Surely everyone today has heard of sportsbank, Nikita Izmailov acting as one of the main investors. This is an ambitious project, which in a relatively short period of time has attracted the attention of many people. And now it's extensive capabilities and great functionality available to everyone. But how did it all begin?

Why this particular direction?

Nikita immediately said that because of his mindset he was an auditor-accountant. There was a great interest, and thanks to the experience now, after a little look at the slide it is already clear where there are inaccuracies and errors, and what can be corrected to improve the situation.
What project was the first?

Already in my second year at the university, I started my own satirical newspaper called The Bag. Its circulation reached 10 thousand copies. But even with regular editions, it quickly became clear that you could not make much money this way. Of course, the business managed to break even, but I wanted more.

Then I started the distribution of plastic windows, received a lot of support and did not do without experience. And after I finished my studies and moved there, I started more serious projects.

What is the connection with the bookmaker's office Paris Match?

Nikita got the position of СЕО at BK PM when the company was reborn and was interested in new people. You can say this chance was lucky, because there was a comrade who recommended him to try it and even was interested in hiring for some reason himself.

In a fairly short period it became clear that there was talent and all the possibilities for further development, and many people supported the idea of starting their own business. In any case, important skills were founded in the company, namely the ability to create both financial and legal structures from the ground up. At the time of hiring at PM, there wasn't even a valid license. Sure, it was possible to place bets, but with the money that land-based outlets brought in. There was no way to both accept cashless and pay that way.

How did the N1 come about?

It wasn't possible, it was really necessary to take the skills beyond the current framework. And the market offered new opportunities for this, as there were companies with similar needs and payment solutions.
The decision was to take fintech projects. The realization came quickly, that it would be impossible to do without a managing structure, and thus N1 was founded.

An additional idea for Asquad

It was necessary to get technological capabilities which would make it possible to create high-quality integrations in the niche of payment solutions fast. And this company should not work for an individual project, but for the entire market. In fact, the idea came out of an unsolvable situation, but it turned out that now it is possible to do payment integration in a couple of days, and thus quickly enter new markets.

In the future, the only plan is to continually develop the entire system so that clients get many more options and options.