Promise (YC W18) — Better payment systems for governments and the communities they serve
Promise modernizes government payments helping agencies recover more revenue while giving residents flexible, humane ways to pay. We replace broken systems with tech that actually works for everyone.
Promise is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Better payment systems for governments and the communities they serve. The founders listed are Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins (Founder), Diana Frappier (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 2, 2017).
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Promise modernizes government payments helping agencies recover more revenue while giving residents flexible, humane ways to pay. We replace broken systems with tech that actually works for everyone.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Founder
Diana Frappier
Founder
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