History of Central Banking - An Economist's Perspective

Tom Cunningham, vice president, senior economist, and regional executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, gives an economist's view of the early history of central banking in the United States. He focuses on the evolution of banking from the late 1700s through the Great Depression, with a special focus on the Fed's role in the Depression.

This is the first of a series of four short videos.

Part 1 - Early History of Central Banking

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Fragmentation in Europe

As the European Union splinters, Stratfor's Reva Bhalla examines the limits of Continental integration being sought by European policymakers.



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Where will mobile payments be in the next five years?

Wells Fargo's Peter Ho speaks on where you'll be able to use your phone to pay in five years.

New card payment via mobile service launched in UK

Another card payment service via your mobile has just launched in the UK. The service, called Emu, allows merchants to accept card payments through their mobile phone. The service is to be extended to the rest of Europe.

In using the service merchants create an account and get a personalised, cloud-based payments page that can be used across different devices - smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC.

To take payments merchants either enter their customers' card details on the payments page or send them a link so they can complete the transaction. Once customers are in the system their future payments can be fast-tracked.

Emu also is using a different pricing plan. Instead of taking a percentage of each transaction, it is promising no charges for the first £1,000 of sales and a flat fee of £4.99 a month thereafter.

Which Type of Fraud is Riskier? Internal or External Fraud?

Listen to Richard Barr speaking about which type of fraud is riskier: internal or external fraud?

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Spain's Troubles Threaten Eurozone

Stratfor Europe analyst Christoph Helbling discusses the strains on Spain's economic, social and institutional stability and the country's impact on the eurozone.

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