Ram Palaniappan

Founder

Palo Alto, California, United States27 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Earnin, transforming financial access.
  • Pioneered RushCard, revolutionizing prepaid payments.
  • Expert speaker at top industry events.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech entrepreneur with extensive experience in payment solutions and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementPaymentsBusiness Strategy

Other Skills

Product DevelopmentProduct StrategyPayment SystemsAnalyticsMobile PaymentsFinancial ServicesManagementVendor ManagementStrategic PartnershipsCRMSDLCSoftware Project ManagementCardsData AnalysisDebit Cards

About

Financial tech entrepreneur whose mission is to create products that empower employees to live financially healthy lives. As the founder and CEO of Earnin, I seek to free people from the traditional payment cycle, giving them control of their money as they earn it. Regularly speak at top industry events, including Startup Grind Global Conference and FinTech Silicon Valley and with top business media, including NerdWallet, The Street, and American Banker to share economic insights.

Experience

27 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
13 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Earnin

CEO & Founder

Jan 2013Present · 13 yrs 3 mos · Palo Alto, CA

  • Founded Earnin, a company that allows workers to access their pay instantly with no fees or interest. It is now used by employees at more than 50,000 companies, with customers logging more than 5 million hours a week. To date, Earnin has raised $200 million from top venture firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Ribbit Capital, Felicis Ventures, March Capital Partners, and DST.
Product DevelopmentPaymentsBusiness StrategyProduct StrategyProduct ManagementPayment Systems+6

Unirush,llc

President

Jun 2004May 2012 · 7 yrs 11 mos

  • We revolutionized the payments industry with RushCard, one of the first prepaid cards that allowed users to cash their paper checks for free.
PaymentsBusiness StrategyProduct Management

Logictools

Product Manager

Jun 2003Jul 2004 · 1 yr 1 mo

Reflect.com (procter & gamble company)

Senior Operations Manager

Feb 2000Jun 2003 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Ksa technopak

Consultant

May 1996Apr 1998 · 1 yr 11 mos

Education

Purdue University Daniels School of Business

MBA

Jan 1998Jan 2000

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

MMS

Jan 1991Jan 1996

Sishya

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