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August 24, 2026
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6 Ways to Future-Proof for FedNow’s Latest Update
RedCompass Labs
"Three years in, and the Federal Reserve has announced a set of additions to its instant payments service: payee name verification for FedNow, an industry-wide fraud forum, and enhanced ISO 20022 messaging. Around 1,800 financial institutions are now live, including seven of the 10 largest banks, reaching more than half of all US checking and savings accounts. Not a bad effort. Here are five of those announcements – plus one thing the Fed didn’t say – and what US banks can do about them."
August 14, 2025
On the web
The Hidden Risks of Sepa Instant Cash Pooling
RedCompass Labs
"You’re doing the hard work to comply with SEPA Instant. But there’s one thing most banks are overlooking: cash pooling. Why does it matter? Many banks sweep or pool leftover balances from a customer’s multiple accounts into a single master account—usually once a day, often around 7 PM."
April 11, 2025
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Redcompass Labs Unveils the World’s Most Comprehensive Payments Modernization AI
RedCompass Labs
"RedCompass Labs, the global experts in payments modernization, has unveiled the world’s most comprehensive payments modernization-specific AI solution, AnalystAccelerator v2.5. Trained on the largest collection of payments rulebooks and scheme documents in the world and fine-tuned on decades of knowledge from leading payments experts, AnalystAccelerator 2.5 delivers cutting-edge applied AI models to help banks accelerate payments transformation."
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