Breaking Banks

Faster Money: What Does It Really Mean and What’s Next?

Breaking Banks

Show Notes

In This Episode

Payments are getting faster. From RTP to stablecoins, rails are modernizing. Speed alone doesn’t equal progress, however. As real-time payment systems expand, banks, businesses, and policymakers are asking a bigger question: how do new payment rails actually change how money moves, decisions get made, and value is created?

In this episode of Breaking Banks, host Jason Henrichs brings together Dominic Venturo, SEVP and Chief Digital Officer at U.S. Bank and David Watson, President and CEO at The Clearing House to explore what is really changing beneath the surface. The trio discuss:

how instant payments are moving beyond consumer use cases into business and treasury workflows,

where banks are finding real opportunity (and where they aren’t), and

how tools like request-for-payment and stablecoins are reshaping cash flow and transparency.

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