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by loeg 633 days ago
FedNow is not launching in Europe.
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Instant bank transfers already exist in Europe.

> TIPS is a harmonised and standardised pan-European service with common functionalities for the settlement of Instant Payments across different countries and jurisdictions. It is based on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer scheme.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/paym/target/target-professional-us...

> In 2020, Lael Brainard announced the upcoming FedNow service would provide "a neutral platform on which the private sector can build to offer safe, efficient instant payment services to users across the country",[20] after 2018 the European Central Bank launched the TIPS instant payment settlement system.[21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedNow

Unfortunately not every country in Europe. Zero banks in Ireland have implemented SEPA Instant and transfers still take at least a day. Thankfully though they have a deadline to implement this that's coming up soon and will be forced to comply.
Sometimes it can be worthwhile to see what other countries have been successfully doing for decades. It won't prevent anyone from reinventing the wheel if they still have their mind set on it :)
The culture is different and solutions will be different. Again: not super relevant here.
FedNow does look an awful lot like SEPA Instant to me (down to banks not being eager to offer it to consumers without a legal requirement).