Off the Rails from the U.S. Faster Payments Council - FPC
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.
Off the Rails from the U.S. Faster Payments Council - FPC
Latest Episodes
27 August 2026 Michael Sulla of Mastercard on Agentic Commerce
Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Mastercard VP of agentic commerce Michael Sulla. Reed and Mike dig in to this emerging payments topic to separate the hype from the reality and get into the details...
13 August 2026 Podcast Cathy Lesser Mansfield
Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with law professor Cathy Lesser Mansfield, who represents the National Consumer Law Center on FPC’s board of directors. Reed and Cathy discuss Cathy’s perspective on the...
30 July 2026 Podcast Erik Van Bramer from Federal Reserve Financial Services
Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Erik Van Bramer of Federal Reserve Financial Services. Reed and Erik talk all things FedNow — where the growth is coming from, the use cases that are emerging, and ...
16 July 2026 Callum Godwin of CMSPI on faster payments for merchants
Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Callum Godwin, Chief Economist at CMSPI. Reed and Callum talk about why Callum believes now is the time for merchants to engage with faster payments in a serious wa...
25 June 2026 Keith Briscoe of Merchant Risk Council
Join FPC Executive Director and CEO Reed Luhtanen as he goes off the rails with Keith Briscoe, VP Member Advocacy at the Merchant Risk Council. Keith and Reed talk about MRC’s recent payments and fraud trends report, AI, faster payments for ret...