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snippet A bank's role in future will be protecting your identity. Identity will be the biggest asset. [From  Interview with Fidor Bank CEO as Group BPCE buys app-only bank - Business Insider ] snippet

xxx A cryptography-protected ID, accessed by a unique combination of private and public keys and verified with biometrics, also has the potential to allow users to control their own data, deciding how much of it to share. It is also conceivable that unbanked refugees might rely on the blockchain to be issued an ID so that they can begin their lives anew, free from the threat of a corrupt government subverting their rights. From Blockchain Can Bring the Unbanked into the Global Economy | Bank Think I think it probably doesn’t, but that’s a matter of opinion, obviously. I think it is more likely that shared ledgers might be a repository of virtual identities (i.e., bundles of credentials).

In the July 2000 edition of Harper’s Magazine, Dennis Cass wrote about Silicon Valley: Let’s go Silicon Valley! Wherein the author stalks the flighty, green-backed webhead in his natural habitat From Let’s go | Harper's Magazine He wrote about “the kinds of things you’ve heard bores like Nicholas Negroponte drone on about in Wired magazine, like shoes that can send e–mail to other shoes”. Yesterday, through the miracle of Twitter, I noticed that this dystopia is almost upon us. Smart Shoes You Can Control With Your Smartphone. From  Smart Shoes You Can Control With Your Smartphone Even our shoes will be getting hacked from now on.

xxx The kidnappers have demanded the ransom, a record amount for an abduction in Brazil, be paid in pounds sterling and divided into four bags of cash, Veja reported. From F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law 'kidnapped in Sao Paulo' - BBC News xxx

xxx This provides the consumer with a full rail of digital payment choices, whether it be credit, prepaid, debit, or direct to bank account without a debit card in between. From Mastercard Talks VocaLink Acquisition | PYMNTS.com xxx

xxx Twitter has long come under criticism for not doing enough to police abusive behavior on the often-freewheeling messaging service. From Twitter announces crackdown after online abuse of 'Ghostbusters' actor | Reuters xxx

`xxx Zimbabwe is running out of cash and needs to print more money—so its central bank will print a new currency pegged to the U.S. dollar. From Zimbabwe Ran Out of U.S. Dollars. So, It Will Print Its Own. - The Atlantic xxx