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Federal Reserve’s Cunha on the State (and Timeframe) of Digital Dollars

PYMNTS

Earlier this month, as PYMNTS noted , the Federal Reserve said its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. And there’ll be quite a bit of tinkering with the technology (especially the infrastructure) and the use cases to get there.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Demo: Sezzle app with knowledge based authentication to link bank accounts. Then confirm identity with knowledge based authentication. Showing a data segmentation manager on a map of the Boston area. To get the customer, they offer a rewards program which is 1% rewards. Plus the 1% rewards. ^KT. Then Picture of ID.

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Is It ‘A Bot Time’ For Payments To Jump On The Bot Bandwagon?

PYMNTS

We take our weather very seriously in Boston. I tried last night to make a reservation from Boston to San Francisco, and it told me that I had presented it with a first: There were no flights between those two cities. Spare me the cutesy icon that tries to make a joke about it. At least that response only took a few seconds to get.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. You don’t need to work with a Bain or a BCG to talk to someone with in-depth knowledge about supply chain management.