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Incredibly bright, passionate, and mission driven team! Can vouch for Shimmer and the important work they're doing.
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Chris and the Shimmer team are incredibly impressive - excited for this new feature launch!
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Sequin Banking Members unlock High-Interest *Checking*: 3.31% APY that grows your everyday checking at HYSA rates! Membership includes a customizable Visa® Debit Card, financial education, community and perks - designed by women, for women.
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Hi everyone! We’re Vrinda + Mark, two payments experts (Visa & PayPal) on a mission to close gender-based financial gaps - more below. I developed the Chase Sapphire Reserve at Visa, and was rejected (!) because I lacked credit history due to heavy debit usage. Turns out, 70% of women’s spend is primarily on debit like mine was (Visa data). ❓The Problem: The financial world was designed to...
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+1 to talking to users, nothing beats user validation of the problem. In my case, I personally experienced the problem that my startup is solving. I was rejected from the credit card that I helped build at Visa - the Chase Sapphire Reserve! Personal resonance with the problem meant that I could deeply empathize with users, and dogfood my own product.
How did you validate the need for your startup product?
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This is so awesome, congrats Ivella team!
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Awesome cause and team!
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Meet Sequin, a new type of debit card that builds women’s credit. Women are twice as likely to report a negative experience with credit - Sequin is changing that. Use Sequin like a debit card, and we’ll build your credit with every swipe! No credit check.
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Hi! Vrinda here, co-founder at Sequin along with @mark_thomas. Thanks to @mwseibel for hunting us! Sequin was born out of my personal experience being rejected from the credit card I helped develop at Visa, the Chase Sapphire Reserve. As a young woman, I lacked credit history simply because I was never taught how to build credit. Unfortunately, I wasn't alone (young women are 2x as likely to...
SequinA bright coral debit card that builds women’s credit! 💪🏽