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It took Ken Lian, the founder of the Pasadena-based fintech company Cheese Inc., almost four years to receive a bank’s approval for a credit card. After immigrating to the United States from China in 2008 to attend college, the young entrepreneur was deemed credit invisible. The company he founded out of Idealab Inc. two years ago aims to break down the barriers that immigrants face when attempting to access and build credit. 

/PRNewswire/ -- Fintel Connect, a leading performance marketing company in the financial services industry, has announced a new partnership with Cheese, a...

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New generation of digital banks bets on minority markets Reuters 1 hr ago © Reuters/Cheese Financial The Cheese Financial co-founders pose for a picture By Anna Irrera and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a doctor's visit, three court appearances, five trips to the bank and having her name and address published in a newspaper, Billie Simmons finally got a debit card with her chosen name. As a transgender woman, that meant she didn't run the risk of outing herself every time she used her card for routine expenses like buying groceries. The legal process to change her name and h...

New generation of digital banks bets on minority markets By Anna Irrera and Maria Caspani Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a doctor's visit, three court appearances, five trips to the bank and having her name and address published in a newspaper, Billie Simmons finally got a debit card with her chosen name. As a transgender woman, that meant she didn't run the risk of outing herself every time she used her card for routine expenses like buying groceries. The legal process to change her name and her gender on identity documents took several weeks. Yet four years on, Simmons still receiv...