{"id":228856,"date":"2026-05-08T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interac.ca\/?page_id=228856"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:06:58","slug":"interac-in-conversation-with-manjit-minhas-what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-enabler-of-digital-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.interac.ca\/en\/faster-forward-podcast\/interac-in-conversation-with-manjit-minhas-what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-enabler-of-digital-prosperity\/","title":{"rendered":"Interac in conversation with Manjit Minhas"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"t4-hero-block_7d25e2934173e1d7ee8eb42e7095a45f\" class=\"block-t4-hero\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 100px; padding-top: px; padding-bottom: px;\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x align-center align-middle\">\n            <div class=\"cell small-12 hero-title\">\n                <h1>What does it mean to be an \u2018Enabler\u2019 of digital prosperity?<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x\">\n<iframe height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.cohostpodcasting.com\/b4e70f83-3f60-430b-8e41-ac844b31811a\/933ebf81-3bce-46a4-aae2-0785d4578cbe\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x\">\n<p>What does it really take to innovate, as a person, as a business, and even as a country?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x\">\n<p>In this episode of Faster Forward, host Fatema Pirone, Head of Product, Verification at Interac, sits down with Manjit Minhas, CEO of Minhas Breweries and Dragon on CBC\u2019s hit show Dragon\u2019s Den. 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