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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

BankUnderground

History offers policymakers and academics useful case studies that can serve as distant mirrors beyond the study of crises and policy responses to them. This is done by ensuring money is produced according to the strictest standards and avoiding manipulating it to the king’s benefit ( inflation tax ).

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NFC isn’t a game in Japan. No, wait…

Tomorrow's Transactions

Now, as I’ve written before, one of the difference between Japan (and Korea) and Europe was that mobile contactless was driven by operators who have market power that it is quite different to the European operators. But things have been changing there and it’s not all about the operators any more. Banks have been active as well.

Taxes 51
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AutoGPT Will Change Your Bank

South State Correspondent

So, like any new bank marketer, it composed a fairly interesting email (below) using the subject line “Secure Your Healthcare Future: Boost Your Health Savings Account Contribution.” The application changed the subject line again to “Take Advantage of Tax-Free Savings: Increase Your Health Savings Account Contribution.”

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

The ISO 20022 standard, which will be the global standard for payments, securities, collateral, and trade finance, will increase payment accuracy and delivery while reducing fraud. Banks with open banking ambitions should adopt this language standard to increase interoperability, efficiency, security, and customer experience.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved. There’s a complexity to getting these tools operational that compounds at scale. ” —Michael Porter.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

After a comprehensive investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Holmes was banned from the laboratory testing industry for two years and was ultimately charged with wire fraud by the Department of Justice in summer 2018. The technology functions similarly to that of maglev bullet trains currently in operation in Japan.

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FinCEN’s AML/CFT Priorities: A risk assessment perspective

Abrigo

Financial institutions can mitigate these risks with strong information security protocols, including clear policies and cybercrime education training for every employee. A coordinated approach between the institution’s risk and information security departments is essential to an effective cybercrime prevention program.

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