Glen speaks with the Atlanta Fed’s Claire Greene about takeaways from the latest Survey of Consumer Payment Choice- including card’s dominance, mobile’s ubiquity, BNPL’s ascent and cash’s resilience. Also, the NY Times offers an unexpected backstop for the paper check.   Links related to this episode:   The Atlanta Fed’s Diary and Survey of Consumer Payment Choice: https://www.atlantafed.org/banking-and-payments/consumer-payments/survey-and-diary-of-consumer-payment-choice/2023-survey-and-diary Federal Reserve Financial Services’ cash-centric analysis of the data: https://www.frbservices.org/binaries/content/assets/crsocms/news/research/2024-diary-of-consumer-payment-choice.pdf NY Times’ story on Why Paper Checks Refuse to Die: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/paper-check-payment-fraud-scam.html TruStage’s Discovery 2024 conference, held virtually Wednesday August 8: https://shorturl.at/1KKK0 Java4Kids: https://javaforkids.org/   Join us for the next CU Town Hall on Wednesday August 7 at 3pm ET/Noon PT for a live and lively interactive conversation tackling the major issues facing CUs today. This session will focus on whether the notion of a Primary Financial Institution is myth or reality. It’s free to attend (you might even win a door prize!), but advance registration is required:  https://www.cutownhall.com/ 

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