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This Nashville fintech is helping companies get savvier about employee benefits

This Nashville fintech is helping companies get savvier about employee benefits

Companies have to get smarter about employee benefits if they want to attract the best talent in 2022. That might bring to mind concepts like flexible work hours, gym memberships, or competitive retirement matching plans. But a team of Nashville-based entrepreneurs thinks it is time to add education payment

Funding U's Jeannie Tarkenton Talks About FinTech's Role In Student Loan Debt

Funding U's Jeannie Tarkenton Talks About FinTech's Role In Student Loan Debt

Jeannie Tarkenton, CEO and founder of Funding U, started our conversation by acknowledging the reality faced by up to 45 million Americans: Talking about student loan debt isn't really an enjoyable topic. "The need to get last-gap funding for school is not fun. But it'

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The Smartest Ways to Pay For A Coding Bootcamp

One of the most challenging, and least fun, aspects of going back to school to transition careers is figuring out just how you’re going to pay for it. For a bootcamp, like any school, you’ll of course have the option of borrowing money. However, if you’re wary

Following Overwhelming Interest, Funding U Raises $5M to Scale Student Lending Nationally

Following Overwhelming Interest, Funding U Raises $5M to Scale Student Lending Nationally

Student lending startup Funding University has raised a $5 million strategic funding round in equity and debt. The $2.4 million equity portion was led by Silicon Valley-based Deciens Capital with participation from Valor Ventures, Asia-based fund GMO Ventures and additional angel investors. Additional investment was allocated in