payments hub solution into the Backbase Engagement Banking Platform. Through this partnership, Backbase clients will be “able to offer instant payment capabilities to their customers. Backbase, leveraging Alacriti’s Orbipay Payments Hub, will… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

FIS (NYSE:FIS) has announced a partnership with Banked to offer a new “pay by bank” solution for both consumers and businesses. Banked, enables consumers to pay directly using their bank without entering any financial data. Last year, FIS became one of the first Fintechs to… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant payment service FedNow offers individuals and businesses many benefits including greater efficiency, quicker access to their money, and reduced transaction costs. Yet, unlike conventional, slower payment methods, FedNow doesn’t offer any form of payment reversal or chargeback functionality. That begs the question: Will FedNow… Read More

October 26, 2023 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), released its study of emerging risks in the fintech payments sector since the launch of FedNow. Surveying high-level risk and compliance officers “across fintech payment companies, including… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thought Machine, the cloud-native banking technology company, announces it has partnered with Form3, the cloud-native account-to-account platform, to add FedNow, TCH RTP and SEPA Instant Credit Transfer connectivity to Thought Machine’s payment platform, Vault Payments. This partnership brings together two payment solutions, “offering banks and… Read More

October 11, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orum, the API for fast, reliable payments, today announced the launch of Verify, the first ever product built on top of FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s new instant payment rail. Orum’s patented technology – Verify – “determines within 15 seconds whether a bank account is open… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Every company that moves money is keeping a close eye on FedNow, the team at Plaid notes in a blog post. Plaid explains that firms expect instant payments for every use case, but the reality is “that the market isn’t quite there yet.” However, there… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

In a speech delivered at the Annual Fintech Conference in Philadelphia, US Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr spoke about the Fed’s role in supporting innovation. Barr noted that not that long ago, cash in trucks was the preferred method of moving… Read More