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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...

This week we recapped every episode of the past year and updated you on the current status of each topic. We often make predictions and in this episode we took a step back and recapped how we did, surprisingly it wasn't too bad! Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a de...

This week we recapped every episode of the past year and updated you on the current status of each topic. We often make predictions and in this episode we took a step back and recapped how we did, surprisingly it wasn't too bad! Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a de...

Take away thoughts from Mobile Money & Digital - Faisal8th Mobile Money and Digital Conference Over 300 attendeesBehavioral changes more important than everM-Pesa StatsAcceptance, closed loop, equally share client base65,000 merchants - M-Pesa in Kenya18 M, 80% adults in kenya use 6000 transactions / day16,000 bank agents accept M-PesaSnapcash: Snapcash Could Bring Real Identity And Ad Targeti...

This week Brian and Mike dig into some deep topics this week, particularly how to find your path in life and other general topics.- How Brian relaunched onTwitter- Why Social profile is mandatory- HomeHero retreat brings people together, it’s all about people- How Flowtab and ZingCheckout became an obsession- How to connect life with expertise- Why having 2 roller coasters going is important- Gene...

This week we dive into MCX, we talked about the history of the organization and why it is probably doomed. MCX (Merchant Customer Exchange). MCX is the collection of efforts by major retailers to eliminate the expense of Visa, Mastercard, and AMEX by creating their own payment network. Unfortunately the project now competes directly with Apple Pay and may be hitting some rough waters soon...Sponso...

Nick Tomaino is the Business Development Manager at Coinbase and is responsible for the growth of Coinbase's new product that may just change the entire social construct of the social internet, Tipping. Many companies have tried and failed, but Coinbase is the world's most popular Bitcoin wallet, and they have the unique position to crush it. Learn what Nick and the Coinbase team have cr...

Today we talk about how the Money2020 conference became one of the most most important payment conference in the world in just a few years. Faisal Khan talks about the interesting moves Poynt has made recently and why they are in a great position. We also touched on the recent Fincen Ruling around Bitcoin, why MCX server hacking could put them in the grave and the ever growing Starbucks payment ec...

In this episode we started with Mike Townsend and Brian Roemmele's experience with Apple Pay, then covered the big topic of Etsy launching their own card reader to compete with Square. Then we discuss an often overlooked, but massive aspect to the payment industry, the drama of the offline payment processors. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with sta...

This week we covered multiple topics with a vibrant conversation between Brian, Mike and Faisal. Below are the highlights:Carl Icahn history (Gordon Gekko/ Wolf on Wallstreet)Brians answer to Marc Andreessen (earthquake to hit financial)PayPal splits with EbaySerbia Russia banning bitcoinDisney’s example setting the trendSponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer w...