NEXT GENERATION CAPITAL MARKETS Interview with Marleen Evertsz, founder of GoldRepublic and Nxchange
A nerd – that’s how Marleen Evertsz would describe herself. ‘I love to spend all day on developing innovative fintech applications. That’s what gives me the greatest satisfaction. There is such amazing technology available and development is going so fast. Combining that with our existing regulatory framework creates endless solutions.’
MARLEEN EVERTSZ
SAFE INVESTMENTS
helped GoldRepublic to become the first ever
That’s what Evertsz did in 2010 with GoldRepublic.
provider of precious metals to be licensed by the
She made it possible for anyone to invest in physical
Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, in 2010.
gold. ‘Of course, you can go to any bank to buy, and
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invest in gold, but 99% of the banks can’t allocate
ACCESSIBILITY
a bar number to you. This means that you are not
After the launch and success of GoldRepublic,
the owner of a physical bar, but that you are owner
Evertsz kept thinking about how she could
of a pool of gold that is on the balance sheet of a
develop financial products more accessible to
third party.’, says Evertsz.‘ ‘This has a whole different
the broader public. That’s when Evertsz decided
risk level and is not transparent. My main reason for
to establish the fully regulated digital exchange
starting GoldRepublic was what we all learned after
named Nxchange. Nxchange is based on the same
2008: that safe investments aren’t that safe after
principle as GoldRepublic, but with a wide array
all. I wanted to buy and own the physical asset – in
of products in which people can invest. Evertsz
this case gold – and store it in a vault somewhere,
explains: ‘We are constantly working on how we
outside of the financial system. After all, you buy
can finance products and projects in such a way
gold for when things go wrong.’ This philosophy
that it fits within the investment mandate of the
