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John Pitts

@PolicyPitts

Vice President for Government Relations, Public Affairs, and Social Impact @Affirm. Previously @Plaid and @CFPB. Views my own.

Washington D.C. Katılım Nisan 2020
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If I was a fintech or bank and needed to start learning the 1033 open banking rules like they were going to be the law of the land by Fall 2024 (heads up, they are), I would start here: plaid.com/resources/comp…
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“Wall Street banks and their payment-network pals know they are perfectly capable of the fair competition that would, in all likelihood, leave them with lower margins. They just prefer the unfair variety.” @CarterD openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/banksnotcomp…
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PoPville@PoPville·
BIG (sad, again) DC news coming at 10am.
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"The Fed’s payment account can be a step towards addressing this issue by providing a narrow path to payment settlement and clearing. But only if the Fed makes additional revisions to enhance its utility — notably by including FedACH services." openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/paymentsupgr…
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S&P and Moody's now each control over 94% of the U.S. public investment grade corporate bond market. Congress tried to create more competition. Why didn't it work, and what should happen next? openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/creditrating…
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Someone sat down and wrote a 4,000 word essay on a quasi-dystopian future, and the market said, “Oh my God, that sounds too believable. Let’s sell everything.” semafor.com/article/02/26/…
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Taylor Lorenz
Taylor Lorenz@TaylorLorenz·
@michaelmiraflor Please stop spreading this Heritage Foundation nonsense comparing text and video content aka speech to “machine guns” it’s absolutely absurd and you’re contributing to the baseless moral panic being used to mass censor the internet.
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Rogue CFPB
Rogue CFPB@RogueCfpb·
@IBAT_CLW The only thing surprising about this tweet is why it hasn’t happened yet.
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If you've heard about quantum computing but don't really understand it (like me) or the threat it poses to the safety and soundness of financial services (hint, more than AI) take a few minutes and read this: openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/quantumshift
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Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson@AlexH_Johnson·
@PolicyPitts Agreed! I'm liking this idea! I think it'll be a SmartBiz decision for me.
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@AlexH_Johnson Something that keeps the Radius of your argument nice and tight
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Table stakes is that agentic commerce structurally erodes “top of wallet.” More interesting is whether it asymptotically drives brand spend to $0.
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Not enough people laughed when a speaker at MIT Fintech conference referenced Bitcoin as something that “sometimes hovers around $100k in value”
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