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Asking Forgiveness after Permission
John welcomes Alpharank founder Brian Ley to dissect the challenges facing credit unions and borrowers in tracking Paycheck Protection Program loans. Also, new payments data from the Fed and Glen gets Enron déjà vu from the Wirecard fiasco.
Links related to this episode:
Alpharank: http://www.alpharank.io/
The Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Payment Choice: https://www.frbatlanta.org/banking-and-payments/consumer-payments/survey-of-consumer-payment-choice
Reuters’ recap of Wirecard’s collapse: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wirecard-accounts/wirecard-collapses-owing-creditors-4-billion-idUSKBN23W176
Wall Street Journal feature on interchange (subscription required): https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-credit-card-fees-merchants-hate-banks-love-and-consumers-pay-11592731800?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=4
Best Innovation Group’s ongoing Digital Town Halls for best practice sharing on Credit union responses to COVID-19, held each Wednesday (Brian is on the June 17 recording): https://www.big-fintech.com/CU-Digital-Town-Hall
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