Around The Coin

Stephen Sargeant and Mike Townsend

Around The Coin is a podcast exploring finance, fintech, and the future of money. Hosted by industry experts, it features deep dives into payments, crypto, banking, and disruptive innovations shaping the global economy.

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Aug 2, 2015 • 60min

Interview with Les Riedl, CEO of GlobeOne

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

Aug 1, 2015 • 1h 7min

Mike Townsend visits NY and drops in at Techstars Accelerator Program

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

Aug 1, 2015 • 53min

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

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

Aug 1, 2015 • 1h 5min

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

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

Aug 1, 2015 • 48min

Interview with Nicolas Merterns CEO of Sign2Pay

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

Jun 8, 2015 • 50min

Constatine Firun And VoisiCard

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Jun 8, 2015 • 47min

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

Jun 8, 2015 • 1h 6min

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