Payments Innovation

Contributing to a secure, reliable, and accessible U.S. payments system

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Why is check fraud suddenly rampant?

Awareness key to slowing surge

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FedNow launches instant payments service

New system to help make everyday payments faster and more convenient

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What is the FedNow Service?

A new instant payments service by the Federal Reserve

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What We Do

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Central Bank Digital Currencies

A team at the Boston Fed is focused on software engineering and financial infrastructure, researching the possibilities and limitations of a central bank digital currency.

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FedNow® Service

The FedNow® Service enables financial institutions of any size, anywhere in the U.S., to provide safe and efficient instant payment services in near real-time, around-the-clock, every day.

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Secure Payments Innovation & Research

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is leading efforts on behalf of the Federal Reserve System to reduce fraud risk and advance the safety and security of the U.S. payment system.

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Services & Resources

Digital/Mobile Payments Innovation & Applied Research

Payment Strategies contributes to the development of innovative business and technology solutions for mobile and digital payments that are secure, efficient and ubiquitous by leading mobile/digital payment initiatives with the industry.

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Publications & Data

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Project Hamilton Phase 1 Executive Summary

Project Hamilton Phase 1 Executive Summary

by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Digital Currency Initiative

Boston Fed releases 2022 financials, highlights notable projects

2022

Annual Reports

Boston Fed releases 2022 financials, highlights notable projects
60 days in with President Susan M. Collins

Six Hundred Atlantic

60 days in with President Susan M. Collins
Bank releases 2021 financials, summarizes year’s activities

2021

Annual Reports

Bank releases 2021 financials, summarizes year’s activities
De-Mystifying New Approaches to Safer Online and Mobile Payments

Payment Strategies

De-Mystifying New Approaches to Safer Online and Mobile Payments

by Susan M. Pandy and Marianne Crowe

Modernizing U.S. Financial Services with Open Banking and APIs

Payment Strategies

Modernizing U.S. Financial Services with Open Banking and APIs

by Susan M. Pandy

Coming Soon to the U.S.: A National Standard for Mobile Financial Services

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Coming Soon to the U.S.: A National Standard for Mobile Financial Services

by Susan M. Pandy

2019 Results From the Mobile Banking and Payments Survey of New England Financial Institutions

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2019 Results From the Mobile Banking and Payments Survey of New England Financial Institutions

by Marianne Crowe and Breffni McGuire

Mobile / Digital Payment Industry Trends in Distributed Ledger Technology, Cryptocurrency, Mobile P2P Payments, Fraud, and Authentication

Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup

Mobile / Digital Payment Industry Trends in Distributed Ledger Technology, Cryptocurrency, Mobile P2P Payments, Fraud, and Authentication

by Susan M. Pandy and Marianne Crowe

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