SV016: The History of Money, Payments, And How Poynt is Changing the Game with Osama Bedier

On today’s show, our guest is Osama Bedier. Osama is the founder and CEO of Poynt, the open commerce platform empowering merchants to transform and grow their businesses. Osama has spent the last two decades pioneering consumer internet, e-commerce and payments services. Prior to founding Poynt, Osama served as the Vice President of Payments at Google, and head of Google Wallet. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: How has Paypal influenced Fintech? What are the benefits of being “banked” versus not being “banked”? With the switch to digital currency, where are the opportunities and who will benefit? What should merchants be able to do with this kind of technology? Tweet your comments about this episode directly to Shawn Flynn and the rest of The Investor’s Podcast Community using #TIPSiliconValley. We would like to give a special thanks to Alan Tien who made the introduction to Osama. Without Alan “Money Never Sleeps,” we would not have been able to conduct this amazing interview. HELP US OUT: Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it!  BOOKS AND RESOURCES Poynt website Download your free audiobook at Audible. Find the best job candidate at Ziprecruiter.