Swadesh (YC S19) — We setup immigrants with a free US bank Account, credit Card, SIM…
We offer a free US FDIC Insured Checking account, Free Credit Card (no interest rate, collateral, fees), Free AT&T SIM Card shipped to home with 40%+ cheaper plans than retail, and save thousands of dollars in remittances to our customers - all by opening a free Swadesh Account. We enable new to America expats become "American" in the eyes of the US Financial system.
Swadesh is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: We setup Immigrants with a free US Bank Account, Credit Card, SIM…. The founder listed is Prateek Swain (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 6, 2018).
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We offer a free US FDIC Insured Checking account, Free Credit Card (no interest rate, collateral, fees), Free AT&T SIM Card shipped to home with 40%+ cheaper plans than retail, and save thousands of dollars in remittances to our customers - all by opening a free Swadesh Account.
We enable new to America expats become "American" in the eyes of the US Financial system.
We're starting by serving the 150,000+ Indian expats migrating to the US each year.
We have a comprehensive solution that covers banking, credit building, communication, remittance, as well as value-add services such as insurance, housing etc. along with all the standard bells and whistles of neobanks.
Prateek Swain
Founder
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