From Prototype to Enterprise-Grade Compliance—with Michael Konrath (Choice Digital)

About this episode

In this episode, Prakash Chandran interviews Michael Konrath about building a regulated fintech product from scratch.

What does it really take to build a regulated fintech product from scratch—with a small team and a bootstrapped budget? In this episode of Futureproof, Prakash Chandran sits down with Michael Konrath, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Choice Digital, a fintech company that ensures customers—including the unbanked—actually receive the payments they're owed. Michael shares the full arc of building Choice Digital: from prototyping on Bubble in a co-working space to processing nearly $1 bil...

People in this episode

Host: Prakash Chandran

Guest: Michael Konrath

Topics covered

• fintech
• compliance
• product development
• bootstrapping
• payments
• team building

Keywords

• fintech
• compliance
• Choice Digital
• Bubble
• payments
• bootstrapped budget
• prototyping

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Choice Digital, Bubble, fintech

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