How did you get your start in the payments industry?
He holds two patents in the field of streaming analytics along with several additional filings, some of which are still pending. This background led to the formation of with his business partner Tony. He closely followed developments in cryptography along with attempts at creating new electronic money and accounting systems. During the 1990s, he developed an interest in the mechanics of financial markets, economics, and monetary systems and the question of how they might evolve as the global Internet developed. He started programming at a young age on his dad’s TRS-80 Model 1 (circa 1978) and spent much of his early career focused on languages, compilers, operating systems and virtual machines.
He has held various roles including entrepreneur, architect, manager, team lead, and developer.
APPLE BITPAY SOFTWARE
In this interview, TSG’s Market Intelligence team-member Alex Ferguson and Director of Revenue and Growth Steve Vickers sat down with Stephen Pair, Co-Founder and CEO of BitPay, to discuss the origins and future of the cryptocurrency payment processor, as well as the anticipatory watershed of greater cryptocurrency merchant acceptance.īackground: Stephen has over 20 years of experience building software systems in the financial and telecommunications industries. The Payments Industry is under continuous transformation, as such this series provides diverse perspectives on everything from strategy to payments technology and to the future of the industry. The Executive Interview Series provides readers with exclusive insights from movers and shakers in the payments industry.