Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

The main blog headlines are … Over the next decade, over $2.5 trillion will be generated by blockchain trade I just saw a report from the World Economic Forum, who estimate that over $1 trillion in new trade will be created through blockchain-based distributed ledger technologies (DLT) over the next … The post The Finanser’s Week: 17th September – 23rd September 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Ticketmaster stood accused of scalping this week, the result of two undercover reporters in Canada finding out that the company was allegedly forging relationships with scalpers in secret, in violation of Ticketmaster’s own policies. It’s unclear what, if anything, will come from this. Consumers who attend concerts and other events involving Ticketmaster love to hate the company, blaming it — fairly and not — for all the fees tacked onto base admission prices, along with the rising costs of seei

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Some failures of technology are very serious. On Jan. 13, 2018, an emergency alert text went out all over Hawaii telling residents and tourists that an incoming ballistic missile attack was imminent, tipping off waves of panic and terror as people scrambled for cover. There was no attack, of course, just a crossed wire between a supervisor and an employee over whether what was going on in the Emergency Management Office that day was a drill or a real event.

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