Person
Ken Isaacson
Senior Vice President
Department
Research
Ken Isaacson is senior vice president and a payments advisor and strategist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He has broad experience in payments policy and operations spanning revenue collections for US government agencies; the operation of Fedwire Funds, Fedwire Securities, and National Settlement Services; and industry leadership to improve the US payments system by making it faster, safer, and more efficient.
Mr. Isaacson received an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School and an AB in economics from Washington University in St. Louis.
- “Introducing a framework for measuring the quantitative benefits of privacy enhancing technologies.” Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, 18 (4), 395-405 (2024).
- "The Role of Core Banking Services Providers in Facilitating Instant Payments." Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Payments System Research Briefing, May 8, 2024.
- "Market Structure of Core Banking Services Providers." Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Payments System Research Briefing, March 27, 2024.
- "Core Banking Systems and Options for Modernization." With Julian Alcazar, Sam Baird, Emma Cronenweth, and Fumiko Hayashi. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Payments System Research Briefing, February 28, 2024.
- "An Examination of First-Mover Advantage for a CBDC." With Jesse Leigh Maniff and Paul Wong. FEDS Notes. November 25, 2022.
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