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Is Passwordless Authentication the Future of Financial Security — or Are We Trading One Vulnerability for Three We Haven't Mapped Yet?Is passwordless authentication truly securing financial systems, or just trading known vulnerabilities for uncharted ones? Imprivata CEO Mark Risher, Deloitte cybersecurity analyst Shivangi Gupta, and journalist Brian Krebs debate biometrics, regulation, and the human factors technology can't fix.
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Is RegTech the Solution to Financial Compliance — or Just Automating a System That Was Already Too Complex to Fix?Is RegTech genuinely simplifying financial compliance, or just automating a system that's already too convoluted? DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta, CPA David Rosenberg, and tax attorney Hannah Schmidt debate whether technology can handle the subjective, ethical dimensions regulation demands.
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Is Open Source Financial Software Trustworthy Enough to Manage Real Money — or Does Free Always Come With a Risk Nobody Priced?Is open-source financial software trustworthy enough to manage real money, or does "free" come with hidden risks? Evan McCarter, CPA Samantha Judge, and tax attorney David Thompson debate transparency, security, and compliance in open-source finance tools.
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Is the ATM About to Become Extinct — and What Happens to the Millions of People Whose Financial Lives Still Depend on Cash?Are ATMs headed for extinction, and what happens to the millions of Americans whose financial lives still depend on cash? Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Yang, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen debate whether preserving cash access or accelerating the digital shift better serves underserved communities.
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Navigating the Transition: Should Fossil Fuel Producers Be Compensated?Should fossil fuel-producing nations be compensated for transitioning away from these resources? Three experts — from IHS Markit, the International Energy Agency, and UC Santa Barbara — debate whether compensation enables a fair transition or rewards inaction on climate change.
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Is the Promise of Instant Payments Worth the Fraud Risk That Comes With Making Money Move Faster Than It Can Be Stopped?Instant payments promise a simpler financial world: money arrives immediately, transactions clear without waiting, and businesses gain faster access to cash. But that same speed creates a fundamental security problem. A fraudulent or mistaken payment can move from initiation to completion before a consumer or financial institution has time to intervene. The real debate, therefore, isn't whether instant payments are useful—they clearly are. It's whether fraud detection, consumer protections, and dispute mechanisms can evolve quickly enough to match the velocity of the money itself.
