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DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nOver the past several decades\, retail segment\, ba
 nks\, FinTechs\, government organizations\, and other financial institutio
 ns have been working diligently on developing a financial world that allow
 s for all financial transactions to take place without using cash (i.e.\, 
 cashless) –i.e.\, by using debit and credit cards to contactless cards a
 nd now utilizing digital wallets.\n\nBlockchain has been identified and be
 ing used as the core technology for the global cashless transformation.\n\
 nThis global transformation has been given a significant boost by the COVI
 D-19 related challenges\, but while people globally scrambling for less ph
 ysical contact (contactless) in their day-to-day transactions\, they may w
 ell be overlooking more fundamental flaws and complex challenges of a comp
 letely cashless society. In this talk\, we will address the pros and cons 
 of going completely cashless\, Blockchain role as the core technology\, st
 atus of going cashless in various counties and who is leading (and why) as
  well as political economic implications and challenges of a cashless worl
 d.\n\nSpeaker(s): Farhad Mafie\, \n\nAgenda: \n06:00pm - 6:15pm PST: Welco
 me / Introduction\n\n06:15pm - 7:00pm PST: Sustech Talk\n\n07:00pm - 7:30p
 m PST: Q/A\n\nIrvine\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://event
 s.vtools.ieee.org/m/261446
LOCATION:Irvine\, California\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtoo
 ls.ieee.org/m/261446
ORGANIZER:goradatta@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:IEEE SUSTECH-TALK #5: How Emerging Markets are Leading the Cashless
  Evolution & Sustainability of a Cashless Society
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/261446
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p>\n<p>Over the
  past several decades\, retail segment\, banks\, FinTechs\, government org
 anizations\, and other financial institutions have been working diligently
  on developing a financial world that allows for all financial transaction
 s to take place without using cash (i.e.\, cashless) &ndash\;i.e.\, by usi
 ng debit and credit cards to contactless cards and now utilizing digital w
 allets.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Blockchain has been identified and being used as th
 e core technology for the global cashless transformation.</p>\n<p>This glo
 bal transformation has been given a significant boost by the COVID-19 rela
 ted challenges\, but while people globally scrambling for less physical co
 ntact (contactless) in their day-to-day transactions\, they may well be ov
 erlooking more fundamental flaws and complex challenges of a completely ca
 shless society. In this talk\, we will address the pros and cons of going 
 completely cashless\, Blockchain role as the core technology\, status of g
 oing cashless in various counties and who is leading (and why) as well as 
 political economic implications and challenges of a cashless world.</p><br
  /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>06:00pm - 6:15pm PST: Welcome / Introduction</p>
 \n<p>06:15pm - 7:00pm PST: Sustech Talk</p>\n<p>07:00pm - 7:30pm PST: Q/A&
 nbsp\;</p>
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