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Fintech’s Next Chapter: Five Insights from the Fed’s Payments Chief

At the 10th Annual Fintech Conference, Philadelphia Fed President and CEO Anna Paulson sat down with Federal Reserve Chief Payments Executive Mark Gould for a conversation on the past and future of payments.

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Since January 2022, the Consumer Finance Institute (CFI) has collected information about cryptocurrency ownership from six different surveys; all six asked about current ownership of cryptocurrency, while three also asked about likelihood to purchase crypto in the future.

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Economist Daniel Sanches has been researching digital currency and the market effects of central bank digital currency on countries currently exploring this possibility. In this Q&A, he shares key research insights and points to our new Digital Currency Center.