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The industry can gain lifelong members in this demographic by validating their financial concerns as the economy struggles and offering guidance without judgment.

The central bank must engage core processors, community banks and The Clearing House if it wants to move quickly on building out its FedNow system.

The competition has leading-edge technology, but consumers may be looking for more than just bells and whistles when choosing where to do their banking.

Institutions considering new technologies must ask themselves what they're looking for not just from a product but from a partner.

Close collaboration between leading payment innovators and regulators could help regulators better understand the direction the industry is headed, says Arkose Labs' Vanita Pandey.

The OCC’s efforts to bring the technology into the financial mainstream could help people in underserved communities execute payments more securely.

Banks can capitalize on Amazon’s ambitions by teaming up to launch financial products and services aimed at coveted customer segments. But they should beware the legal and regulatory pitfalls.

Crypto provides a new tool for underbanked consumers, Marc Grens of DigitalMint writes.

The Fed's faster payments platform may well roll out in three or four years, but by then it will already be outdated.