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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. The group, based in Geneva, Switzerland, was founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency. The association named Levey to the CEO post in May.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

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The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. As such, the National Security Agency (NSA ) is calling for banks to be compliant by 2030.

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Andreessen Partner Predicts More Libra-Type Crypto Efforts

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Mint’s decision to phase out production of pennies next year, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a California-based venture capital firm, said money will be digital by 2030, Bloomberg News reported. On the heels of the U.S. Kathryn Haun said cash is on its way out in the same way books and music have gone digital.

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Video: How to Protect Your Children from Identity Theft

FICO

And that while much of the growth rate can be blamed on data breaches that we as individuals can’t control; it can also be blamed on “sharenting” — parents or even grandparents sharing information about children on social media. This is a behaviour we parents can very much control. .

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Citi On Simplifying Cross-Border Payments

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Agarwal pointed to macro trends as tailwinds, including the entrenchment of social media, digital advertising, the lower cost of technology and a growing middle class evident in several emerging economies around the world. Macro Trends as Tailwinds. Only 20 years ago, eCommerce was an unheard-of notion.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

CB Insights

Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there. As with many industries in today’s information economy, millennial travel trends are strongly influenced by social media.

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The AI Industry Series: Top Healthcare AI Trends To Watch

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Users can now choose to share their data with third-party applications and medical researchers, opening up new opportunities for disease management and lifestyle monitoring. The Chinese government issued an artificial intelligence plan last year, with a vision of becoming a global leader in AI research by 2030.