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4469_105ddd13bd_small July 17, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Kansas City To complement our previous coverage of GO - The Future of Mobile Payments, we present video from the event, which was hosted July 9 in Kansas City, Mo. by KCnext- The Technology Council of Greater Kansas City. At the event, Chirpify founder and CEO Chris Teso, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City senior vice president Barb Pacheco and … read more

4446_c5cc6647c4_small July 13, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is on the verge of its 100th year of operation, having first opened its doors for business in 1914. Chirpify, by contrast, checks in well shy of the century mark. The Portland-based Twitter commerce platform launched just four months ago. But on Monday at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo., organizations' disparate pasts were of less consequence than their shared future. What lies ahead … read more

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