It’s expensive to be poor and unbanked. When a population is left out of the financial system, every transaction has to be done in person, which means walking and sometimes for hours, to pay for goods and services. And to move money, i.e. traveling in cash, from the big cities to rural areas is equally costly and even risky.

A panel of end users and practitioners discusses the key features and drivers of the FedNow Service – and whether they tend to adopt the new payments system when available – as well as how new payments rails may have changed their business models.

Payments Remote Connect builds on yesterday’s sessions and we invite you to try out something new by attending one of the lunch and learns that launch today. However, before we meet for lunch, we hope you’ll join us for our keynote address this morning, which touches on the importance – and the power – of perceptions in the workplace, key relationships needed to ensure your success, and the role authenticity plays in being a powerful leader.

L’chaim! Proost! Cheers! However you offer a toast, be sure to bring a glass to raise as you join us tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. ET for the NEACH Payments Group Comedy Show. We’ve got a drink idea to go with the show.

Speaking at the fifth annual Federal Reserve Town Hall at Smarter Faster Payments Remote Connect, Mark Gould, the Federal Reserve’s first Chief Payments Executive, said a key objective is collaboration with stakeholders to “improve the payments system broadly, with a focus on the speed, safety, and efficiency of domestic and cross-border payments.”

The last year and a half was turbulent, but through it all the ACH Network delivered for Americans when they needed it most, while also preparing for a strong future, Nacha President and CEO Jane Larimer said.

As digital payments trends settle in and become the norm for B2B transactions, what are the challenges financial institutions and corporates face? Panelists Sanjay Mathew of Oracle Corp., Christine Moy of Onyx by J.P. Morgan, and Alan Ng of Accenture discussed the current payments landscape and how stakeholders can adjust to this new, consistently shifting paradigm.

Payments Remote Connect gives you the best in payments education. From keynotes to the exhibit hall to our lunch and learns and each and every session, we will introduce you to new ideas, inspire you to try new things and motivate you to take the next step – whether in your payments career (to earn or maintain an AAP or APRP) or employing new technologies.

Now is your chance to make a mark on the new Faster Payments Professional certificate. Nacha President and CEO Jane Larimer on what the FPP is and why it's important.

Introducing the Faster Payments Professional certificate program – the first of its kind in the industry.

Join leading payment industry attorneys on November 29-30, 2023 and get the knowledge you need to protect your clients and organizations. Registration will open on April 17.

Happy Remote Connect Day! Today marks 75 days until Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments Remote Connect gets underway. The fact that Remote Connect offers the best in payments education is reason itself to celebrate, but Nacha is going one better. 

First of its kind in the industry, the program will provide payments professionals a holistic view of faster payments, including current offerings, relevant standards, legal perspectives and more, while providing those who complete the program with additional expertise in these areas.

July is traditionally when Nacha holds the Payments Institute. Last July was very different. This July will only be slightly different. 

Nacha President and CEO Jane Larimer with an invitation to attend Smarter Faster Payments Remote Connect this August for the best in payments education, along with great keynotes, an exciting exhibit hall and the fantastic networking opportunities you expect from Payments.

Nacha is your trusted source for quality payments education. From in-person and virtual events, and accreditation programs to publications and industry resources, Nacha delivers the knowledge you need to stay competitive.

Nacha delivers payments education from a variety of sources.