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Fed Exploring ‘Hypothetical’ Digital Currency

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In a speech delivered by webcast at the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Innovation Office Hours, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is working with researchers at MIT to “build and test a hypothetical digital currency oriented to central bank uses.”.

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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June brings colorful, high-energy LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations to cities across the nation. Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. Her needs are relatively simple.

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Amazon Sidewalk Eyes IoT Beyond The Connected Home

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The Sidewalk news comes as Amazon is slated to unveil new products and services at a virtual event later Thursday (Sept. Amazon watchers expect the event to (not surprisingly) emphasize the smart home. But he noted that Sidewalk would “struggle to match 5G’s national coverage.”

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Perficient WIT Group Shares Advice for Women Taking a Job in Technology

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Hiral Shah , lead technical consultant, recently shared her thoughts on advocating for your work with BuiltIn Boston and Laura Kenny , Talent Acquisition Coordinator , wrote about in the article How Perficient Employees Slay Impostor Syndrome , a topic that everyone has the potential to experience. Lisa Hunter , national sales director.

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Stimulus Relief: Less Spending, More Saving

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And in those cases, Jonathan Parker, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told the Boston Globe , the attempt was pretty successful. Given the triple threat of economic insecurity hitting the population, it’s unsurprising that the data also indicates increased belt-tightening sweeping the nation.

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EU Bankers Weigh Risks, Rewards of CBDC – and Cash’s Staying Power

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In Berlin, where last week saw a two-day meeting of financial officials from Europe, central bankers discussed digital payments and the confines of digital, national currencies. At a high level, officials said that the European Central Bank should be the only one that should issue digital currencies.

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The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023

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Below is our curated list of the best global banking tech events, conferences and trade shows in 2023. These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.