Behind MAP, Ryad Boulanouar, the founder of Nickel
Founder of Nickel, Ryad Boulanouar created the Poto currency and the Mes Potos platform in 2020. MAP is the institutional brand of his company, Mon Ami Poto SAS
- 70 charities helped
- 1,000+ donors
- €500,000+ raised
- 2 years in operation
These figures describe the Mes Potos solidarity programme
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Milestones
From Nickel to MAP
- Before MAP Ryad Boulanouar founds Nickel, the first French banking service open to everyone, with no income requirement
- 7 February 2020 Mon Ami Poto SAS is registered with the Paris trade register
- November 2024 The Poto currency and the Mes Potos marketplace launch publicly, covered by the business press
- Today MAP opens this infrastructure to organisations that fund or collect for a specific purpose; the company is an electronic money institution authorised by the ACPR under no. 17698, and the funds are safeguarded at BNP Paribas
Press
What the press wrote
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« Une monnaie numérique exclusivement consacrée à la générosité permettant de tracer l’utilisation du don et de mesurer précisément son impact. »
“A digital currency devoted exclusively to generosity, making it possible to trace how a donation is used and to measure its impact precisely.”
Les Échos -
« Une pièce de marché de la générosité permettant des dons transparents aux associations. »
“A marketplace of generosity allowing transparent donations to charities.”
Le Monde -
« Ryad Boulannouar entend révolutionner le monde associatif avec une monnaie numérique, le Poto, et une place de marché, mespotos.fr. »
“Ryad Boulannouar intends to transform the charity sector with a digital currency, the Poto, and a marketplace, mespotos.fr.”
La Tribune -
« Une marketplace solidaire, qui entend bousculer le marché de la générosité en offrant aux donateurs une visibilité sur l’impact de chacun de leurs dons. »
“A solidarity marketplace that aims to shake up the generosity market by giving donors visibility on the impact of each of their donations.”
Maddyness
The articles are in French; each quote is reproduced in French, with an English translation
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