Bitreserve Taps Former Nike Exec to Help 'Democratize Money'
"Bitcoin and digital money are where finance is headed." Describing it as a process to "democratize money", Anthony Watson, the former Nike CIO who earlier this week was announced as Bitreserve's new president and COO, says he believes his company's platform will help spearhead a push to what he called "cloud-based money". "Technology and cloud-based money are pushing the boundaries of our financial industry and reinforcing technology's transformative impact. Finance is the one sector that hasn't really seen competition or disruption to date," he said in an email. According to a blog post....
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Just Do It' might have been the last words that come to the mind of Anthony Watson when he decided to quit his job at Nike, eventually to join a Los Angeles-based Bitcoin startup four months later. Bolstering the Bitcoin, at BitReserve. The young management veteran, as Fortune reports, recently joined the CNET-man Halsey Minor to help him bolster his new Bitcoin-based money transfer company BitReserve. Watson was previously heading Nike's information technology department as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). Prior to this, the man also had brief successful tenure at Barclays while....
Bitcoin startup Bitreserve, which earlier made great news for bringing on board Nike CIO Anthony Watson, has hired the sportswear giant's chief of security, William 'Bill' Dennings. In a statement released by the startup via its blog, the company said that, "Bill's leadership will be instrumental as we continue to drive, innovate and fortify world-leading 'Anti-Money Laundering' and 'Know Your Customer' programs. Mr. Dennings, who has now become the startup's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), is also the former MasterCard CISO. In a statement released, Mr. Dennings said,....
Bitcoin startup Bitreserve is making aggressive strides in the digital currency space. Just days after hiring Nike CISO as the company's first Chief Information Security Officer and announcing zero cost on money conversion and transfer operations, the cloud-based Bitcoin company has launched an API, "Bitreserve Connect" for its currency conversions and payments platform. The Bitcoin company made the official announcement on its blog via a post titled "Announcing Bitreserve Connect: Where Innovation Meets Money." The post said, "With Bitreserve Connect, we're focused on empowering....
Former MasterCard executive William Dennings has joined Bitreserve as the firm's chief information security officer (CISO). Bitreserve noted Dennings' appointment would be instrumental in the company's mission to set anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) controls, required to safeguard users' deposits and information. The newly appointed CISO said: