Weekly Podcast on all things banking, money, payments, economics, crypto and fintech.
CEO and Co-founder of Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency exchange operating across Africa Description: In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Chris Maurice, CEO and Co-founder of Yellow Card, a cryptocurrency exchange operating across Africa. In high school, Chris started an SEO consulting firm which helped optimize over 140 websites on Google, including Prezi.com. In college, he … Continue reading Episode 187: Interview with Chris Maurice
Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO at AlgoLab Capital Management Ltd Description In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Greg Kolodziejzyk, founder of AlgoLab. In his 20's Greg quit his job at a local oil company based out of Calgary Albert and started his own business as a freelance graphic designer. In 1994 his company, Image Club, was purchased for millions … Continue reading Episode 186: Interview with Greg Kolodziejzyk
Founder and CEO of Fintech company ARYZE. Description Jack Nikogosian is an engaging speaker and very passionate about payments, crypto, and banking. In 2015, Jack already proved his interest in crypto by living off of bitcoin for a whole month, earning him the name Bitcoin Jack. His involvement and professionalism within the blockchain and crypto sphere … Continue reading Episode 185: Interview with Jack Nikogosian
MD of Techstars & Western Union Accelerator Description In this interview Mike Townsend interviews Ethan Austin, who overseas all operations at the Techstars & Western Union Accelerator. This Techstars program focuses on investing in startups looking to shape the future of money. Ethan and Mike talk about the history of Western Union, which is now about 170 … Continue reading Episode 184: Interview with Ethan Austin
Andreas is considered by many to be the Brand Ambassador for Bitcoin, the epitome of a Bitcoin Evangelist, listen to this interview and find out why. Description In our latest edition, Nako Mbelle interviews to whom we refer to as the brand ambassador or Bitcoin evangelist: Andreas M. Antonopoulos. We are very thankful for Andreas … Continue reading Episode 183: Interview with Andreas M. Antonopoulos
President and CEO of FINCA Impact Finance Description You can't seem to pick up any Fintech aka banking & payments magazine or blog without the mention of the word, 'financial inclusion'. Depending on whom you talk to, the number of financially excluded population is anywhere from 2.5 Billion people to 1.5 Billion. World Bank Group … Continue reading Episode 182: Interview with Andrée Simon
Founder of Redeeem.com Description In this interview Mike Townsend talks to Kyle Hill, which is a special episode because Kyle and Mike are co-founders of Redeeem (trusted peer-to-peer crypto gift card exchange), and have started 3 startups over the last 8 years together. Previous to Redeeem, they raised $23M for HomeHero, a tech-enabled home care marketplace. They talk about … Continue reading Episode 181: Interview with Kyle Hill
Partner at AGE Crypto Hedge Fund Description In this interview, Mike Townsend interviews Ethan, who talks about his journey from CTO of VC funded startup, Overnight, to partner of AGE Crypto Hedge Fund. Learn about the differences between a VC fund and a crypto hedge fund, as well as how many exist what specific methods … Continue reading Episode 180: Interview with Ethan Kravitz