Business
With Mobile Internet, Money Is Up for Grabs
- Monday, March 5, 2012
- By Jessica Leber
Ben Milne doesn't look like a banker. Not one bit. So why shouldn't he rebuild the world's money system?
Pay master: Ben Milne, founder of the digital-money company Dwolla, pays for coffee the old-fashioned way during a visit to San Francisco.
Credit: Jessica Leber
Ben Milne, a 29-year-old college dropout with a furry goatee and no background in finance, is on his second and third meetings with some of the world's biggest banks.
He thinks he has convinced them he's "not full of it."
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