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Crypto Strategy = Banking Strategy
Glen speaks with NCR’s President of Digital Banking Doug Brown about the firm’s recent acquisition of cryptocurrency software provider LibertyX, its role in a full-suite digital banking offering, and “skating to where the puck is going to be.” Also, more CBDC fun and FedNow floats a trial balloon.
Links related to this episode:
NCR Digital Banking: https://www.ncr.com/banking/digital-banking
NCR’s LibertyX acquisition: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220113005846/en/NCR-Completes-Acquisition-of-Cryptocurrency-Leader-LibertyX
A technical update on the Boston Fed/MIT Project Hamilton experiment: https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/one-time-pubs/project-hamilton-phase-1-executive-summary.aspx
Proposed FedNow pricing: https://www.frbservices.org/news/press-releases/012722-fednow-pricing-announcement
Cornerstone Advisors’ Ron Shevlin joins our CU Town Hall on Wednesday, February 16 to discuss Google Pay’s strategy. Request an invitation: https://www.cutownhall.com/
Demystify your members’ use of crypto and contribute anonymized data to BIG’s industry-wide effort: https://www.cucrypto.report/
CUNA GAC, Feb 27 – March 3 in Washington DC: https://www.cuna.org/events/cuna_governmentalaffairsconference2022.html
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