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57 "early adopter organizations" have now been certified to participate in the U.S. Federal Reserve's FedNow instant payments program that will be rolled out later this month (July, 2023). Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester stated yesterday that the FedNow program "should help ensure financial stability should bank stress arise," by limiting withdrawals. Last month (June, 2023), I reported how The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an organization linked to the Federal Reserve, published a warning to consumers stating that funds held in popula...

The first week of April, 2023 marks the beginning of the enrollment and certification process for financial institutions to start participating in the Federal Reserve's new FedNow "Instant Payments" services, which is scheduled to launch in July, 2023. While many in the alternative media (myself included) have linked the FedNow program to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), technically speaking, FedNow is NOT part of the development of CBDCs. Michelle Bateman, Director of Product Management, Payments at Finastra, is a member of FedNow’s pilot program, and she has stated t...

The report is clear that broadband providers, broadly speaking, see online advertising as a lucrative side hustle.