Almond: Paystand operates proprietary payment network built on blockchain
Jeremy Almond · 1352 B2B Version of Venmo About to Pass $5m in ARR · Apr 7, 2019 · at 4:03
Jeremy Almond, CEO of Paystand, contrasts his platform with Bill.com by explaining that Paystand owns an underlying blockchain-based payment network.
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“We actually own our own payment network. We use something called the blockchain which is sort of a really new way to think about financial services in general.”
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