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Jun 2026

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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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June 11, 2026Episode 1135 min

Craig Ramsey of ACI Worldwide and Anthony Serio of 7T World on Financial Inclusion, Stablecoin, AI, and the World Cup

Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Craig Ramsey from ACI Worldwide and Anthony Serio from 7T world. Anthony, Craig, and Reed talk about the upcoming resource from the FPC’s Financial Inclusion Work Group, stablecoins, the imperative for financial institutions to implement send, and the group’s takes on the World Cup.Follow FPC on Linkedin! https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-faster-payments-council/posts/?feedView=all

May 28, 2026Episode 1036 min

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

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 technologies, and watches.

May 14, 2026Episode 928 min

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

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

April 23, 2026Episode 831 min

23 April 2026 Erin West of Operation Shamrock on Payments Scams

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 worth of wealth.Join ACI Worldwide and FPC for a great evening in San Diego! https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/zfwdt8q/lp/716b7d46-4b06-44d2-a713-0eb6b9ed3df7

April 9, 2026Episode 733 min

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

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’s favorite Netflix binge-watch.

March 26, 2026Episode 624 min

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

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.

March 12, 2026Episode 525 min

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

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.

February 26, 2026Episode 425 min

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

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

February 12, 2026Episode 331 min

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

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

January 29, 2026Episode 226 min

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

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