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It\u2019s 2023, but is there still structural racism in the credit card industry? In a survey<\/a> from 5000 Americans, studies found that BIPOC individuals reported having the lowest or no credit score.<\/p>\n

Though the disadvantage for BIPOC folks has played a significant role in lack of financial education and literacy, this hasn\u2019t stopped them from taking their personal finances into their own hands.<\/p>\n

Our credit card company, TomoCredit<\/a>, aims to make credit accessible to everyone. We believe that all Americans deserve the right to credit and that no one should be discriminated against because of their race, status, age, etc.<\/p>\n

We are a startup based out of SF, CA, and our founder Kristy Kim, is a South Korean immigrant. Our team is also made of immigrants (90% of Tomo <\/a>employees are immigrants\/POC) and we built TomoCredit<\/a> to solve our own acute pain points of not having credit history in the U.S.<\/p>\n

In addition to our diverse team, 95% of our TomoCredit<\/a> customers are POC, which speaks to our unique understanding of just how different credit access for white Americans vs credit for everyone else works. To date, Tomo<\/a> has helped over 3M people get access to credit they normally wouldn\u2019t have had access to (with no fees or interest).<\/p>\n

If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to press@tomocredit.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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