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Title: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Benson Samuel on November 08, 2012, 08:31:54 PM I get to introduce Cryptocurrencies at an Emerging Payments Event in Bangalore; As a panelist.
Courtesy of Mobilecozy, who are working on a Bitcoin project with an European client. This is an event hosted by Knowledgefaber and will be a very effective platform to get a wider audience in India involved with Bitcoin. http://knowledgefaber.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:summit-on-qpayment-methods-and-technologies-way-ahead-for-india&catid=10:telecom&Itemid=42 Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: knight22 on November 08, 2012, 08:45:11 PM Wow very cool! I wish you great success out there!
Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Benson Samuel on November 08, 2012, 08:50:11 PM Thank you mate :)
Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: iCEBREAKER on November 08, 2012, 10:07:31 PM This is very exciting news!
What do phones in India run? iOS, Android, or Other? LMK when I can retire in Goa for under BTC10/day. IPA + vindaloo = Teh Win!!! Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Benson Samuel on November 08, 2012, 11:36:15 PM Android & Feature phones are most widely used.
iPhone is slowly gaining ground. Lots of BB's as well. Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Benson Samuel on November 09, 2012, 12:22:14 PM Scared a few Bankers during the summit :)
Went well and generated a good amount of discussion. Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Stephen Gornick on November 09, 2012, 07:50:55 PM Scared a few Bankers during the summit As in worry about competitive threat (loss of resultant future banking activity) or or as in them not easily being able to figure out which customers are performing exchange and as a result their bank services being used for buying and selling of bitcoins? Or ?? ?? Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Benson Samuel on November 10, 2012, 07:55:08 AM Scared a few Bankers during the summit As in worry about competitive threat (loss of resultant future banking activity) or or as in them not easily being able to figure out which customers are performing exchange and as a result their bank services being used for buying and selling of bitcoins? Or ???? We are not there yet Steve. Bitcoin was way ahead of its time at the conference. 'I hate it when someone introduces these free concepts. Payments is here for us to make money out of." was said by one of the Business Heads of a rather large payments company in India. Will add a few more quips and publish ASAP. Just waiting for some pics come through from the conference. Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Amitabh S on November 10, 2012, 11:19:41 AM Scared a few Bankers during the summit As in worry about competitive threat (loss of resultant future banking activity) or or as in them not easily being able to figure out which customers are performing exchange and as a result their bank services being used for buying and selling of bitcoins? Or ???? We are not there yet Steve. Bitcoin was way ahead of its time at the conference. 'I hate it when someone introduces these free concepts. Payments is here for us to make money out of." was said by one of the Business Heads of a rather large payments company in India. Will add a few more quips and publish ASAP. Just waiting for some pics come through from the conference. Hi Samuel, I'm looking forward to seeing your report of the conference. Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Stephen Gornick on November 10, 2012, 03:55:41 PM 'I hate it when someone introduces these free concepts. Payments is here for us to make money out of." was said by one of the Business Heads of a rather large payments company in India. That kind of response means you delivered the exact message that needed to be delivered. Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: imanikin on November 10, 2012, 06:47:23 PM That kind of response means you delivered the exact message that needed to be delivered. +1 Really looking forward to following Benson's blog, and watching how Bitcoin goes in India. Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: iCEBREAKER on November 12, 2012, 02:03:19 AM Scared a few Bankers during the summit :) Yes! That's exactly what I want to hear. ;D How do we get word of Bitcoin out to the hawala networks? Title: Re: Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore Post by: Benson Samuel on November 13, 2012, 02:38:02 PM Am still awaiting the official transcript. Luckily I had voice recorded the panel round, so here is an article on the conference.
http://bensonsamuel.com/2012/11/13/bitcoins-first-emerging-payments-conference-in-india-with-bensonsamuel/ |