Welcome to my new weekly fintech-focused column. It’s an incredible time to be a financial technology journalist. Besides the fact that over 20% of all venture dollars last year went into fintech startups, I am particularly excited about the many ways that this technology is helping boost inclusion all over the world. While this pandemic […]
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More than 100 million Americans spend an average of $1,100 (over $1.4 trillion per year) on their largest monthly household spend: rent. But reports say 90% of these people don’t get credit for paying their rent on time. On a sub-level, over 45 million people in the U.S. don’t have credit scores, according to a 2020 […]
Esusu is a mobile platform built to help communities build financial resilience and credit through a digitized rotational savings system. Founded by Abbey Wemimo, Robert Henning, and Samir Goel in 2016, Esusu Financial is backed by investors that include Sinai Ventures and is headquartered in New York.