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The Boil Water Brief

Written by: dogloose
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In the rugged frontier cabins of the 1800s, a woman would labor in childbirth while a midwife worked swiftly. A nervous husband often hovered, asking questions, shifting furniture, and generally getting in the way. “Go boil some water,” the midwife would order, without even looking up.

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The Drunk In The Front Row

Written by: dogloose
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Back when I was in high school my guitar instructor gave me a lead about a local band that was looking for a guitarist. So I call them them up, speak to the manager and arrange for an audition. On the day of the audition my mom drives me down to Park Slope, which at the time was not such a good part of Brooklyn. I meet the band and the manager and I pass the audition. Boom! I’m in a band!

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Currency Blog

  • How To Identify Bitcoin Scamming

    Cybercriminals don’t take any breaks and now that Bitcoins are so popular, the perpetrators of Bitcoin scams are getting more and more creative.

    2017 promises to be the best year ever for Bitcoin, after the cryptocurrency set some major milestones in 2016. The uncertainties surrounding its future keeps some users awake at night, but there are other perils that people should be aware of. Bitcoin scams are not exactly a novelty, but the cyber criminals are more motivated today when the crypto’s price hit new highs. Their creativity knows no boundaries and they come up with increasingly bold ways of stealing the coveted currency.

  • Will Bitcoin Shine in 2015 with Microsoft's Exchange Acceptance?

    Bitcoin, which started out at a value measured in fractions of a dollar back in 2009, saw its brightest days when it hit its highest valuations of more than $1100 in 2013. The shine on bitcoin has since tarnished as it dropped back to the current value of just $300 +/- (per bitcoinaverage as of the time of this writing). In this new world of digital currency, bitcoin has become a topic of conversation and interest that many, if not most people, are now familiar with.

  • Is The Mobile Banking Revolution Favoring In-Store Branches?

    After giving a recent speech to a large banker group, I was approached by two area branch managers. They wanted to share that, while they currently run physically distinct brick-and-mortar branches, those roles do not fully reflect their experience.

    They explained that, like me, they were alumni of in-store bank branches, and they appreciated my comments during the speech about having "in-store banking DNA" in my system.

  • The simple reason you should move your money to an online bank

    Would you pay a 23% fee to access your own money? That’s how much, on average, Americans are forking over when they withdraw $20 from an ATM that doesn’t belong to their bank.