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Archive for November 19th, 2009

RIP Kevin

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

This is such sad news.

A long term friend of mine, Kevin Knox, died of cancer at 53 years old.

Kevin and I were good friends. We played basketball together for years and years.

Kevin was a professional comedian. He had made it and was a regular in Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

Kevin was a wonderful, fun and interesting man. He will be missed.

Life is short. Play hard!

More Competition Online is Good and Welcomed

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Here is a thoughtful article on online payments and the lay of the land.

It also discusses the American Express acquisition of Revolution Money.

The Washington Post did a good job here in describing how the new consumer is living his/her life online and how the nature of money transfer is about to change for the good.

As an aside, I will add that the reporter of the piece contacted me on Facebook to connect. How cool is that?

Colliding Worlds

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Revolution Money and American Express. We made a dramatic and strategic announcement yesterday. It was big news in the business world.

During one of our interviews, the on air talent started to talk about the Capitals vs. Rangers game. Check it out on this video from Fox Business News. I had to laugh. I thought it was very cool!