Intuit Completes FedNow Certification for Instant Payments

Financial tech giant integrates with new Federal Reserve instant payments network to accelerate services for small and mid-market businesses.

Apr. 9, 2026 at 5:48pm

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Intuit, the global financial technology company behind products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, and QuickBooks, has completed certification to integrate with the Federal Reserve's new FedNow instant payments service. This will allow Intuit to provide faster payment processing and settlement for its small and mid-sized business customers.

Why it matters

The FedNow instant payments network is a major new infrastructure initiative from the Federal Reserve, designed to modernize the US payments system and enable real-time fund transfers between bank accounts. As one of the first major fintech platforms to complete FedNow certification, Intuit is positioning itself to be an early adopter and leader in delivering these faster payment capabilities to its large base of small business customers.

The details

Intuit has integrated its payment processing systems with the new FedNow Service, which will allow the company's QuickBooks and other business finance products to offer instant fund transfers and settlement. This will provide Intuit's small and mid-market business customers with faster access to their payments, improved cash flow management, and reduced costs compared to traditional payment methods.

  • Intuit completed the FedNow certification process in April 2026.

The players

Intuit

A global financial technology platform that provides products like TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, Mailchimp, and other business and consumer finance tools.

FedNow Service

A new instant payments network launched by the Federal Reserve to modernize the US payments system and enable real-time fund transfers between bank accounts.

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What they’re saying

“Completing FedNow certification is an important milestone that will allow us to deliver faster payments and improved cash flow management to our small business customers.”

— Sasan Goodarzi, CEO, Intuit

What’s next

Intuit plans to begin rolling out FedNow-powered instant payment capabilities across its QuickBooks and other business finance products in the coming months.

The takeaway

Intuit's FedNow certification positions the fintech leader to be an early adopter of the Federal Reserve's new instant payments infrastructure, allowing it to provide faster fund transfers and improved cash flow management to its millions of small and mid-sized business customers.