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I'm authentically not real

By Dave Birch posted Apr 25 2012 at 6:43 PM

[Dave Birch] There's no need for Facebook to know who I "really" am.

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Technology and currency

By Dave Birch posted Apr 24 2012 at 3:06 PM

[Dave Birch] Technology allows us to choose currencies that are the best fit for the commerce that they are enabling.

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The problem of change

By Dave Birch posted Apr 23 2012 at 3:46 PM

[Dave Birch] The government has a role in cash, but should it have a role in e-cash?

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The future I'm telling you, the future!

By Dave Birch posted Apr 19 2012 at 10:25 AM

[Dave Birch] Sticker can be an interim step on the way to NFC, but they can also be a niche product.

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Active and passive

By Dave Birch posted Apr 16 2012 at 7:24 PM

[Dave Birch] Has NFC taken so long to come to market that it will be overtaken by new technology?

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David Wolman, author of "The End of Money"

By Dave Birch posted Apr 16 2012 at 6:49 PM

[Dave Birch] Announcing a new podcast in the Consult Hyperion Tomorrow's Transactions series: David Wolman, the author of "The End of Money".

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Banking on disruption

By Dave Birch posted Apr 13 2012 at 12:16 PM

[Dave Birch] I'm not sure we want disruptive innovation in banking, but I'm pretty sure we want it in payments.

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Contactless with fries

By Dave Birch posted Apr 11 2012 at 11:14 AM

[Dave Birch] McDonalds have been using contactless for a year.

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Book Corner - The Story of M-PESA

By Dave Birch posted Apr 10 2012 at 10:52 AM

[Dave Birch] M-PESA didn't create a new payment system, it created a new financial sector.

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Payments are fine, stop bothering us

By Dave Birch posted Apr 5 2012 at 6:06 PM

[Dave Birch] There are plenty of new opportunities in the payment space. Plenty.

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