Ellis Raises $ 5.6 Million to Pave the Way for International Students – TechCrunch
Summary
Ellis was founded by Sampei Omichi, who emigrated to the United States in 2017 to attend college before working for FinTech River Financial. “Many people don’t realize that college campuses are the modern Ellis archipelago for advanced immigrants and entrepreneurs in the United States.” Examples of former international students include Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, and Sundar Pichai. When I moved to the United States five years ago, I had to figure out how to get a prepaid phone plan, open a bank account without a Social Security number, and apply for a debit card. Ellis collects basic documents such as passports, forms 1-20, DS-2019 and uses that information to provide telephone plans, international checking accounts and debit cards before immigrants move to the United States. Ellis Money is a neobank for international students traveling to the United States without a Social Security number to provide their passports.