The First Koho Cards Arrive (Koho Story)

⸺ by Charles Iliya Krempeaux

⸺ published 2016-04-13T15:13:47-07:00

The first real Koho cards arrived!

Not the white-card — i.e., not the blank Visa card used for testing. But a real Koho card — with the Koho logo, our name, etc.

We had to make compromises for this card.

If we would have chosen to wait for the perfect card — then we would have had to wait a long time. Months more (waiting) — maybe even more than 1 year.

We had a number of delays with our partners — and going with this simple card was the best option we had available, to get to market sooner rather than later.

But regardless, things are feeling a lot more real now. And this is a big step for Koho!

But, I want a black colored Koho card later 🙂

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Charles Iliya Krempeaux is the founding chief technology officer (CTO) of Koho Financial — a Canadian fintech company that provides banking services. From 2015 to 2018 he worked on Koho. He figured out how to build a bank — and built one from scratch. This is the story from his point-of-view.