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Operating Circular 8 Simplified: The Plain English Version!

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The biggest book in the library takes on Operating Circular 8, the legal backbone of the FedNow® Service, section by section. Every section is presented three ways: the official text, the Professor’s over-simplified version, and practice questions (from "easy" to "expert level") to lock in the learning. The bound-in 2026 Update Addendum keeps readers current with the January and April 2026 amendments.

Inside the book
Walks through OC 8 end to end: general obligations; message formats, routing numbers, and accounts; eligibility and location of participants; roles of the Reserve Banks; settlement; security procedures, termination, and access restrictions; receipt, acceptance, and delivery of messages; payment messages and requests for confirmation; operating hours and extensions; required reporting and reconcilement; availability, recovery, resiliency, and testing; service providers; compliance requirements and Reserve Bank liability; and the Appendix C fraud reporting procedures and Appendix D additional processing options.

Who it’s for
Compliance, audit, legal, and senior operations staff at FedNow participants, plus instructors who want ready-made exam questions for every section of OC 8. Anyone preparing for the AFPP (Accredited Faster Payments Professional) exam.

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