NCFA Fintech Weekly News & Insights: March 5 › Do information efficiencies harm consumers?

Do information efficiencies harm consumers?

Curated links for March 5, 2020:

Libra part deux
Choice is a tax
The Henry Ford of retail?
Data antitrust
FFCON 20: RISE Coronavirus update
A great speech and report
Partner news

Stories and Insights:

Libra part deux: In an effort to make their digital central bank more palatable, Libra is changing its stripes a little. Now they are a payment rail for all currencies.

Choice is a tax: If you’re not reading Scott Galloway, you probably should be. You don’t have to agree with everything he writes, but his style is sharp and unapologetic.

The Henry Ford of retail? Walmart and Amazon are competing on different levels in the same arena. What Walmart is demonstrating is that it too is open to fintech transformation.

Data antitrust: The fawning about data is obvious. I mean doesn’t want to know everything about their prospects right? One day the consumer might realize that inefficiencies are actually to their advantage.

UPDATE: FFCON20 RESCHEDULED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

NEW DATES JULY 8-9, 2020This week we made the tough decision to reschedule FFCON20 due to rapidly increasing concerns over coronavirus with speakers and delegation cancellations not only from high risk areas, but also from Canadians who are avoiding large events. Our priority is health safety for all participants. The conference, held in association with Toronto Finance International (TFI), will now take place July 8 through July 9, 2020. All prior registration terms including discounts and early bird rates will remain. View announcement

Regulation and Research:

Canadian securities regulators propose new nationally harmonized crowdfunding rules for comment by May 27

SEC Proposes Rule Changes to Harmonize, Simplify and Improve the Exempt Offering Framework

Bank of Canada Speech: This recent speech by the BoC about CBDC and stablecoins gives an overview of their thinking around the topic.

Dimon splanin’: If you haven’t read through JP Morgan’s report on DLT, blockchain and digital currencies, print it out and grab a coffee. Understanding how big financial pros see this developing market is both interesting and instructive.

Industry Partner News:

Consilium Crypto Joins NCFA as an Industry Partner

Holt Fintech Accelerator 2020 cohort application’s now open (Deadline May 9)

FrontFundr is holding a series of investor community meet-ups:

Calgary - Wednesday 11th March
Vancouver - Thursday 12th March
Toronto - Tuesday 17th March

Featured industry partner of the week:

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