Tagged: education

November 24, 2023 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, a mission-driven fintech firm and the leading provider of non-cosigned loans to promising students from around the world, recently announced that it has closed on debt financing that “has propelled the firm’s overall lending capacity to over $300 million.” Active funding includes commitments… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 7:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, is proud to celebrate National Scholarship Month by announcing its significant 2023 contributions to various educational organizations and scholarship programs. Through its philanthropic arm, Foundation@, Cross River has donated “a total of $740,000… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, announced the launch of the Visa Payments Learning Program designed to upskill employees, students, clients and military talent through training courses and certifications to support a sustainable and diverse talent pipeline. The initial focus of this program… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, a regulated digital bank, and Founders4Schools, an ed-tech charity for teachers, have announced a new partnership to support 100,000 secondary school students -16 year-olds) – “including 40,000 from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds – over the next three years.” The program will provide secondary school students… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, is announcing the launch of free ETF courses on the eToro Academy, made possible through a new partnership with iShares by BlackRock, the largest ETF provider in the world. With a global line-up of 1300+ ETFs and $3.12 trillion… Read More

October 22, 2023 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. of Japan and Kudasai Corp. have formally partnered to enhance the content dissemination of the Web3 learning application “Web3 Pocket Campus”. SlowMist will contribute by “providing high-quality research reports and content as teaching materials to support Web3.” As a blockchain security… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Academy, the “open-access” blockchain and Web3 learning hub, has joined forces with Blockchain Center, an independent non-profit research laboratory that fosters blockchain talent development through education, research, and development worldwide, to expand their joint blockchain education program globally. Now branded as the Global University… Read More

October 3, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) is deepening our partnership with Operation HOPE through the 1865 Project, a new initiative that supports the organization’s mission to expand economic opportunity in underserved communities through financial education and empowerment. With our support, the 1865 project will allow Operation HOPE… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, is pleased to share mid-year results from its partnership with Operation Hope: HOPE Inside Cross River, which “provides financial literacy education and financial planning to empower local small business owners and individuals on… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms, announces NuFuturo, an ecosystem developed in partnership with Federal Universities in Brazil to accelerate careers in technology and foster innovation. The initiative encourages the development of research “related to the fields… Read More

September 28, 2023 @ 6:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fastpath, a global firm focused on application governance, risk, and compliance, is expanding its partnership with the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (Chartered IIA), the internal audit firm focused on standards, certification, education, research, and technical guidance in the UK and Ireland. The alliance will… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Scholar Fund is a non-profit offering education, workforce placement, and financial assistance for underserved communities. Recently, they managed the application and distribution of “a $5 million fund supporting over 6,000 Washington families and 20,000 children that are 200% below the poverty line.” To make this a… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashfree Payments, a payments and API banking solutions company, has partnered with Jamboree, an educational consultancy, “to simplify fee payments for Indian students studying overseas.” The partnership leverages Cashfree Payments’ cross-border payment solution, which streamlines and “digitizes the entire payment process from KYC verification, payment… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team is pleased to share that GradRight has raised ₹50 crore ($6.1 million) in Series A funding from IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited. This investment round will allow for “a scale-up of our AI-based platform that makes quality international higher education more accessible and… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, is proud to join forces with The Empty Stocking Fund (ESF) and Caden Teaches Finances in order “to support Atlanta educators and young learners.” Miriam L. Wallach, Head of Social Responsibility at Cross… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earnest, a fintech company dedicated to making higher education accessible and affordable for everyone, and Nova Credit, a modern credit bureau bridging consumer credit data around the world, announced their partnership and the launch of International Private Student Loans. During the 2021/2022 school year, nearly… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial wellbeing platform, Claro Wellbeing, and expert in global pay solutions, CloudPay, have announced a new partnership to provide financial wellbeing and education via the CloudPay NOW app. Claro Wellbeing, the financial education and wellbeing provider, “which offers financial coaching, e-learning courses and webinars, is… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, a mission-driven Fintech firm and a leading provider of scholarships and no-cosigner loans to promising students from around the world, has announced the launch of the Global Citizens Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit scholarship fund designed to support refugee, DACA, and international students more… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOST is pleased to announce a collaboration with Professor Emil Chan, a Fintech visionary and digital transformation professional. Together, they will create NextEduDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dedicated to improving higher education “through innovation.” Their mission is “to establish a leading global education DAO… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to the rapid emergence of new and powerful generative AI tools, on Thursday, UNESCO held the first global meeting of Ministers of Education “to explore the immediate as well as far-reaching opportunities, challenges and risks that AI applications pose to education systems.” Over… Read More