Circle Appoints High Flying Garrett Cassidy to Lead European Operations
Garrett Cassidy joins Circle. Garrett Cassidy, the FinTech leader and former Bank of Ireland director is to join Circle, it has been announced that he will be heading up their European operations. Circle is one of the most important, developing, companies in the cryptocoin world and the addition of someone of the caliber of Garret Cassidy to their team has to be seen as a recruiting coup. Cassidy was previously employed as Head of Markets, Commercial Lending and Payments Development for Bank of Ireland, he was based in London. In a recent interview with CoinDesk, Circle has also promised....
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Boston-based Circle Internet Financial has been somewhat of a mystery since announced. Their entire business, it seems, has remained under wraps, and the community is eagerly awaiting for what they have in store and how it could change the current crypto landscape. And while it seems that period of waiting will continue for the foreseeable future, the company does come out here and there with tidbits of information on their development. Take today, for example. The company announced on their official blog that they have made a new, impressive hire. His name is Garrett Cassidy, and he's a....
Circle Internet Financial set off a wave of positive press last week when it revealed the news that it had become an electronic money institution registered under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK. Though enthusiasm was high, there was confusion over the nature of the licensing and how it enables Circle to further its operations. Of note, is that the e-money license is not digital currency-specific, with the E-Money Directive being introduced in the UK in September 2009. The FCA, sources noted, is still debating how it will seek to regulate digital currencies in the UK.....
An exciting partnership between Barclays and Bitcoin exchange Circle could lead to a slew of new features and innovations in the digital payment industry. Moreover, this is very positive news for Bitcoin as well, as the European bank is letting Circle use their existing infrastructure to provide real-time conversion from GBP and EUR to Bitcoin, and vice versa. Circle – A New Era Of Bitcoin and Banking? Up until this point, very few banks have been keen on the concept of Bitcoin, although they all seem to see high value in the underpinning blockchain technology. In fact, consumers have had....
Circle Chief Evangelist Anders Brownworth, who previously taught blockchain technology at MIT, gave a presentation on day two of the 2017 MIT Bitcoin Expo in which he mainly focused on what Circle has been working on for the past few months. Circle is a mobile payments application that aims to make sending money to anyone in the world as easy as sending them a message via their mobile phone. During his talk, Brownworth noted that although Circle dropped the ability to buy and sell bitcoin in their mobile application late last year, the company still uses Bitcoin in the background of their....
Bitcoin blockchain-centric P2P Fintech firm Circle has now added support for bitcoin buying and selling in several European countries beyond the UK. Six months after bitcoin exchange and services firm Circle saw an electronic money license granted by the British government, the company is pushing on to other countries in Europe. Users from sixteen countries including the likes of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain will now be able to link their Euro-based credit and debit cards. Notably, there are no fees for buying bitcoin with debit cards, making Circle stand out in a growing list....