Seattle-area startups are building fintech offerings centered around communities like churches, schools and foreign workers. Church fundraising tech startup Subsplash climbed 29 spots on the GeekWire 200 this month, illustrating… Read More
Ask just about any financial advisor and they’ll tell you that you should have a will — but more than half of Americans don’t. Seattle startup Tomorrow wants to make… Read More
Hope Cochran knows about managing cash flow. As the former chief financial officer at Candy Crush maker King Digital and telecom company Clearwire, she’s familiar with inefficiencies facing those responsible… Read More
TransferWise. WorldRemit. And now Remitly. Seattle-based Remitly announced a $220 million cash infusion late Tuesday, becoming the third mobile remittance company in the past two months to raise more than… Read More
Madrona Venture Group managing partner Tom Alberg has witnessed and participated in the rise of the aerospace, wireless and e-commerce industries in Seattle as an executive and investor, serving as… Read More
Less than a year after selling his telecommunications startup, Flowroute founder Sean Hsieh has embarked on a new venture that aims to open up the world of commercial real estate… Read More
Remitly today announced a major expansion, expanding its mobile remittance service to 40 countries across the world. That’s up from 26 countries previously and is a sign of Remitly’s continued… Read More
The University of Washington’s innovation arm is partnering with the state’s largest non-profit credit union to launch a new fintech incubator. BECU and CoMotion this week will open the BECU… Read More
Around 70 million Americans have bad credit scores, which makes it expensive and often even impossible for them to get a credit card or take out a car or home… Read More
Bumped wants kill two birds with one stone, helping companies build 1-to-1 relationships with customers while giving people an easier way to own shares of said companies. The Portland startup… Read More
The world of cryptocurrency looks a lot like the wild west right now. In just the past week, Google announced that it would ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising, following in Facebook’s… Read More
As Chief Marketing Officer of Simple, Michelle Broderick’s job is to convince customers that the online banking service offers something completely different than the financial institutions they’re used to. “My… Read More
Switch is raising more cash for its technology that helps people manage their credit card information online. The Seattle startup, founded by veteran entrepreneurs that pioneered “Internet-in-a-Box” technology back in the… Read More