An account-switching fintech's view of the banking crisis
Pinwheel, which automates the setup of direct deposit at new accounts, endured a brief and unexpected surge in traffic during mid-March's bank runs.
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Pinwheel, which automates the setup of direct deposit at new accounts, endured a brief and unexpected surge in traffic during mid-March's bank runs.
Six months after its $20 million Series A, payroll connectivity platform Pinwheel just announced that it has nabbed another $50 million in a round led by new investor GGV Capital. Pinwheel serves neobanks and fintechs like Block, Acorns, and Current by providing application programming interfaces (APIs) linked to payroll, income, and employment data. Historically, systems […]
Pinwheel is the first API for Payroll Founded by Anish Basu, Curtis Lee, and Kurt Lin in 2019, Pinwheel is backed by investors that include First Round Capital and Upfront Ventures and is headquartered in New York.
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One of the most strategically important financial relationships for neobanks is becoming the account destination for a user’s paycheck. If you’re a bank and you own that specific relationship, users will increasingly use that account for everything from daily spending to saving (after all, that’s where their money is going). That activity in turn leads […]