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Ben commented on the post, Dwolla, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Thanks for reading! Good luck with your SettlementApp and keep in touch.
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Ben wrote a new post, LevelUp, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 2 months, 1 week ago
#1 in the Series ABCs of Paymentsby Quang Truong
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LevelUp is a Cambridge, MA mobile payments company launched in March of 2010.[1] The brainchild of Seth Priebatsch, founder of SCVNGR, the company was […] -
Ben wrote a new post, ABCs of Payment Innovation: Assets, Backbones and Chips, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 2 months, 2 weeks ago
How do payment companies innovate? Should incumbents and oligopolists be concerned about upstarts? Do online payment companies work with or against existing banks and network operators? Should bank industry […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Forbes blogger Faw on CEME Smackdown, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 9 months, 1 week ago
Thanks to Larissa Faw of Forbes for her coverage of our little payments experiment. Faw covers Milliennial women workplace trends, with a focus on entrepreneurs, finance and innovation. We at CEME are grateful for […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Congratulations to Ravi and Brooke, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 1 year ago
Ravi’s inexplicable good fortune won him the $100 prize from MasterCard, and Brooke took the dinner prize for best blog entry. Congratulations from Kim, Ben, and the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises! […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Don’t know how to live without a card? Just call Mom., on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 1 year, 1 month ago
by Min Lin
When I first discovered I would have to go cardless for a week, I thought, “I have to call mom, she’ll know what to do.” Except for some change in my wallet, I never carry cash. My mother, on the […]
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Ben wrote a new post, School’s out!!, on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
The April 6, 10:00am deadline is past! Welcome back to your integrated wallets.
Blogging continues…. stay tuned for details on the blogging deadline, prize announcements and more.
Thank you very much for […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Tolls got me., on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
I picked my wife up from the airport, and I’m so used to zipping through the electronic tolls, I did it without even thinking. It was premeditated. I decided I would just ‘fess up here and say, –Yes it’s a […] -
Ben wrote a new post, The Cashless Society – Slate Magazine, on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
Slate Magazine has a series on the cashless society. The meme is alive and well, although the whole concept seems to be a novelty in the public mind.
The Cashless Society – Slate Magazine.
Seth Stevenson […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Seigniorage ain’t manna., on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
WaPo editorialized, on the dollar-bill-versus-dollar-coin debate, that “objectively, facts favor the coin.” This is a surprisingly narrow view of the issue of what form our money ought to take. There are better […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Register here., on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
Registration for the smackdown is now closed.
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Ben wrote a new post, Game on., on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
The smackdown begins at 4:00pm EDT, today. It lasts until 10:00am on April 6. Enjoy the experience, keep track of what happens to you, and share your thoughts (and photos) with us.
Check out the rules page and <a title="Smackdown blogging guidelines" […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Groups posted, on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
Open season for swaps!
Here are the groups for the contest tomorrow. O no! Cruel fate! Did you get the wrong group? Read on.
!–more–
The fine print:
Swaps accepted until 12noon tomorrow 3/30. […]
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Ben wrote a new post, Congratulations, Nick!, on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
Nick Sullivan’s new book is out! Go get yourself a copy of Money, Real Quick: The Story of M-PESA (Guardian Books, 2012).
Summary at CEME. (Amazon link)
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Ben wrote a new post, One day left!, on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
Sign up by March 28 at 11:59pm!
From Kim:
All students – we love your enthusiasm and restraint. You are signing up in droves for financial lent (no I am not Catholic and don’t observe lent but adhere to […]
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Ben wrote a new post, We’ve been scooped!, on the site Cost of Cash in the United States 1 year, 1 month ago
David Wolman visited Harvard Bookstore to talk about his excellent new book, The End of Money. He packed the house, no surprise.
At the heart of David’s book is an experiment and the people it brought him […]
