Visa Europe’s Initiative: The ‘Apple App Store’ for Bitcoin Startups
Visa Europe's Collab, the company’s digital innovation initiative, has begun searching for bitcoin startups within the digital payments scene with the hopes of creating “an Apple App Store” of Bitcoin startups. Bitcoin companies qualified for its program called "a religion of a 100-day sprint proof of concept" will become a part of Visa’s proof of concept stage, where they will be given opportunities to test their platforms and technologies at Visa Europe. IBTimes interviewed Steve Perry, chief digital officer and the founder and co-creator of Visa Europe Collab about Visa’s general focus....
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