Citi, Micropayments and Social Good: Consensus 2015 Afternoon Sessions

Citi, Micropayments and Social Good: Consensus 2015 Afternoon Sessions

CoinDesk's inaugural conference, Consensus 2015, took place at New York's TimesCenter yesterday with speakers including Blythe Masters, Kosta Peric and Wences Casares. The afternoon sessions were kicked off by CoinDesk's Joon Ian Wong, who led a one-on-one session with Debra Brackeen, the global head at Citi's Innovation Center. Brackeen explained how Citi became involved in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space and said, during her approximately four years at the company, digital money had been part of the conversation. Citi funded its first crypto project in January 2014, which dealt....


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