Collaborations Highlight Commitment to Students and Financial Empowerment
BankMobile, a division of Customers Bank, and among America’s largest and fastest-growing digital banks, announced two new partnerships with Billshark and bartleby for its BankMobile Vibe platform.
BankMobile Vibe is a student-centric checking account available at campuses that use BankMobile Disbursements. Its features include online bill pay, card on/off switch and money management tools, no minimum balance, robust mobile app, access to more than 55,000 fee-free Allpoint ATMs (ATM availability varies by location), an optional interest-bearing BankMobile Savings Account, and a recognition program for smart money management, academic achievement and good financial behavior.
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BankMobile Vibe customers now have an exclusive benefit with Billshark, which offers bill negotiation and subscriptions cancellation services. Billshark reduces bills and stress by negotiating lower rates on mobile, pay TV, phone, internet and other services bills and cancels unwanted subscription memberships on behalf of customers.
BankMobile has also recently partnered with bartleby, a Barnes & Noble Education company that offers digital study tools and writing resources to help students learn more effectively. Beginning in the Spring 2020 semester, BankMobile Vibe customers will receive special discounts to bartleby offerings, which include bartleby learn, featuring textbook solutions and a Q&A service, and bartleby write, an all-in-one writing help tool.
“These two partnerships further demonstrate our commitment to helping our students both in and out of the classroom,” stated Regine Fiddler, CMO at BankMobile. “We hope that this will enable them to further cut costs and offer them new educational tools to assist with their academic success.”
“Billshark is excited to partner with BankMobile to bring our convenient, no-hassle approach to lowering monthly bills to their Vibe customers. Our team of expert negotiators will make sure they never overpay again,” said Steve McKean, co-founder of Billshark.
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“As a company focused on helping students excel inside the classroom, we were excited to partner with BankMobile, which supports students in another important area of their lives,” said Kanuj Malhotra, President of Digital Student Solutions, Barnes & Noble Education. “We look forward to making our bartleby suite of services available to BankMobiles Vibe customers, providing them with the ability to find academic support anytime, anywhere.”
Launched in January 2015, BankMobile’s mission is to provide a compliant, mobile-first banking experience that is simple, affordable and financially empowering. Over the past five years, BankMobile has grown to be in the Top 15 banks in the U.S. in terms of number of consumer checking accounts serviced.
Named “Most Innovative Bank” by LendIt in 2019, BankMobile has also developed its own proprietary technology meant to attract and engage customers for full-service consumer banking with a focus on exceptional customer experience. BankMobile Disbursements serves more than five million students on nearly 800 campuses nationwide. Through this distribution channel, the bank also provides refund management services to one in every three college students in the country.
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