November 24th, 2014 by Hartman King
FinTech visionary Chris Larsen takes on Bitcoin, highlights latest in Fintech, and challenges entrepreneurs.

FinTech visionary Chris Larsen of Ripple Labs takes on Bitcoin, highlights latest in Fintech, and challenges entrepreneurs. Below, Camp One Ventures’ Tom Brown and Larsen sit down for a cup of coffee. Chris Larsen is the CEO of Ripple Labs, the founder of E-Loan, and the founder of Prosper. Tom- Chris, some people may not be familiar with Ripple or the distinction between Ripple Labs the...
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November 10th, 2014 by Tom Brown
Is Apple Pay Designed to Fail (consumers)?

With a nod to Bill Simons’ recent reminder that click-bait works, the answer is no. But that doesn’t mean that Apple Pay is designed to deliver discernable benefits to consumers any time soon. The payment industry, even confining our view to the one country in which Apple Pay is officially operating, is vast. The numbers are so big that the key metrics—cards, cardholders, merchant locations,...