Launching a payment product requires big moonshot thinking alongside a lot of agonizing over the details. Understanding the market, the customer journey, and the technology - from every angle requires patience, persistence, and a beginner’s mindset to learn from every success and failure. Thinking about launching a new form of currency, however, is on another level altogether.
There’s an entire population of a country to consider - what does each segment of the population require to be able to use the currency? Then, there is the currency’s role in supporting the economy. How will a new currency be protected from counterfeiting, and what controls will be required to prevent its misuse? How will it work with legacy payment systems and commercial banks? And how will it adhere to laws in place today and be prepared for tomorrow? Last but certainly not least, which technologies will enable all of these things and more?
These were just some of the thoughts bubbling through my mind when I sat down with Jim Cunha, former EVP at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, to discuss the capstone project of his career - Project Hamilton - and the questions he and his team sought to answer as they embarked on their CBDC experiment. I hope you enjoy hearing Jim’s insights on digitizing the world’s reserve currency - I sure did.
Episode 218 - The Technologies, Policies, and Realities of Cross-border Payments
Episode 217 - Talking Moonshots with Jared Isaacman, Founder and CEO, Shift4
Episode 216 – Fanning the Flames: Payments Post #5
Episode 215 - From the Vault: On Faster Payments in the U.S. (Episode 10)
Episode 214 - We Just Can’t Stop Talking About Tokenization
Episode 213 - From the Vault: Payment Tokenization Continues to Roll (Episode 21)
Episode 212 - Creating Customer Success in the Age of Embedded Finance with Ashley Isenberg, VP Revenue & Strategic Partnerships at Finix
Episode 211 - AI Unleashed: Exploring Fresh Horizons in Payments with Frank Young and Russ Jones
Episode 210 – From the Vault: Bitcoin Discussion with Scott Loftesness (Episode 1)
Episode 209 - Part 2 of What’s Hot, What’s Not, and What We’re Watching: Checking in at 2023’s Halfway Point with Glenbrook
Episode 208 - Fanning the Flames: Glenbrook's Payments Boot Camp Intensive
Episode 207 - Fanning the Flames: Payments Post #4
Episode 206 - What’s Hot, What’s Not, and What We’re Watching: Checking in at 2023’s Halfway Point with Glenbrook
Episode 205 - Why Simple Questions Can Be Hard To Answer, with Klas Bäck, Founder and CEO of Pagos Solutions
Episode 204 - Are We Ready to Pay by Bank? A Conversation with Eric Shoykhet, CEO & Co-Founder of Link Financial Technologies
Episode 203 - What Big Data Revealed About BNPL Consumers with Kristin Carlson and Zach Tondre, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Episode 202 - Innovating at the Intersection of BNPL and Embedded Commerce with Bobby Tzekin, Founder and CEO of Wisetack
Episode 201 - Fintechs, Banks, and the Companies Joining Them Together – In Conversation with Tarun Gupta, Jump Capital, and Chris Uriarte, Glenbrook Partners
Episode 200 - Fanning the Flames: Payments Post #3
Episode 199 - Elevating Payments to the C-Suite - Vivek Sharma, Head of Revenue and Finance Automation, Stripe
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