PowerPay is helping people finance their home improvement needs: “We feel like we’re helping people during the pandemic to get things they need and want,” said cofounder David Haas. Home improvement is way, way up. Amid pandemic-prompted stay-at-home orders, people are getting sick of looking at the same old backsplash and dream of transforming their…
Being cooped up indoors 24/7 has made a lot of people turn a critical eye toward their homes. While some are opting to move to new homes in more spacious locales, many homeowners are using money they’ve saved by not eating out or traveling to make their homes more comfortable. In fact, on average Americans…
If you’ve ever considered moving to a tiny house, you may have pictured yourself living a Walden-esque lifestyle that offers sustainability, financial independence and the freedom to live just about anywhere you want. Tiny houses are small — about 400 square feet or less — but there’s a lot more to building one than just…
Yelp Is Now Accepting Covid-19 Safety Reviews …And Other Small Business Tech News Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 —Yelp reviewers can now offer feedback on restaurants’ COVID-19 health and safety practices. Yelp has announced that those using…
With $2M from well-known Philadelphia-area CEOs, KoP fintech startup finds success and adds 100 employees during Covid Jan 13, 2021, 6:00am EST POWERPAY PowerPay Co-founders David Haas and Michael Petrakis launched the company just before the Covid-19 pandemic, and started turning a profit six months in. David Haas and his co-founder Mike Petrakis went into the Covid-19…
PowerPay partners with American Heritage Credit Union to deliver $1.5B in loans PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec 2, 2020,/../ – PowerPay, the nation’s fastest-growing home improvement financing technology company, has announced American Heritage Credit Union as its new lending partner. This partnership follows PowerPay’s launch of new lending programs offering financing options with up to 24…
October 22, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PowerPay, the nation’s fastest-growing home improvement financing technology company, has reported a 120% annualized growth rate in the volume of new loans originating in Q3 2020. “We had modest projections heading into 2020, but the pandemic and economic forces caused major bank constriction in lending, and…