PayThink 2018 Direct Page

PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.

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  • Thomas W. Miller Jr. is a professor of finance. He holds the Jack R. Lee Chair in Financial Institutions and Consumer Finance at Mississippi State University. He is also a senior research fellow at Consumers' Research.

    March 8
  • Derek Barnard is a partner at Anders CPAs + Advisors.  He helps privately held companies with strategic planning, cryptocurrency tax planning, business transition and succession planning.

    March 8
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  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Labor Relations Board are joining forces to crack down on unfair labor practices concerning debt and personal data.

    March 8
    CFPB
  • In an effort to save the troubled crypto-friendly bank, one possible option involves lining up crypto-industry investors to help Silvergate shore up its liquidity.

    March 8
    Silvergate headquarters
  • David Knutson is the head of U.S. Fixed Income Product Management at Schroders. He joined the firm in 2016 as head of Integrated Research — Americas, managing the investment grade, municipal, emerging market and high yield research teams.

    David was a senior research analyst at Legal and General Investment Management from 2007 to 2016, which involved coverage of global financial companies and emerging market issuers.

    David is currently the chair of the Credit Roundtable and is active with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. 

    March 8
  • The dataset, developed by Federal Reserve researchers, will give historians and students a far easier way to examine banks' performance between 1867 and 1904. The period was one of significant instability, which ultimately prompted the creation of the Fed.

    March 7
    Old vintage money from 1800s
  • Brian Schaefer is Vice President and Wealth Portfolio Manager at Johnson Financial Group. He works with individuals, public entities and non-profit organizations to create customized investment solutions. Brian is a member of JFG's Fixed Income Group and Investment Research team.

    March 7
    Brian Schaefer
  • SBA

    The agency's blueprint calls for giving lenders added underwriting flexibility, as well as upping the number of for-profit nondepository small-business lending companies, which has been capped at 14 since the early 1980s

    March 7
  • Democratic Sens. Sherrod Brown, Jack Reed and Raphael Warnock on Tuesday joined Robert Menendez and Catherine Cortez Masto in asking the Biden administration to appoint a Latino to the Federal Reserve Board to improve diversity.

    March 7
    Raphael Warnock