Consumers faced unexpected expenses as the pandemic has taken an economic toll, so many have tried to fill the gap...
Branch CEO Matt Flannery is not new in the micro-lending lending space having previously co-founded Kiva; Flannery realized that there was much more potential in lending across the globe outside of the non-profit space; Branch has an app that uses information from the phone to score credit in places like Nigeria and Kenya; the Series B round was led by Trinity Ventures and included other big names such as Andreessen Horowitz and CreditEase Fintech investment fund; the company also secured a $50 million debt facility from Victory Park Capital. Source
Challenger bank Branch is partnering with Domino’s to help employees get paid after each shift and provide them with financial...
The employer-employee relationship is undergoing a shift. We are moving away from the days where an employer provided a paycheck...
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Lloyds is cutting 780 roles across their branch network; the cut amounts to almost one in 16 of branch-based workers;...
Early wage access fintechs like PayActiv, DailyPay and Branch are all seeing a big boost from the ongoing crisis and...
I am a big fan of earned wage access. When I last wrote about it in 2019, I made the...
On Thursday, Uber partnered with Mastercard, Marqeta, and Branch to power the Uber Pro Card.
Last August Google announced a crackdown on short term lending apps offered on its Android platform; but it appears to...