Helen Wong is an alumna and attorney for the Federal Trade Commission. Her talk is about the future of money and how emphasizing consumer protection principles can help virtual currencies empower all consumers to access the benefits of digitized money.

Helen Wong was born and raised in the south side of Chicago. Currently, she is an attorney for the U.S. government at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Her work focuses on consumer protection issues involving financial technology, including emerging payment platforms and virtual currencies. Prior to the FTC, she was an attorney at the law firm of White and Case. After graduating Northwestern, Helen’s first job was as a consultant for Accenture.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx