Subject: Re: ePlata
From: "Jeff Cooper" <[email-masked]>
To: "Mati Bonetti de Buccini" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Chris Buccini" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:33:58 -0500

Mati,
Apologies for the delayed reply but I wanted to do some research before responding.  Thank you for your time and thoughts on our call.  And thank you for reaching out to your brother for more information.  We are familiar with both tpago and yellow pepper.  Neither are direct competitors but we would love to learn more about their experiences/successes/failures in DR (and elsewhere, for that matter).  
We are extremely interested in working with you in DR.  I will be sending a one-pager on ePlata DR in the next day or so.  I look forward to continuing the conversation.
Thanks again.
Jeff

> On Aug 23, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Mati Bonetti de Buccini <[email-masked]> wrote:
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> Thanks Eric, Hunter and Jeff,
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> As a quick follow up to today’s call, I spoke to my brother, who lives in Santo Domingo and is fairly knowledgeable about local market conditions.  He works in our family business, which is consumer goods (http://www.mercasid.com.do <http://www.mercasid.com.do/>) - but he mentioned two companies that have been active in this arena in the DR.
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> 1. tpago.com <http://tpago.com/>
> I’m sure you are familiar with them, but they have several capabilities and services (online bill paying, remittances, etc) - but as I understand it, they are tied to a bank still and don’t yet offer the “loading wallet” feature you are trying to implement.
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> 2. yellowpepper.com <http://yellowpepper.com/>
> Was not successful in trying to break into the market in the DR - might be worth understanding its challenges in the DR.  I have a distant cousin who works for them in MX and can reach out if you want me to ask.
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> We’ll be in touch again soon,
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> Mati
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> On Aug 23, 2016, at 3:31 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked] <mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
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>> Jeff/Mati/Chris-
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>> Great speaking with everyone this morning - thanks of taking the time.  For purposes of follow up I have included everyone on this email so you have appropriate contact info.  
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>> Jeff will send around a one-pager for you to review/circulate.  In the meantime, feel free to go to www.eplata.com <http://www.eplata.com/> for more info.
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>> Mati, feel free to coordinate with Jeff directly, but copy Hunter and me as well so we can stay in the loop.  
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>> Let us know if you have trouble connecting.
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>> Best,
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>> Eric
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>> Eric D. Schwerin
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