16 Minutes on the News #5: Fed Real-time Payments, Death of Retail

with @astrange @jeff_jordan and @smc90

This is episode #5 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way -- why they're in the news; why they matter from our vantage point in tech -- and share our experts' views on these trends as well.

This week we cover, with the following a16z experts:

• Federal Reserve real-time payment and settlement service FedNow, the U.S. payments rail, and fintech -- with a16z general partner Angela Strange;


• Barney's bankruptcy, the "death of retail", and ecommerce -- with a16z general partner Jeff Jordan;

...hosted by Sonal Chokshi.