Alacriti, a SaaS-based fintech company specializing in payments, today announced that it has joined the U.S. Faster Payments (FPC), a membership organization dedicated to advancing faster payments in the United States. Alacriti brings its deep expertise in banking and payments and experience working with various financial institutions to help guide the market in simplifying the transition to faster payments.

“The Faster Payments Council is excited to welcome Alacriti to our membership. Making sure we include as many voices with varying points of view and markets served is important as we help pave the way toward a future of faster payments for all. Alacriti is well positioned to bring those views to our council,” said FPC Executive Director Reed Luhtanen.

Manish Gurukula, Co-Founder and CEO, Alacriti, said, “The foundation of a real-time ecosystem in payments is rapidly taking shape. Consumer demand for secure, any-to-any, immediate payments, coupled with ubiquitous cloud adoption and a rapid pace of innovation is creating an unmatched inflection point for the banking industry. We are looking forward to offering our knowledge and perspective to the U.S. Faster Payments Council community to help simplify the path of faster payments innovation for Financial Institutions of all sizes.”