Latest Mastercard Podcast Episodes

BuyCoins and the rise of cryptocurrency in Nigeria

Decode Fintech - January 23, 2020 23:05 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Bitcoin... Litecoin... Ethereum. Cryptocurrencies continue to dominate the headlines. What's going on in Nigeria's cryptocurrency landscape, how have regulators responded, and what does the future hold? Our guest today is Timi Ajiboye, co-founder and CEO of BuyCoins, a service that enables user...

Budget Buster Late Fees

Professor Cardworthy - January 19, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes
Budget buster late fees have been around for a very, very long time and will likely hang around forever. Amazingly most Americans are unaware late fees are a “golden goose” for the banking industry, unlike an other industry. One family figured out a simple, but wacko, option to avoid late fees a...

Discover Visa Squashed

Professor Cardworthy - January 19, 2020 19:00 - 23 minutes
A Discover Visa card combination almost made its way into the U.S. market a little more than 25 years ago. Solicitations for the new card were printed and ready to hit mailboxes in a matter of days until an alert Visa staffer sniffed out the Discover scheme. The card was totally squashed in a $2...

Meet Professor Cardworthy

Professor Cardworthy - January 19, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes
Professor Cardworthy shares the history of the Cardworthy project, his background and the current urgent need for donations as well as the new format combining personal finance experiences with solid advice in an entertaining format. Support the show

Overdrawn Billionaire

Professor Cardworthy - January 19, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes
An overdrawn billionaire is an oxymoron . . . or so you would think. Less than two years ago he opened his mailbox and found a notice of an “insufficient funds” (NSF) fee charge of $35. But lo and behold it also showed an available balance as $9.9 billion ($9,854,241,363.69)  Support the show

The story of American Express' entry into Nigeria

Decode Fintech - October 27, 2019 23:07 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Visa, Mastercard, and Verve. These are currently the dominant card networks in Nigeria. But in September 2018, American Express - the world's largest integrated global payments platform - made waves by announcing their entry into the market. In this episode, we speak with Catherine Malec, Vice ...

Paga's 10 year journey to mobile wallet dominance in Nigeria

Decode Fintech - October 27, 2019 23:06 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Paga is one of a handful of non-bank companies that have succeeded in building a truly mainstream financial product in Nigeria. Over 11 million Nigerians use Paga's mobile wallet to send and receive money and pay their bills. In 2018, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) recognized ...

How GTB 737 became one of Nigeria's largest USSD brands

Decode Fintech - October 27, 2019 22:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Yemi Atanda, Group Head of ePayments at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), takes us behind the scenes of GTB 737, GTB's wildly successful USSD service. Yemi shares the origin of 737, from how they selected the specific numbers 737, to usage trends, to the wildly successful mass marketing campaign that ...

Decode Fintech Trailer

Decode Fintech - April 24, 2019 12:43 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Financial technology in Africa is changing at an accelerating rate, and with it, the very nature of business on the continent. To understand what’s actually happening on the ground, you need to hear from the teams in the field. The Decode Fintech Podcast takes you directly to the operators on th...