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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
how many new bank accounts is Uber “responsible” for? in the US, globally? how many new bank accounts is the entire gig economy “responsible for? in the US, globally? as a % of total new bank accounts? (i assume these new accounts are business bank accounts for the most part, but may be wrong.)
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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waiting for AWS countermeasures in 3, 2, 1... education, free audits, new cybersecurity offerings, task forces, pooling of security threats assessments... - if that is not already the case. #cybersecurity #aws #fintech #banking #banks #cloudcomputing
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#cybersecurity
#aws
#fintech
#banking
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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i bet a trust score for each individual in a small village in 1137 was known to all but not spoken of. it was also impossible to hack. translucent so to speak. i want tech that gives me back control over my trust score. #credit #identity #digital #trust #data
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#credit
#identity
#digital
#trust
#data
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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cartography is a lost art as far as corporate innovation is concerned. still looking for a financial services incumbent’s strategy department that has produced the right map to help them navigate the future (which new lands to explore, which new lands to partner with, which new lands to buy, which new lands to invest in, which new lands to avoid).
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
‪which will have the most impact on financial services? ‬ - sign in w/🍏 - GlobalCoin by Facebook - the SEC/Kik love fest - i don’t play sports
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
‪GlobalCoin is the natural extension of Newspeak, in the name of efficiency optimization of both human interactions & human manipulation.‬
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
Article
“front running”, banging the close,” “painting the screen”, “taking out the filth”... when banks do it, it is egregious and they are not fined enough. when crypto-actors do it, there are no issues (according to those crypto-actors and then some)
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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two takeaways: - AI will never mitigate human stupidity - there will always be a job for lawyers, especially as Technologies such as AI, or blockchain permeate every corner of life AI fintech for the win
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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‪i.can’t.wait.‬ ‪also, i can’t wait to crowdsource fin.regulators’ compliance enforcement. just imagine: “Mr Bouvier, a private citizen, levied a fine of $570mm on BoA. Mr. Bouvier is also a customer of BoA. There does not appear to be a conflict of interest”‬
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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well, there is at least one area where the financial services industry is ahead of Silicon Valley: risk exposure to foreign money
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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Mike Carney presenting climate change risks to financial stability: physical risk, liability risk, transition risk. i have only encountered insurtech startups addressing climate change. how about other areas of fintech? anyone?
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
financial services industry evolution, from its origins to the crypto movement, including decentralized finance - a short story: “everything old is new again”
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
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many sentences on fire in this article on data privacy solutions & the interpretation of the law. first thoughts: a/ there must be similar issues in the regtech space (how do regulators approach the problem), b/ see cryptoland & insistance code is law, law can be automated... c/ see every other industry using machine learning to make decisions that will h e legal repercussions.
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Karen Gross
Educator/Author (children and adult books); Senior Counsel, Finn Partners
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Just as a reminder: Join us for a panel discussion sponsored by TC Press on January 27th (Wednesday) at 5:00 p.m. on Zoom. RSVP is on the flyer below or at: https://lnkd.in/eGbqG-R . Book discount too! Critical Question for our times. "See" you there.
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🏉 Pascal Bouvier
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, MiddleGame Ventures
546597 followers
idea: central bank/regulator customizes compliance burden or lending rate to a bank based in that bank’s digital milestones. <yes, it is a crazy idea> #banking #compliance #regulation
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Nicholas Wyman
CEO IWSI Group
6484 followers
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"Today, leaders in business, government and across civil society in the U.S. and around the world are grappling with disruptive changes in technology, markets and society, changes that are having a major impact on economies and employment. But even as many seek to revitalize traditional industries, lasting job creation will require an understanding of important new dynamics in the global labor market. This is not about white collar vs. blue collar jobs, but about the “new collar” jobs that employers in many industries demand, but which remain largely unfilled"
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Carson Tate
Employee Engagement Expert | Empower your team to excel in a remote and hybrid world | Founder of Working Simply, Inc. | Creator of the Productivity Style Assessment® | Speaker & Author
828362 followers
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Nine years into recovery from the Great Recession, labor-productivity-growth rates remain near historic lows across many advanced economies. Productivity growth is crucial to raise wages and living standards. It also helps increase the purchasing power of consumers growing demand for goods and services. Therefore, slowing labor productivity growth heightens concerns.
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Russell Benaroya
Co-founder and Partner at Stride
9308 followers
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The next Stride Virtual Office Hour is coming and I'm pleased that Simon Nicholls will be leading the discussion on the Top 5 Business Metrics to Manage -- maybe not what you think! You are invited to register here: https://lnkd.in/g6cnNuG . Limiting to 20 spots to keep it conversational. If you know you should be focused on the Critical Few (at the expense of the trivial many) but sometimes wonder what those "Critical Few" actually are, this is for you!
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AJ Wilcox
LinkedIn Ads Fanatic and Host of The LinkedIn Ads Show | Secret Weapon of the Most Sophisticated Advertisers | Ally | Founder B2Linked.com
19101 followers
Just had to share - check out how awesome the featured clip is. Love these waveforms with subtitles. Ben loved being on your show!
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Shelly Palmer
CEO at The Palmer Group
408254 followers
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Byte, the spiritual successor to Vine -- and possible competition to TikTok -- is here. Have you downloaded it or tried it out yet?