#SOCAP18 is right around the corner -- check out this Social Capital Markets podcast featuring Jotaka Eaddy and Tishaura Jones, then catch their panel live in a few weeks (with Carolina Huaranca Mendoza too!!)
After reading recent news about the harsh financial realities of teachers (and even famous actors) in the U.S., Anu Shultes, our head of Loans, wanted to share her thoughts on one cause of the problem. Spoiler alert: it affects more than half of our country.
Happy Monday! Our MondayMotivation this week is Christopher Walsh, who designs transparent, safe products that promote financial health.
"Fintech Crowd Dives Into Subprime Credit-Card Lending" according to the The Wall Street Journal ... and LendUp is leading the way!
We couldn't be prouder to count Alexis Ohanian Sr. as an investor and a friend of LendUp. We decided to ask him why he likes us back 😊
This week our Monday Motivation is Ganesh Datta, who's helping us build the financial services destination for the emerging middle class.
"Eaddy believes that using technology and behavioral economics can provide people in our country with a pathway to better financial health." (Excellent feature on Jotaka Eaddy by Forbes!!!)
Our Monday Motivation this week is Quess Liu -- whose dedication to serving those excluded from, or mistreated by, the mainstream financial system keeps us all passionate about our work!
The cat's out of the bag! We're moving this fall to accommodate our quickly growing team, and to reimagine an office that brings our values to life. (Story by San Francisco Business Times)
Thrilled to have Nigel Morris join us as Board Chair!!! We think he's pretty excited, too...
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