Tagged: education

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

May 1, 2023 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Binance are pleased to announce the launch of Binance Sensei, their new AI-powered tool on the Binance Academy platform, which can be used “to enhance your Web3 learning experience.” Over the course of the last year, they’ve seen deep-learning systems such as… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To help keep more money in consumers’ wallets and bring financial power to all, Experian is partnering with nationally-recognized consumer finance and budgeting professional Andrea Woroch in order “to share financial tips and create awareness about a variety of Experian resources that can help consumers… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask, the self-custody Web3 wallet developed by ConsenSys is pleased to announce Web3 educational programming at The Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in partnership with Superchief Gallery NFT, the IRL NFT gallery. As part of the partnership, approximately 300 students from marginalized &… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 7:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Veriff, a global identity verification provider, announced its new Know Your Customer (KYC) Education Center. Offering a comprehensive library of KYC articles and guides, the hub “acts as an essential resource for businesses looking to remain compliant with quickly evolving Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist… Read More

April 8, 2023 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Goodwill of Colorado, an organization dedicated to creating community impact through programs for individuals with disabilities, education, training and career placement, has partnered with DailyPay–the provider of on-demand pay. As part of the organization’s mission “to empower individuals, and to provide a fulfilling employee experience,… Read More

March 18, 2023 @ 2:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ClearBank has announced its partnership with Code First Girls to actively recruit even more female coders. Code First Girls claims it is “the largest provider of free coding courses for women in the UK, and their impact doesn’t stop with education – they work with… Read More

March 5, 2023 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eric Parker, co-founder and CEO of Giddy, a provider of cryptocurrency wallets, recently shared his views and insights exclusively with Crowdfund Insider. Parker talked about the different opportunities that consumers may be willing to explore in the nascent DeFi space. He also touched on some… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of its efforts to enhance financial literacy among the younger generation in ASEAN, Maybank’s Cashville Kidz financial literacy program has reached out to 37,020 students and 945 educators in over 113 schools in 2022. In a year that was recovering from the pandemic,… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced the launch of Cowbell Academy, a unique institution that “offers insurance agents and brokers lessons on cyber insurance.” The program “includes general classes such as Cyber Insurance 101, assessments to help brokers… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., the fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially-smart, independent kids, announced the launch of Greenlight Level Up™, an interactive, curriculum-based financial literacy game. Level Up goes beyond the National Standards for K-12 Personal Financial Education developed by the… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has partnered with Kazakhstan’s government organizations in charge of financial technology, education, digital development, and innovation “with the goal of delivering blockchain education to 40,000 people by 2026.” To plan and execute this large-scale initiative, Binance joined forces with the Research Lab’s Blockchain Center,… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, announced that it has partnered with HDFC Bank Limited, India’s largest private-sector bank, “to enable Indian payers to seamlessly and digitally pay international education fees to higher education institutions all over the world.” The… Read More