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Identity, Reward Points and Coffee

Glen speaks with Bonifii CEO John Ainsworth about his firm’s new collaboration with Metal and the next wave of identity solutions. Also- branches as community centers, the ongoing interchange/reward points battle, more “fun” in class action lawsuit land, and screen scraping stages a comeback.

Links related to this episode:

Bonifii’s website, and its Metal Blockchain announcement: https://bonifii.com/2024/06/bonifii-joins-metal-blockchains/
The Points Guy’s full-throated stance against the Credit Card Competition Act: https://thepointsguy.com/protect-your-points/
Airlines for America weighs in on rewards points: https://www.airlines.org/protect-our-points/
Glen’s blog on the flurry of state interchange legislation: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media?p=a-state-of-confusion-interchange-battles-move-closer-to-home
CPO Magazine’s take on web scraping: https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/web-scraping-is-legal-for-now-but-it-may-be-hurting-your-business/
The proposed class action lawsuit against Navy Federal CU and Verint: https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-lawsuit-says-navy-federal-credit-union-ai-tech-company-verint-tap-customer-service-calls

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