To Michael Konialian, Modern Life’s Co-Founder and CEO, the company’s mission doubles down on the need to empower the advisors who distribute life insurance every year, not cut them out.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Kelly Fryer, Executive Director of FinTech Sandbox, describes the nonprofit’s goals, proposes a definition for financial inclusion, and outlines three trends in sustainable and inclusive finance.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Cynthia Kleinbaum, MoneyLion’s Chief Customer Officer, describes the launch of MoneyLion University, an inclusion-focused education program teaching financial literacy to MoneyLion’s users.
Read MoreAccording to Sean Turner, Swiftly’s Chief Technology Officer, Swiftly effectively markets itself by demonstrating how e-commerce giants have become engineering-forward companies.
Read MoreAccording to Krishna Venkatraman, Kueski’s Chief Data Officer, approximately 60% of Mexican consumers work in an informal economy without a bank account, and about 80% of them don't have a credit card.
Read MoreApiture’s Chief Revenue Officer, Matt Ellis, outlines how the digital banking platform blends disciplined sales, product development and partnership strategies to maximize client retention and relevance.
Read MoreSince its product is a nascent investment form whose alternative—in the form of debt and loans—has a considerable advantage in its size, age, and recognition, Hometap sees an especial need to be transparent and compliant, often going above federal requirements to establish homeowner trust.
Read MoreAccording to Amr Samaha, Tykes’s Co-Founder and COO, the founding team approaches Tykes as a way to fill a real estate knowledge gap in the market. Individuals and institutions alike—namely proptech giants like Zillow—have a hard time breaking into property investment and management, in part because of strategic information-based shortcomings.
Read MoreAccording to Venkat Malladi, Vymo’s Co-Founder and CTO, sales teams will face major challenges in the coming months due to headwinds when it comes to business fundamentals as well as employee retention. Companies may relate to a potential recession differently: whether doubling down on their sales teams to make up for losses, or squeezing revenue from existing sales teams, or downsizing.
Read MoreIn a conversation with The Financial Revolutionist, Conductiv CEO Gopal Swamy, along with Zach Lambert, Head of Product, outlines what Conductiv does, and how the team went about building their product.
Read MoreReporting by the New York Times suggests the US housing market faces a severe shortage of affordable single-family homes. Zoning regulations, land costs, and housing investment are core variables affecting the price and diversity of housing stock.
Read MoreIn an interview with Rest of World, Cleosent Randing, CEO and Founder of Indonesian insurtech PasarPolis, described the startup’s partnerships with mom-and-pop store owners to sell insurance. The strategy let the company sell five times as many policies as it had previously through insurance agents alone.
Read MoreLast week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for desktop appraisals and waivers of appraisals. The bill has yet to be discussed in the Senate.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Ryan Toner, EVP of Sales at Afficiency, explains what caused insurtechs to pivot back to agent models, outlines the ways technology can help agents sell to consumers, and describes the future of tech-driven life insurance.
Read MoreUnitedHealthcare announced that it’s expanded its partnership with Peloton, the fitness platform. The health insurer’s 10 million commercial members can now receive a free yearlong subscription to the Peloton app.
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