Frank
SEC charges founder of financial aid startup Frank with defrauding JPMorgan
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Charlie Javice, the founder of student financial aid startup Frank, with fraud in connection with the $175 million sale of the company…
UK’s Thirdfort nabs $20M for tools to help with ID verification, and detect money laundering and payment fraud
Money laundering has been a hot topic of late in the UK, which is facing pressure to not just make tighter rules to track down the origins of money that’s…
Tribal Credit, which provides credit cards to startups in emerging markets, raises $34.3M
The B2B payments space has seen an explosion in demand, and investor interest, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses try to figure out how to pay each…
Financial aid-focused Frank expands into helping students take online classes
Frank, a startup best known for helping college students secure and manage financial aid, is expanding into a new part of the edtech world. Namely, finding and taking online classes,…
Frank raises $5M more in its quest to get students max financial aid
Frank, a New York-based student-facing startup, has raised $5 million in what the company described as an “interim strategic round” that Chegg, a public edtech company, took part in. According…
Investors are pouring money into Frank, a TurboTax for student loan applications
Venture capitalists have been trying to make money from the higher education market for years. It’s a rich target for the clutch of investors that pride themselves (in their better moments)…
