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At Money20/20 Asia in Singapore this year, I had the privilege of charing the opening session on day two. The session was called “Wake Up with the CEOs” and the idea was to have a session where the audience could listen in on a discussion between people at the top of the industry, discussing theContinue reading “Waking up in Singapore”

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xxx Telecom players may opt for QR-based KYC method instead of Aadhaar From Thanks But No Thanks, Telcos Say To Govt’s Aadhaar KYC Amendments. xxx

Was it Andy Warhol who once said “if you try to pay with a $100 bill, they call the manager”? (Yes, ed.) However, the touch screens include a button that allows customers to call a manager to accept cash payments, he said. From Does Going Cashless Hurt Financial Inclusion?. xxx

xxx The Horn of Africa state has not issued official currency notes since 1991 and is banking on a $41 million donor-funded currency reform plan to phase out the counterfeit notes that account for more than 90 percent of the money in circulation in the country. From Somalia seeks Nairobi expert in fake money purgeContinue reading “Somalia seeks Nairobi expert in fake money purge – The East African”

One of the reasons why I love South by Southwest (or SXSW as we cool kids call it) is the serendipity. There’s so much going on at any one time that if you find your self in a talk that’s not that interesting or not that useful, you can just wander next door into somethingContinue reading “Technology and populism”

For me, SXSW19 began with an interesting panel on the business models Naturally, the conversation drifted toward policy and Elizabeth Warren’s recent remarks While I agree wholly with the need to protect competition, and therefore capitalism, I do not think that breaking companies up is the way forward Cindy Cohn said (correctly) that current anti-trustContinue reading “SXSW Panel”

xxx Babak, my nearest bicycle repairman, recently started taking Swish after tiring of having to find creative ways get around the 10,000 kronor weekly limit on depositing cash into machines. From Sweden: how cash became more trouble than it’s worth | Money | The Guardian. xxx

xxx Analysis of accounts interconnected into a “Meghan Markle” Twitter community found around 1,000 “highly-connected” accounts which have tweeted more than two and half million times since September. From ‘Megbot’ army linked to Russian conspiracy theories tweeting ‘obsessive’ support for Duchess, says report. xxx

In the UK, a new report funded by the people who run ATMs is even more dramatic. BBC News reports it as saying that the system allowing people to use cash is at risk of “falling apart” and needs a new guarantee to ensure notes and coins can still be used.