Events & Education
FedNow® Innovation Studio Demos at AFP 2026
Organizations are innovating NOW with the FedNow Service. Stop by our booth (#473) at AFP 2026 (Off-site) to see live demos of instant payment solutions in market now or coming soon. FedNow Service – Powering the Now and the Next.
Demo schedule is subject to change. Check back regularly.
Not going to AFP? Visit FedNow in Action, a collection of video demos featuring payment solutions powered by the FedNow Service.
The inclusion of the organizations identified in these demos should not imply any relationship with, or recommendation or endorsement by, the Federal Reserve.
Monday, Nov. 9, 2026
Finastra: Just Ask. Get Paid.
10–10:30 a.m.
Explore an intelligent next-gen payment hub that unlocks cost optimization and efficiency with speed, transparency and compliance. Finastra will demonstrate how they’re delivering modern payments with peace of mind.
Speaker: Mihail Duta, Director, Global Solutions Consulting, Payments
Pidgin: Ease, Speed and Convenience
11–11:30 a.m.
Using data and market trends, Pidgin will showcase the ease, speed and convenience of sending and receiving transactions on the FedNow Service and provide a walkthrough of the Pidgin Administration Portal for institutions leading the way in instant payments.
Speaker: Kevin Olsen, Senior Vice President and Co-Founder
ACI Worldwide: Instant with Confidence
12–12:30 p.m.
See the FedNow Service in action with ACI Connetic, demonstrating how banks can rapidly enable faster payments on a modern, flexible platform.
Speaker: Stacey Alexander, Principal Solution Consultant
FIS: Money Movement Hub
1–1:30 p.m.
Explore send and receive flows of an instant payment via the FedNow Service on FIS’ Money Movement Hub. This demo will cover the process, the integrated core, the ease of onboarding, and a pre-integrated fraud monitoring service.
Speaker: Keith McAfee; Pre-Sales Solutions Consulting Manager – Enterprise Payments
Payall: End-to-End, First Principles Instant Payment Solution
2–2:30 p.m.
Payall will show how banks and credit unions can launch the FedNow Service in 30 to 60 days with the core and digital banking tools they already use, while running risk and compliance at the speed of the payment.
Speaker: Julia Stefani, Payments & Fintech Advisor
Intuit, Payfinia, Matera: Instant QR Code Payments
3–3:30 p.m.
See how a consumer can scan an X9.150-compliant QR code in an invoice, review the payment details in their trusted banking experience, and authorize an instant account-to-account payment.
Speaker: Keith Riddle, CEO, Payfinia
Federal Reserve Financial Services: Navigating Payments Fraud
4–4:30 p.m. | Special FRFS fraud session
Join us for a presentation highlighting ways the Fed can help inform your approaches to identifying and managing evolving fraud risks.
Speaker: Mike Timoney, Vice President of Payments System Improvement
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026
Finzly: The Modern Payments Dilemma
10–10:30 a.m.
See how banks can go live on the FedNow Service in weeks, without depending on their core. Discover how Finzly helps banks build profitable instant payment services across send and receive, instant pay-by-bank, request for payment, corporate treasury and embedded banking.
Speaker: Dean Nolan, Principal, Banking Strategy & Industry Engagement
Wyzia: Instant Disbursement Infrastructure
11–11:30 a.m.
Discover the benefits of instant payments as Wyzia explains how its infrastructure sends payments via the FedNow Service for business payments such as insurance disbursements, earned wage access, healthcare payments and more.
Speakers: Greg Rogers, Vice President, Business Development & Partnerships
Volante Technologies: Multi-Rail Payments Platform Powered By Agentic AI
12–12:30 p.m.
Get a firsthand look at Volante’s platform, which is powered by Agentic AI and APIs and enables financial institutions to deliver payment experiences across corporate and retail payment flows using the FedNow Service, traditional payment networks and emerging digital payment ecosystems.
Speaker: Maharaja Subramanian C, Head of Product Management AMERICAS
Intuit, Payfinia, Matera: Instant QR Code Payments
1–1:30 p.m.
See how a consumer can scan an X9.150-compliant QR code in an invoice, review the payment details in their trusted banking experience, and authorize an instant account-to-account payment.
Speaker: Keith Riddle, CEO, Payfinia
ModernRails: Unified Payment Orchestration Hub
2–2:30 p.m.
Get a comprehensive walkthrough of FinTech Automation’s ModernRails, an API-first orchestration hub that enables institutions to integrate the FedNow Service to their payment operations and centralizes payment initiation, validation, routing, execution and reporting.
Speaker: Raghu Sastry, Vice President of Technology, Fintech Automation
Federal Reserve Financial Services: Navigating Payments Fraud
3–3:30 p.m. | Special FRFS fraud session
Join us for a presentation highlighting ways the Fed can help inform your approaches to identifying and managing evolving fraud risks.
Speaker: Mike Timoney, Vice President of Payments System Improvement