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10:25-11:20am – Integrating with Ripple for Merchants and Gateways, Bob Way and Brian Keller-Heikkila
Integration Engineer Bob Way will explain how merchant and gateway integration works. Brian Keller-Heikkila, CTO of ZipZap, will join Bob on stage to share special news.

Anyway, this is exciting investment in this community.

Mr. Stefan Thomas (http://ch.linkedin.com/in/justmoon), CTO at OpenCoin, Inc. (Ripple Labs) announced that Ripple is about to go live with provider providing 700 000 cash-in location in the U.S.

Another BIG NEWS for Ripple XRP:

Mr. Stefan Thomas (http://ch.linkedin.com/in/justmoon), CTO at OpenCoin, Inc. (Ripple Labs) announced that Ripple is about to go live with provider providing 700 000 cash-in location in the U.S.

I think that he is talking about ZipZap (http://www.linkedin.com/company/zipzap), so rumor is almost confirmed! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fTUiSqS5sU&t=1240 Watch the next 30 seconds!

EDIT: After all, Mr. Alan Safahi (http://www.linkedin.com/in/safahi), CEO at ZipZap, Inc. is also at Advisory Board at OpenCoin, Inc. (Ripple Labs), so I'm 99% sure that Mr. Stefan Thomas was talking about ZipZap  :D

Is anyone supposed to care?

OK, what is zip-zap? ( too lazy to search myself, so just tell me)

You don't have to search anything, just click the ZipZap link in the OP :D

Huge news - this will be great for Bitcoin and all crypto!  It's what everyone holding Bitcoin has been dreaming of for years!

100 billion XRP which are in OpenCoin (Ripple Labs) possession will be used to make Ripple bigger.

Yes, that's for sure, 700 000 cash-in locations is just the start. People don't realize that most of those, 100 billion XRP which are in OpenCoin (Ripple Labs) possession will be used to make Ripple bigger. So if we compare Ripple with a star, Ripple is a star that has huge amount of hydrogen (fuel), it has a potential to grow big.

XRP's will be used to strengthen the development team, fund the development, make integration with more companies like ZipZap, make good marketing and promotion of Ripple network all around the world. In summary Ripple will be the mother of all payment systems, let me call it the "integrator" of all payment systems. It will erase the line between crypto-currency world and conventional payment systems by accepting both crypto and conventional worlds to create their Ripple Gateways.

I did some more research and in addition to US cash-in location, ZipZap has coverage in Brazil, Russia and CIS countries.

Do you have information like number of zipzap customer ?
What is zipzap yearly income ?

Ypuvcant even join zip zap. Its by invitation only unless I'm blind

Bitinstant site is shut down. Indont know of anysite that takes zipzap, especially for btc.

so nobody seems to know, then? how big is zipzap, what markets they serve that meaningfully add to adoption of the protocol? when is this supposed to happen, anyway? how are you sure that Ripple will be offered in 700k locations? not sure about that.

Read the  OP (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=303336.msg3245407#msg3245407)

I read it. 700k location doesn't mean anything in itself.

How many actual customer ? Annual turn-over ?

I don't know, Google it

ZipZap doesn't provide customers, it provides cash-in locations. For example, you don't ask how many users have used particular ATM machine, you ask for it's location to be near you.

ZipZap doesn't provide customers, it provides cash-in locations. For example, you don't ask how many users have used particular ATM machine, you ask for it's location to be near you.

Let me rephrase it.... how many users ?? how many transactions ...? etc....  ::)

edit:My point is that zipzapinc may be a dying start-up with aggreements with 700k locations but not customers and trying to find a new way to make business or find some funds with xrp/ripple.

So if I'm right ZipZap will probably enable people to purchase XRP online and then complete the transaction with cash at for example, a local CVS store. Thus giving quick entry into the Bitcoin market for many people. So someone might purchase XRP and then trade them for Bitcoin using the Ripple network.

Since I have used ZipZap\Moneygram, let me added my take on this news.

Last year I went to BitInstant.com and got a ZipZap deposit number.  When to my local Walgreens (pick you location nearest) to transfer the money.  Went to the RED phone in Photo area and picked it up; it goes instantly to Moneygram operator who verified my name/info and destination.  Then, I went to the checkout counter where they have a monegram\zipzap screen view of transactions pending at their location.  I paid my order.  "Eventually" got my coins from bitinstant.  Note to all, you have to be legit on this, they verify ID etc.  There is a KYC paper trail, which I am perfectly fine with.

The reverse will be the same.  Send to Walgreens with ZipZap transaction ID.  Verify on red phone.  Pickup cash at location.  Obviously, withdrawal amounts are limited.

Now, how does this apply to this (rumored) Ripple news.  It would only mean that Ripple is competing with BitInstant now.  That is it.  It has ZERO bearing on the price of XRPs.  The ripple currency was never meant to have any value.  In fact, they are only used to execute transactions in Ripple network.  Also, 1 ripple....just one ripple...is enough for 10000 transactions.  So, you only will ever need a few for your whole life.

... The ripple currency was never meant to have any value.

Just to explain how big news this integration is, Moneygram has 200 000 agent locations worldwide, Western Union has 520 000, ZipZap has 700 000, ZipZap is already using Moneygram network in the U.S. + it uses other networks, so in total ZipZap has 700 000 locations worldwide.

Yet the price is in decline  :( ???

People think that they could make some money by pumping and dumping, few of them probably will, but other I don't think so :D Best trading rule is don't fight the tide and listen the news, not rumors, but news.