{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61efc450dc4aa800136f9bc1/65d32bb96dee7f0017b3e438?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pockit’s Virraj Jatania: How he got through a crisis “out of our control”","description":"<p>On this episode of How to be a CEO we’re continuing our series looking at start-up success stories.</p><p>Pockit is a London-based fintech, serving customers left behind by mainstream banks. It was launched in 2014, has more than 900 thousand customers, and last summer it raised ten million dollars in funding – but it hasn’t been all plain sailing.</p><p>Its CEO Virraj Jatania spoke to the Evening Standard’s business editor, Jonathan Prynn about:</p><ul><li>How Virraj’s childhood growing up in a family business shaped his entrepreneurship</li><li>Why seeing the struggles of people restricted from mainstream banking made him want to launch Pockit</li><li>The chance meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson that led to him becoming an early investor</li><li>How his role as CEO changed as the company scaled up</li><li>What happened when a big funding round collapsed just as the pandemic arrived</li><li>How the Wirecard scandal led to a crisis at Pockit</li><li>The “two primary objectives” he has for the company’s future</li></ul><p>How to be a CEO drops every second Monday. Hit your follow button to make sure you don’t miss an episode. You can read more from Jonathan Prynn at <a href=\"standard.co.uk/business\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">standard.co.uk/business</a></p>","author_name":"Evening Standard"}