Around The Coin

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Potpourri of players in the payments space, what will happen? Aug 16, 2015

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This week Brian and Faisal discuss the landscape of payments, reflecting back on 1.5 years of Around The Coin podcast and discuss what's going to happen in the payments space for months to come. Who will die out, who will shine and who will be the big surprise. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Laurent Oberholzer & Francois Briod, Co-Founders of Tawipay Aug 13, 2015

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In this episode of Around The Coin, Faisal Khan interviews Laurent Oberholzer & Francois Briod, Co-Founders of Tawipay, startup based out of Switzerland, that specializes in Remittance (Money Transfer) comparison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap Aug 13, 2015

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This week on Around The Coin, we had the great privilege to interview, Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Les Riedl, CEO of GlobeOne Aug 02, 2015

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Mike, Brian and Faisal interview Les Riedl, CEO of GlobeOne and their ambitious plan to sign up 50 Million customers by 2020.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Townsend visits NY and drops in at Techstars Accelerator Program Aug 01, 2015

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While visiting New York, Mike Townsend drops in at the Techstar / 2015 Barclays Accelerator. Mike meets up with Tommy Nicholas (Alloy), Jonathan Levin (Chainanalysis), Gadi Ruschin (Ogydocs), Rachel Cook (Seeds) and Jenny Fielding of Techstars.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HomeHero raises $20 Million, PayPal's acquisition of Xoom & what this means for Facebook and Ebay Aug 01, 2015

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This week we discuss Mike Townsend (our co-host), who raised US$ 20+ Million in venture capital funding for his Senior Care Startup called HomeHero.Congrats Mike!Brian gives his perspective on the separation of Ebay and Paypal. PayPal's acquisition of Xoom and how we would be seeing the new roaring PayPal and more Brian's prediction that more acquisitions would be coming PayPal's way. We also discuss Facebook's Messenger which went live nationwide in the US. We discuss the possibility of Cisco entering into the payments business and towards the end we briefly discuss Ebay and what it would be doing in the days to come.Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple Pay, Android Pay, Dwolla, Free Payments and where banking is heading in general Aug 01, 2015

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In this episode of Around The Coin, Brian and Faisal talk about Apple Pay and the recently introduced Android Pay. We also talk about Dwolla's free payments and would payments eventually become free? Also, we touch upon how such ecosystems are changing banking, slowly changing financial services. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Nicolas Merterns CEO of Sign2Pay Aug 01, 2015

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Interview with Nicolas Mertens, CEO of Sign2Pay (www.sign2pay.com). Interview conducted by Faisal KhanSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Constatine Firun And VoisiCard Jun 08, 2015

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Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter.Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentralized peer-to-peer exchange that lets you save 15% or more on gift cards using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin Startup 21 Raises US$ 116 Million, NASDAQ + Blockchain and Money Transmitter Licenses Jun 08, 2015

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