| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Ravi Mohan |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Noah Kotch |
Chief Information Officer | Profile |
Welcome to Self-Help! Follow us on Linkedin for regular updates about our research and policy development work and our fair lending practices and products for homes, businesses and nonprofits, green initiatives and community real estate development. Also, check out our SERVICES TAB to learn more about our integrated approach to community development. Want to learn more? Self-Help is a family of nonprofit organizations whose mission is to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all. Since Self-Help`s founding in 1980, it has grown to include two credit unions, a loan fund, and a research and policy development group that supports those outside of the economic mainstream. Specifically, we: * Help borrowers build wealth by providing fair and responsible mortgages and small business loans in North Carolina, California and other parts of the nation. * Strengthen under-served communities by financing affordable housing, childcare centers, public charter schools, faith-based organizations, and community-focused commercial real estate projects. * Research and report on financial markets to support policies and industry practices that lower the cost of poverty and promote ownership.
Higher One Holdings partners with colleges and universities to lower their administrative costs and to improve graduation rates. We provide a broad array of payment, refund disbursement and data analytics and management tools to institutions that help them save money and enhance institutional effectiveness. And for students, we offer financial literacy programs and convenient, flexible and affordable transaction options to help them manage their finances. Higher One is a leader in higher education, supporting more than 1,900 schools and 13 million enrolled students.
Public Service Credit Union (PSCU) is a not-for-profit, state-chartered, member-owned financial cooperative. PSCU members are credit union owners, empowered with the ability to elect the volunteer Board of Directors, and to determine how their credit union is operated. Credit union earnings are returned to members in the form of higher savings rates and lower loan rates. It is our mission to always provide superior products and services in the most friendly and efficient manner possible, with the specific intention of improving the financial well-being of each and every member. PSCU has been safe, secure, and insured since 1938, and today has over $1 billion in assets and more than 137,000 members. A full-service financial institution, PSCU offers an array of financial products and services including savings and checking accounts, loans, mortgages, Internet ebanking, instant loan approval, online bill payment, and more. PSCU members can access their accounts and conduct transactions at its 28 branches, as well as at over 175 CO-OP Shared Branches in Colorado. Also, through its partnership with the CO-OP ATM network, members have surcharge-free access to 30,000 ATMs throughout the country. Federally insured by NCUA. Message & data rates may apply. Equal Housing Lender.
Headquartered in Fremont California, US Merchant Systems was founded in 1992 by three entrepreneurs all of whom previously owned and operated small businesses. Since the company's beginning US Merchant Systems has grown into a major national provider of merchant services having served the needs of more than 100,000 businesses throughout the US. The founders, Lawrence S. Cohn- Chairman, Stuart H. Rosenbaum- CEO, and Richard L. Fenn II- COO, founded US Merchant Systems (USMS) on the principal that small businesses deserve the level of service and competitive pricing previously only available to larger companies.
Founded in 2000, FreedomPay is a technology and innovation company with a long history as an industry leader and in driving market success for its clients. The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is a multi-patented solution portfolio designed to enable enterprises to deliver a high-performance, secure user experience driven from the Cloud to any device, anytime, anywhere. The platform seamlessly bridges the gap across in-store, web and mobile by multiplexing point of sale systems, payment processors, incentive engines and other disparate systems to a cutting edge transaction superhighway. Quick to incorporate the benefits of Cloud computing, FreedomPay is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider enabling value-added services for our global partners. Our unique capabilities harness the power of exceedingly detailed data captured by our patented payment, incentive and loyalty offerings. Essential capabilities that are quickly being adopted across many industries including: retail, gaming, lodging, stadiums, education, healthcare and financial services. And further to our mission to be an industry leader, FreedomPay is the only company in North America with a fully validated P2PE solution with EMV, DCC and NFC support. With full PCI Security Council Validation, our customers are assured they have the most secure solution offered anywhere in the world today. FreedomPay`s innovations have led to the granting of three patents, furthering the confirmation of the offerings` uniqueness and reinforcing customer confidence in the FreedomPay brand as a technology innovation company. The patents cover transaction networking, real-time discounting and incentive application bolstering the company`s position as a forward-thinking leader in a burgeoning global marketplace. The Company is privately held. Shareholders include employees and leading venture capital investors: Blue Run Ventures, Palo Alto and Core Capital Partners, Washington D.C.