Press Releases
06/11/10
Mango Financial, Inc.Mango Financial, Inc. Adds High-Yield Savings To Low-Fee Lineup, Pays 5.1% APY
05/11/10
Gratio CapitalGratio Capital Previews Revolutionary Investing Product At FinovateSpring 2010
04/23/10
Mango Financial, Inc.Mango Financial, Inc. Debuts First U.S. Store In Austin
03/15/10
MPOWER VenturesRed McCombs Leads MPOWER Ventures Fund II
03/09/10
Rêv WorldwideRêv Worldwide Expands To North America
10/21/09
MPOWER MobileMPOWER Mobile Attracts Strategic Investment From Veteran Technology Entrepreneurs
10/16/09
Rêv IndiaCentral Bank of India Seeks to Change the Way India Pays
09/21/09
MPOWER FoundationHarvard Center for International Development Convenes Empowerment Meeting: Focus on Financial Access for Global Poor
9/18/09
MPOWER Ventures[VIDEO] Shining a Light on "Shadow" Banking - Roy Sosa Addresses Policy Makers at New America Foundation Policy Forum
07/24/09
Gratio CapitalGratio Values Fund Tops Wall Street Journal Quarterly Performance Ranking
06/29/09
MPOWER VenturesRoy Sosa Joins Board of ACCION® International
06/23/09
RêvEuropeRêvEurope Honored At The Cards International Global Awards 2009
06/18/09
06/02/09
Gratio CapitalMPOWER Ventures Adds Gratio Capital To Investment Portfolio
11/10/08
RêvEuropeAnne Cobb and Gérard Compain Join RêvEurope’s Board of Directors
11/05/08
MPOWER VenturesMPOWER Ventures Founder Roy Sosa To Co-chair The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council On Financial Empowerment
09/24/08
MPOWER VenturesPledge to deliver access to financial services aims to bank 5 million worldwide in 5 years
09/22/08
MPOWER FoundationNew Collaboration Seeks to Extend Markets to the Underserved
09/10/08
MPOWER VenturesMPOWER Ventures Forms Philanthropic Foundation
08/27/08
Rêv WorldwideSCX Global Joins Rêv Worldwide Network Of Payment Companies
08/12/08
Rêv WorldwideRêv Worldwide Companies Add Key Executives To Global Network
06/23/08
Rêv WorldwideRêv Worldwide Launches Global Payments Platform For Underserved Markets
06/23/08
MPOWER MobileMPOWER Ventures Funds Sapphire Mobile Systems, Rebrands As MPOWER Mobile
06/10/08
MPOWER LabsPrepaid Debit Pioneers, Omnilife Founder Partner In Global Mission To Empower The Underserved
News Coverage
06/09/10
America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2010
The social enterprise—a sustainable business that creates social or environmental value alongside profit—is no longer a niche concept. Social entrepreneurs inhabit nearly every sector of the economy, from banking and insurance to energy and manufacturing. That breadth is evident in Bloomberg Businessweek's second annual U.S. roundup of promising social entrepreneurs.
John Tozzi, Venessa Wong, and Nick Leiber
BusinessWeek.com
05/01/10
Mango gets fruity with finance
US-based Mango Financial is the latest to venture into the banking world with a trendy façade that resembles a clothing or smoothie store rather than a typical financial institution. Charles Davis spoke to Bertrand Sosa, the entrepreneur behind the fruit-influenced bank about its drive to serve the unbanked population. (Subscription Required)
Charles Davis
Retail Banker International
04/28/10
Mango Tries to Sweeten Experience for Unbanked
Cool. Hip. Fresh. These words are rarely used to describe traditional retail banking. But Mango Financial, a start-up targeting underbanked consumers, is raising eyebrows... (Subscription Required)
Sara Lepro
American Banker
04/16/10
MPower Ventures Throws Mango Financial to Public
Retail outlets target Austin's 'unbanked' (Subscription Required)
Christopher Calnan
Austin Business Journal
04/12/10
Rêv Worldwide eyes Canadian prepaid card market
Robin Arnfield
Payments Business Canada
03/30/10
Rêv Sets Sights on US Unbanked
Continuing its aggressive geographical expansion mobile payments service start-up Rêv Worldwide has entered North America with the establishment of an operation based in Austin, Texas. Backed by US-based venture capital firm M-Power Ventures (M-PV), Rêv is focused on underserved markets. (Subscription Required)
Electronic Payments International
03/15/10
30 Promesas en Los 30, Treinta Historias de Talento Joven
CNN Expansión
03/15/10
McCombs is lead investor in new Austin venture fund
Lori Hawkins
Austin American-Statesman
03/15/10
McCombs investing millions in MPOWER
David Hendricks
San Antonio Express-News
03/12/10
Rêv Worldwide Sets North America As Its Next Target
Fred Lowe, ATM & Debit News
PaymentsSource
03/12/10
Shift in prepaid debit industry
NetSpend founders return to U.S. market with focus on allowing people to bank from phones
Barry Harrell
Austin American-Statesman
03/12/10
NetSpend cofounders re-enter U.S. prepaid debit card market
Austin American-Statesman Blog
03/10/10
Headline News: Rêv Worldwide Expands to North America
Payments News
12/03/09
Former Cold War States Become Hot Markets For Prepaid Cards
Romania and Kosovo, two post-Cold War states, have all of the attributes of becoming hot markets for prepaid cards. (Subscription Required)
Fred Lowe
ATM&Debit News
10/29/09
Card Provider Rêv Asia Pacific Offers Prepaid Products In India
Prepaid card provider Rêv Asia Pacific entered India's market to expand access to financial services to India's citizens, a long-term goal of the country's government, the top executive of the Australia-based company says. (Subscription Required)
Fred Lowe, ATM & Debit News
PaymentsSource
10/26/09
A market being driven by innovations
In a series of interviews with Latin American market players and analysts, Robin Arnfield explores innovative developments being driven by the region's need to provide banking services to its unbanked millions. (Subscription Required)
Robin Arnfield
Electronic Payments International
10/26/09
MasterCard Goes Virtual in India
MasterCard Inc. has introduced in India a virtual prepaid card that can be used with mobile phones. (Subscription Required)
Steve Bills
American Banker
10/01/09
Money Changers: Eight Startups Brimming With Hope for the Financial Industry
Dan Macsai
Fast Company
06/03/09
MPower Invests in Mutual Fund Co. Gratio Capital
Scott Denne
Dow Jones VentureWire
06/15/09
La Reinvencion de Los Hermanos Sosa
Fuera de NetSpend, la empresa de tarjetas prepagadas que fundaron y que les dio fama en Estados Unidos, los mexicanos Roy y Bertrand Sosa se reinventan: crean un fondo de inversión con matiz social.
María Amparo Lasso
PODER
05/10/09
Reinterpretes de Robin Hood
Does mexicanos crean emprendimiento global con el que buscan hacerse ricos dando medios de pago a los pobres.
Antonio Delgado
AméricaEconomía
02/17/09
Pagos móviles, Nueva Jugada de Vergara
El presidente de Grupo Omnilife-Chivas entra al negocio de las tarjetas de prepago y va por remesas; junto con 2 socios invierte 100 mdd para desarrollar productos para la población de bajos recursos
René Valencia
CNN Expansión
06/10/08
NetSpend Funds Aid Start-Ups
Rebecca Buckman
Wall Street Journal