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FPC announces 2025 Board of Directors

Thursday, June 26, 2025 — 21:49:34 (UTC)

June 24, 2025 – The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today announced the results of its 2025 Board of Directors election. This annual process brings together diverse perspectives from across the payments landscape to support inclusive, collaborative leadership that reflects the priorities of the broader industry.

The FPC Board of Directors plays a pivotal role in shaping the organization’s strategic direction, fostering cross-industry engagement, and upholding the FPC’s mission to enable safe, secure, and ubiquitous faster payments for all.

Effective July 1, 2025, a new group of leaders will begin their terms on the FPC Board. This includes five newly elected Directors, one re-elected Director, one new Director elected through a special election to serve a one-year term, and two returning Directors serving one-year At-Large terms.

“It has been an honor to serve as Chair of the FPC Board during such a critical time for faster payments adoption,” said Carl Slabicki, FPC Board Chairperson. “I’m incredibly grateful to our outgoing Board members, Michael Bilski, Sofia Freyder, Steve Mott, Miriam Sheril, and Perry Starr, for their leadership and commitment to the FPC’s mission. As we welcome new Directors, I’m excited for the continued momentum they will help drive as the FPC charts its next chapter.”

The six new Directors elected to the FPC Board are:

· Tony Cook, EVP, Operations, FirstBank · John Drechny, CEO, Merchant Advisory Group · Jim Filice, VP and Head of Real-Time Money Movement, North America, Visa, Inc. · Sri Iyer, VP, Product, Payments, Cross River · Jessica Johnson, SVP, Director of Bank Operations, First National Bankers Bank · Craig Ramsey, Head of Account-to-Account Payments, ACI Worldwide

The three returning Directors re-elected to new terms are:

· Scott Anchin, SVP, Strategic Initiatives and Policy, Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) · Sarah Arnio, Director, Emerging Payments, Walmart · Elspeth Bloodgood, Technical Product Manager, Senior Advisory, Jack Henry

“The FPC continues to evolve and grow, thanks in large part to the leadership and vision of our Board,” said Reed Luhtanen, FPC Executive Director and CEO. “We deeply appreciate Carl Slabicki’s leadership and service as Chair during a time of remarkable progress for the organization. With our newly elected Board members joining, we look forward to the innovative ideas and energy they will bring to drive the FPC’s work ahead. I also encourage members who are interested in helping to shape the FPC’s direction in the future to consider seeking a seat on the Board of Directors.”

U.S. Faster Payments Council Board of Directors 2025-2026

Business End Users Sarah Arnio, Walmart (term ends 2028) Open Seat (term ends 2027) Joshua Karoly, Netflix (term ends 2026)

Consumer Organizations Cathy Lesser Mansfield, National Consumer Law Center (term ends 2027) Open Seat (term ends 2028) Open Seat (term ends 2026)

Financial Institutions Tony Cook, FirstBank (term ends 2028) Jessica Johnson, First National Bankers Bank (term ends 2028) Margo Giles, Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union (term ends 2027) Sri Iyer, Cross River (term ends 2026)

Others John Drechny, Merchant Advisory Group (term ends 2028) Peter Tapling, PTap Advisory, LLC (term ends 2027) Liz Garner Divelbiss, CMSPI (term ends 2026) Scott Anchin, Independent Community Bankers of America (term ends 2026)

Payment Network Operators Jim Filice, Visa, Inc. (term ends 2028) Phillipa Wilson, Mastercard (term ends 2027) Jim Colassano, The Clearing House (term ends 2026)

Technology Providers Craig Ramsey, ACI Worldwide (term ends 2028) Steve Wasserman, Vments (term ends 2027) Booshan Rengachari, Finzly (term ends 2026) Elspeth Bloodgood, Jack Henry (term ends 2026)

Contact: Elizabeth Grice U.S. Faster Payments Council 720-737-7368 egrice@fasterpaymentscouncil.org

About the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC) The FPC is an industry-led membership organization whose vision is a world-class payment system where Americans can safely and securely pay anyone, anywhere, at any time and with near-immediate funds availability. By design, the FPC encourages a diverse range of perspectives and is open to all stakeholders in the U.S. payment system. Guided by principles of fairness, inclusiveness, flexibility and transparency, the FPC uses collaborative, problem-solving approaches to resolve the issues that are inhibiting broad faster payments adoption in this country. For more information, please visit FasterPaymentsCouncil.org.

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