Category: Youth finances

Top 10 Digital Challenger Banks for Youth/Teens (July 2024)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jul 24, 2024 | Startups, Top Rankings (Banks), Youth finances

According to Dealbook, $1.1 billion has been invested into youth banking startups. Half went to...

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Fintech Startup Debuts: Brave Credit & AWSM Bank Pitch @ 500Startups Demo Day (4 Feb 2021)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Feb 10, 2021 | Accelerators, Lenders, Startups, Youth finances

Brave Credit Description: Credit building/repair Biz model: Sub-prime credit lead gen HQ: San...

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Fintech Startup of the Week: Meratas Powers Income Sharing Agreements (ISA)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Jan 28, 2021 | Lenders, Startup of the week, Startups, Youth finances

Interview with Meratas founder Darius Gold by Jason Calacanis (62 minutes; 25 Nov 2020) Despite...

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Fintech Debuts: Watch Treasure and Arrived Homes Pitch at Techstars Atlanta (Oct 2020)

Posted by Jim Bruene | Oct 29, 2020 | Accelerators, Crowdfunding, Investing, Startups, Youth finances

Techstars has had a busy October with at least one demo day per week. The latest, the Atlanta...

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Student Banking UX: BankMobile Passport Program Encourages Digital Banking + Academic Achievement

Posted by Jim Bruene | Dec 3, 2019 | Featured Startups, New Products, Youth finances

Consumers love games of chance, discounts, and limited-time promos (e.g., Black Friday). Financial...

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Student Loan Repayments as a Service

Posted by Jim Bruene | Apr 4, 2019 | Featured Startups, New Products, Youth finances

Yesterday, one of my favorite recent YC grads (Summer 2018) Goodly, announced its $1.6 million...

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