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[gavel] this meeting will come to order. Will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus head of libra at facebook. On may 9 senator brown and i sent a letter shortly after it was reported that company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using a social network. We asked space bar for more information how the system would work, access and use of Consumer Financial information and facebooks access to use of information on individuals or group of individuals for credit or insurance or housing i appreciate facebooks response last week. Shortly after the letter was sent facebook formally announced its intention to launch the Payment System libra and issued a white paper providing information on the project. Since then us and Global Regulators have taken notice including the Federal Reserve, reserve, Uk Financial Conduct Authority and a stability board, g7 and others for the last week during the Fede
Discussion on slave refugee camps during the war. Watch American History tv tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. This past june, facebook announced plans for its own crypto currency called libra. The cocreator of Libra David Marcus answered lawmakers concerned over the Digital Currency before the Senate Banking committee. This is about 2 1 2 hours. This hearing will come to order. Today we will receive testimony from david marcus, head of libra at facebook. On may 9, senator brown and i sent a letter to facebook shortly after it was reported that the company was recruiting Financial Institutions and online merchants to help launch a cryptocurrency based Payment System using its social network. Our letter asked facebook for more information about how the system would work. Its access to and use of Consumer Financial information, and facebooks access to and use of information on individuals or groups of individuals in credit, insure, employment or housing. I appreciate facebooks res
Forward with this, wed certainly be looking at that as a characteristic to achieve. Thank you and i think it goes back to resiliency for me. And i know and i think its the concern about resiliency that i had, and we had our discussions here in committee is that if there are concerns about resiliency and its just based on my experience in the private sector when it comes to big data, couldnt you probably address those concerns through the regulatory and Supervisory Authority that already exists in your space were talking about resiliency with the multiple data centers that could be a problem with interoperability do you think resiliency could be something thats a function of what youre doing now and keeping with one faster time Payment System i think im done the gentle woman ms. Pressley is now recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chairman and chairman powell. The Federal Reserve can do more to support the needs of hardworking american families. Working families wait days at a
Goes back to really and see for me. We had our discussions in committee. If there are concerns about resiliency, and that is based on my experience in the private sector, couldnt you address those concerns through the regulatory and Supervisory Authority that exists in your space . When i was talking about the multiple data centers and the redundant systems, you think resiliency could be something that is a function of what you are doing right now . Chair powell the gentlewoman from massachusetts is recognized. Thank you, chairman powell for appearing before the committee. The Federal Reserve can do more to support the needs of hardworking american families. As it stands, working families can wait days at a time to have their checks cleared. There can be no room for error. America,ntral bank of the Federal Reserve has the ability to speed up the process. I want to bring up a report that was issued two years ago. The Faster Payment Task force. The task force called for a Payment System