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European Financial Services Conference

EventsMarch 2, 2020

March 19th, 2020 - Brussels, Belgium Now in its 18th consecutive year, the European Financial Services Conference is widely considered as the major event in the Brussels calendar on financial services, annually attracting some 400…

Global Technology Governance Summit

EventsMarch 2, 2020

Policy-makers and business leaders are under increasing pressure to respond to the societal impact of rapid technological advances. Yet, they must do so without restraining entrepreneurship, innovation and growth that are enabled by the Fourth…

Remembering history so not to repeat it

GeoPoliticsJanuary 29, 2020

By: Pari Esfandiari & Gregory Treverton George Santyana said that “those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it.” He might have added that remembering your own history is not enough: you also…

The Iran crisis — the US has no…

GeoPoliticsJanuary 13, 2020

By: Pari Esfandiari @ Gregory Treverton War by miscalculation can hardly be ruled out, but for the moment, both the Trump administration and Iran seemed to have decided to lower the temperature of the crisis.…

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

GeoPoliticsJanuary 6, 2020

Abstract. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution. Digital signatures provide part of the solution, but…

Blockchain to Make Our Cities Smarter

GeoPoliticsJanuary 6, 2020

The FICCI- PwC report on ‘Blockchain: the next innovation to make our cities smarter’ to be released at the Smart Cities Summit organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry The Smart Cities…

Consumer Privacy Law

NewsJanuary 1, 2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act goes into effect January 1st, and it doesn’t look like anyone, even the state of California itself, is totally ready. Draft regulations for enforcing the law are still being finalized at…