FMA 2017-2018 Magazine

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
“What don’t you do?”
would be an appropriate
question for FMA’er
Chris Maurice who was
honored with the 2017-
2018 President’s Award
for the Harbert College
of Business.
Chris, who has passionately pursued his love
of entrepreneurship since 5th grade, has
dabbled in just about everything from shoe
manufacturing to search engine optimization
and professional writing services. Then, in his
sophomore year, Chris discovered Bitcoin and
hasn’t looked back (or stopped talking about
it) since.
In 2015, alongside longtime friend Justin
Poiroux, Chris founded Yellow Card Financial
with the vision of making cryptocurrency
readily available to anyone, anywhere. In
the years since, Yellow Card has grown to
accommodate cryptocurrency exchange in 17
countries across Africa, the Middle East, and
the United States, offering exotic currency
pairs and liquidity for local exchanges. They
will be launching their namesake product, the
Yellow Card, in retail stores across Africa
this summer.
Chris has presented Yellow Card and their
vision in Minnesota at eFest 2016, in Dallas
at the Entrepreneurs’ Organization GSEA, in
Boston at the Gathering of Titans Conference
at MIT, and in Lagos, Nigeria, at Blockchain
Nigeria. Chris recently returned from Nigeria
to raise more money, after which you might be
able to catch him in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda,
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, or South Africa,
in no particular order. Chris plans to spend
the fall in Africa finalizing plans for their
Lagos office and getting things ready to go
across the continent.
CHRIS
MAURICE
FMA 2018 MAGAZINE 33