Glen speaks with GCUA’s Mike Mercer about the Georgia credit union landscape, its inherent strengths, and partnerships across the pond. Also- the Bitcoin fun never stops, and the Fed finds credit cards on a roll.

In This Episode:

• The latest findings from the Federal Reserve Payment Study
• Kodak mentions cryptocurrency- and its stock doubles
• China and Venezuela ponder their own digital currencies
• Georgia Credit Union Affiliates’ Mike Mercer discusses the building blocks that made the state what it is today
• What credit unions can learn from emerging democracies
• Why it’s better to start with a great reputation than a snazzy set of technology

Links related to this week’s podcast:

December’s update to the Federal Reserve Payments Study payment-systems-study-annual-supplement-20171221.pdf"> https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/files/2017-payment-systems-study-annual-supplement-20171221.pdf

Jamie Dimon “backtracks” on his bitcoin comments http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/09/investing/jamie-dimon-regrets-bitcoin-fraud/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

Kodak announces its own foray into the blockchain/cryptocurrency game http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/09/technology/kodakcoin/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

NPR’s feature on cashless restaurants actually confirms cash’s resilience https://www.npr.org/2018/01/08/575056358/when-the-cash-register-doesnt-take-cash

Family tree showing the evolution of Georgia’s credit union landscape http://growthbydesign.org/evolution/mobile/index.html

Deluxe Exchange, Feb 5-7 in Boca Raton, FL, where Glen will be speaking  https://exchange.deluxe.com/