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 Do you tense up when people use terms like blockchain or distributed ledger? Are you bewildered by the idea that a single Bitcoin could be worth tens of thousands of dollars?  Would you have trouble explaining the difference between the CDC and a CBDC?  If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this session is for you. Join us for a non-technical (but fully financial) explanation of what digital currencies are, how they work, and what all the fuss is about. 

 For more than half-a-century, financial institutions (FIs) have been extending their payment services beyond the walls of their brick-and-mortar branches. Through ATMs, voice response systems, online services, and mobile apps, banks and credit unions have been integrating payments into the lives of their consumer accountholders and the back offices of their business clients. Payments as a Service, or PaaS, is the next logical step in that progression. Join us as we consider the powerful impact API-based PaaS solutions are making in today’s payments market. 

“Banks are good. Try banks.” Those five words launched a young college graduate with a Humanities degree and a dearth of vocational planning on a financial services career that’s now spanned four decades. Forty years in financial institutions and financial software companies can teach someone a lot about banks and credit unions, but it can teach them even more about life. Join us for a humorous and poignant look at the lessons one industry pilgrim gleaned from his days (and nights) in financial services.