Around The Coin

This week we talk about the official launch of Clinkle, which has had controversial reactions. Paypal integrates Bitcoin which shakes the industry and potentially has massive effects. Facebook partners with Stripe in anticipation of Facebook payments in messenger. And of course at the end we dig into a few insights within Apply Pay. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive...

Ohad Samet is truly a magician. He has one of the most interesting track records of anyone we've had on the show, he was an early employee at Fraud Sciences Corporation (started by a few israeli special forces) which was acquired by PayPal for $169 Million, worked at PayPal for a few years then started and sold his company, Analyzd to Klarna. Now he's looking for a third big win with his...

This week we focused on a few requests from Dustin Byington and Brian Lawe. We responded by giving a few predictions to what Yahoo may do in payments, as they have been notably silent for years. Next we give thoughts on how to grow a Bitcoin Startup, specifically answering these questions: If Bitcoin (crytpo) was your startup and your goal was to expand adoption as quickly as possible:What is the...

The earth quaked the moment Apple released news of their move into the payment landscape with Apple Pay. Some business models were immediately crushed while others were accelerated. Brian and Faisal collectively have written 1000's of answers on payments give us the breakdown of how this announcement will effect us all. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive develop...

I am very excited to publish this interview with our guest Nate Stewart, CEO of Zing. Nate tells the story of how ZingCheckout was born, how the company acquired early customers, and what the future of retail commerce looks like. The mission at Zing is to create the future of retail software, starting with the Point of Sale. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive develop...

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This episode Cass Phillipps joins Brian, Faisal and Mike on the show. Cass was the creator of FailCon. FailCon is a conference for startup founders to study their own and others' failures and prepare for success. FailCon is produced in over a dozen cities on 6 continents around the globe by people just like you. Cass started her career in the performing arts where she brings many of her learn...

We invited Joaquin Ayuso de Paul, CEO of Kuapay on the show. Juaquin has one of the most interesting startup stories I've ever heard, he built "The Facebook of Spain" and sold it for $99Million in 2010. He then moved to Santa Monica, CA and started Kuapay, which has had great success by launching in Chili as a test market first. Come list how he did it! Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireo...

Brian and Mike get philosophical as some major tectonic plates shift in the payment world and what this means for all of us. 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...

On Episode 28 of Around the Coin, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele (Romm-lee), and Faisal (f uh y - z uh l) Khan (k AA n ) discuss what the CEO of Starbucks is planning to do with the most successful mobile payments app in the world. Also, Amazon’s secret plan to combine same day delivery, payments, and the new Fire phone. Lastly, we discuss the release of the brand new Stellar cyrptocurrency. Sponso...

On Episode 27 of Around the Coin, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele, and Faisal Khan predict the future of payments in social media with Twitter buying cardspring, snapchat payments, and Facebook’s new “Buy Button” for one click buying. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a dec...

This week on Around the Coin, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele, and Faisal Khan discuss Brian’s trip to the White House, meeting with economic advisors in a colaborative plan to improve America’s payment industry. 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-pee...

This week on Around the Coin, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele, and Faisal Khan recap the last 25 shows and provide life tips that you can use to discover new opportunities and engage with awesome people online. 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...

This week on Around the Coin, Mike Townsend, Brian Roemmele, and Faisal Khan discuss the huge effects of governor Jerry Brown signing a law that legalizes bitcoin in California as well as the implications of a Bitcoin Exchange. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a decentra...

This week on Around the Coin, Brian Roemmele, Faisal Khan, and Mike Townsend discuss Oracle’s acquisition of Micros for 5 billion dollars, a review of the Amazon Fire phone, and how crypto currencies are affecting marketplace startups. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem is a...

This week on Around the Coin we’re joined by CEO of Knox Payments, Tommy Nicholas, telling us his strategy to kill Visa and Mastercard. Also, we’ll be discussing the $2.6 billion dollar acquisition of Open Table and the stunning move by David Marcus to quit Paypal and build Facebook’s next generation payment platform. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with...

This week on Around the Coin we traveled to Apple’s WWDC conference and saw first hand what Apple is releasing that will shake up the world of payments. Around the coin. 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...

This week’s episode on Around the Coin we focus on Quora’s recent Top Writer’s Meet-up, how Quora will eventually monetize, and the secrets to getting the most out of Quora’s brilliant community by some of the most active writers in the game. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeee...

This week on Around the Coin, we talk about Apple’s acquisition of “Beats by Dre” for $3.2 Billion, the failure of “Square Wallet”, and what “Square Order” must do to become successful in an already crowded space of mobile ordering applications. Around the Coin. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeee...

Today on Around the Coin podcast, we have the CEO of Ripple Labs, Chris Larsen discussing the future of payments, the strategy behind Ripple, and the tremendous opportunities in cryptocurrency over the coming years. Around The Coin podcast. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click/qdza- Redeeem...

This week on Around the Coin podcast we cover iBeacon technology. We'll discuss how it technically works, examples in the real world, and what future business opportunities exist for startup founders. Around the Coin. 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...

This week on Around the Coin, Faisal Khan, Brian Roemmele, and Mike Townsend discuss everything about money transmitter licenses, including how they work, who needs one, and how bitcoin plays a role. Around the Coin. 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-...

This week on Around the Coin, Brian Roemmele, Faisal Khan, and Mike Townsend cover the recent ETA conference, why Facebook money transmitter licenses are so important, and future uses for the Bitcoin block chain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Around the Coin we talk about the "Changing Landscape of Remittances". Our in-house expert, Faisal Khan explains the current state of world remittances and a few major business opportunities over the next few years. Around the Coin. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation through Otter. Redeeem https://redeeem.click...

This week on Around the Coin, Mike Townsend discusses his journey beginning as an engineer in Singapore then moving to LA to design military UAV’s. He tells us how he transitioned into payments by starting a point of sale company, ZingCheckout and mobile payments company Flowtab. Around the Coin. Sponsors:Otter Labs www.hireotter.com- Hire great and inexpensive developer with staff augmentation th...