Daniel Littman |

senior payments consultant

Dan Littman is a consultant in the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Payments System Research group, which engages in applied research on payments methods and payment instruments in the U.S. with a particular focus on check, cash, and electronic payments. He previously served as manager of product development in the Federal Reserve System’s Retail Payments Office with product development responsibility for check-clearing services, Check 21, and check-to-ACH conversion.

Mr. Littman joined the Cleveland Reserve Bank in 1981 and has worked in the marketing, budget, financial planning, discount/credit, and economic research areas. Prior to his work at the Bank, Mr. Littman was employed by an economic development agency in Maine and served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 1977, under which he worked as an advisor at the National Economic Planning Agency in Ecuador.

Mr. Littman earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies and sociology from Brandeis University and a master’s degree in economics from Boston University.