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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 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

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 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

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 Targeting Data To SnapchatAmerican red cross launches bitcoin: American Red Cross To Accept Bitcoin Donations Through BitPaySponsors: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

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- Generation gap between WW2, dreams- Sharel Sandberg married David Goldberg, the current CEO of SurveyMonkey- Decisions are not better or worse, they’re just different (Ted)- Steve Jobs cancer / Tim Cook going publicly gaySponsors: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

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...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

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 created and how they're planning to roll out out to the world. 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

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 ecosystem. 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

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 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

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 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

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 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