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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

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...

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 crypto...

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- Rede...

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...

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 augmentati...

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...

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We covered a few topics this week in a passionate debate about the future of payments and technology in our world.1. Tesla’s new $3,000 Powerwall 2. Circle raises $50M3. Bitcoin battles Credit Unions4. Western Union 'Exploring' Pilot Program With Ripple LabsSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://r...

We had Dan Rosen, long time Venture Capalist on the show this week to share his investment thesis and what sectors of the payment industry are hot right now as well as insights into trends. 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...

This week we had Christine Duhaime and Sam Maule of Digital Finance Institute join us on the show with an incredibly inspiring story of how they grew this non-profit organization into a world-changing endeavor through the lens of payments. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem i...

This week Brian shared his experience of joining Brett King on podcast Breaking Banks. While Brians podcast focused on Apply pay, we learned of an incredible story of Charlie Shrem, a payment technology entrepreneur who is going to jail because of a retroactive law that outlawed specific transactions from years ago. In the second part of the podcast we discussed the recent change in SEC raising th...

This week Brian and Faisal dove deep into social payments, with an in-depth history of the social payment landscape that puts a fascinating perspective on predictions for how social payments will turn out. 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 exc...

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This week we talk about the recent acquisitions by PayPal and Samsung with perspectives on future strategies of these companies and shining light into the complex and fascinating world of payments. 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 th...

This week Brian, with his inside connections at Apple, described what it was like to wear the Apple Watch for a full day and naturally we all made predictions about future impact of the watch and other wearables. We then touched on Google acquiring Softcard, and lastly we talked about how Marketplace companies (Uber, HomeHero, Instacart etc) handle payments to workers and some of the recent legal...

Around the Coin podcastWe make this podcast out of passion. If you enjoy listening, please make a donation of Bitcoin. If we ever make more than we spend, we will donate it to charity. Our Bitcoin Address: 1LQZF3yYSSHi5qturYCXuuoRf2cSzRwREEpisode 52This week we covered a bunch of topics listed below:Faisals periodic table studyFederal portal opens DwollaSamsung Acquires Loop to compete with Apple...

This week was a collection of various topics ranging from Apple Pay's acceptance in the eyes of the Federal Government to Pinterest launching the "Buy Now" button. We ended with an interesting philosophical discussion on the evolution of money as well as potential social effects with recent wealth consolidation trends. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensiv...

Mike Dudas is Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder of Button which just raised $12M in Jan 2015. Previously he was Head of Mobile BD at Venmo/Braintree which was acquired by PayPal for $800 million in 2013. Before that he ran business development at Google Wallet. We talked with Mike about his path into payments, specifically what it was like at Google Wallet, Venmo, PayPal and now how he and his...

This week we (of course) had to chat about Apple's record breaking Q1 earnings report, which was the biggest Q1 income of any company, ever. Mike chats about his trip to Australia and New Zealand undergoing top secret research, aka visiting his brother. The big topic this week was really online marketplaces. We addressed Stripes partnership with Intuit to provide tools for on-demand workers,...

This week Brian discussed news of the Apple Watch, the current state of cryto mining and some secrets for making money on mining in the future. Mike discussed what investments VC's are looking for in 2015 and collectively we all gave our opinions toward the end of the show on the effect of immigration to the U.S. particularly with technologists. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire gre...

This week we discussed the implications of the biggest cyber attack in history on Sony and what the future might hold. Faisal enlightens us about the recent Bitcoin regulations, both positive and negative, and how they affect Bitcoin related startups as well as the financial industry as a whole. Lastly we touch on Facebook payments a bit of the magic of Apply Pay. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter...