BIGcast

John shares unfiltered thoughts on data sharing, cat pictures, artificial intelligence, APIs, and starting a credit union from scratch. Glen provides an opinionated round-up of recent news including an FDIC squabble, new crypto developments, the latest payment research, and venture capital heartburn.

Links related to this episode:

Our December 15 CU Town Hall with the full set of John’s Q&A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIifysF_Wpg  

Our 2022 Predictions blog, including the pros/cons of APIs: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/Blog/ArticleID/798/22-predictions

The Federal Reserve’s updated Retail Payments Study: https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/fr-payments-study.htm

Fed research exploring COVID’s effect of payment behavior: https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/research-department-working-paper/2021/has-covid-changed-consumer-payment-behavior.aspx   

The NCUA’s (sorta) crypto guidance: https://www.ncua.gov/regulation-supervision/letters-credit-unions-other-guidance/relationships-third-parties-provide-services-related-digital-assets

Fortune’s article on the typical crypto owner: https://fortune.com/2021/12/09/who-owns-crypto-bitcoin-dogecoin-etherum-ripple/

Byron Wien’s Ten Surprises of 2022: https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/byron-wien-and-joe-zidle-announce-the-ten-surprises-of-2022/

Our CU Town Halls are back starting Weds Jan 12 and 19!:  https://www.cutownhall.com/

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