• Sequoia-Backed Think Finance Gets A $90 Million Credit Line To Help Serve 'The Unbanked'

    Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

    Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Think Finance, a company that helps serve the banking needs of the “unbanked”, has secured a $90 million credit facility from Victory Park Capital Advisors. The company, which is profitable and has raised $60 million in VC funding from Sequoia and other investors, will use this line of credit to fund expansion of its existing banking products and work to develop new financial tools.

    According to Think Finance CEO Ken Rees, there are 60 million “unbanked,” individuals in the U.S., which designate consumers who don’t have traditional bank accounts or cannot qualify for credit cards. Think Finance provides this population with pre-paid debit cards, online installment loans, financial literacy tools, and more. The company has served more than 1 million customers through its existing products.

    For example, the company offers ThinkCash, an online installment loan that rewards customers for making timely payments and helps them to build a better credit profile. The company is also beta testing its latest product, Elastic, which blends a prepaid debit card with a flexible emergency cash line of credit.

    Think Finance also licenses its products to traditional banks, such as the First Bank of Delaware, so that these institutions can offer products for individuals who are “unbanked.” Think Finance takes a revenue share from these partnerships.

    Company: Think Finance
    Website: thinkfinance.com
    Launch Date: 2001
    Funding: $90M

    Think Finance is a leading developer of next-generation online financial products for underbanked consumers. The company’s products provide increased convenience, transparency and value to the millions of consumers whose needs are not being met by traditional banking products. Think Finance is privately held, with offices in Fort Worth, Texas and the United Kingdom, and is backed by some of Silicon Valley’s most respected venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures.

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