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Money may well make world go round but cash is surely an encumbrance we can do without. What does a cashless society look like? What is the technology behind the digital economy and the new forms of currency and money?

Uploaded 11-06-26

Your bank doubtless provides an app for accessing your account but, in the future will it provide an API so you can write your own payment algorithms?

A lecture by Richard Harvey 26 May

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