Apple Co-Founder, Steve Wozniak, Lands at Planet Capital

Apple co-Founder, Steve Wozniak has landed at a new role, joining the board of Planet Capital, a new fintech firm making a bid to use the Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned). In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data, making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tamp Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned). In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data, making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tamp Read this Term to overhaul the ATM market, according to a Planet Capital statement.

Los Angeles-based Planet Capital has trumpeted the construction of its versatile ATM, which utilizes the blockchain, Cloud Cloud The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc Read this Term and a number of unnamed patent-pending technologies.

In particular, the retooled ATM by Planet Capital targets cash machine transactions, pay bills, complete POS transactions, gift cards, and virtual currencies. Planet Capital is the product of Lee Caplin, co-Founder of publishing giant Penske Media, and A Lyle Elias, ATM Industry Association o-Founder and PAYe Network founder.

Mr. Wozniak, joins former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, Atari co-founder Steve Mayer, and former Carlyle Group CFO John Harris on the company’s executive panel.

According to a Planet Capital’s CTO Dan Sokol in a recent statement on the appointment, "Planet’s strategy is to deploy kiosks free of charge, removing the ‘pay wall’ and common financial barriers for many merchants desiring to install service-ready, multi-function ATM’s to meet their clients growing financial, digital and virtual needs within this fast-moving economy."