“I define my Blackness as a journey — it evolves as I grow and move through different experiences.” Meet Nicole C., Senior Program Manager and member of AfroChime, the Chimer Resource Group (CRG), whose mission is to uplift and nurture the Black community at Chime. For Black History Month 2024, AfroChime crafted the theme ‘We Are The Culture,’ focusing on the vibrant tapestry of Black Culture and its profound global influence. 🖤🌍🙌🏿 Kick off the month with us by exploring the dynamic impact of Black Culture through the lens of Nicole's journey. From her Jamaican roots to the values she brings to work, Nicole shares her experiences and the importance of lifting others as she climbs. 🚀
We got off to a powerful start in 2024 with Engineering Together, our two-day internal engineering conference in San Francisco! 💻💚 🌉 Designed to foster connections, build trust, and ignite learning, the event featured tech talks, an unconference, workshops, and an Engineering Expo. The impact? Over 99% of the 400+ Chimers who attended met new faces and strengthened existing relationships. 🙌 Our engineers left feeling informed, connected, and invigorated, ready to continue building the best services for each other and our members. 🚀 Learn more about Engineering at Chime on the blog ➡️ https://medium.com/life-at-chime/engineering-at-chime/home
Every day, people face financial challenges that force them to make hard decisions about their money. Millions are forced to stretch their paychecks to make ends meet, all too familiar with the stress that arrives toward the end of the month. Too many financial service companies exploit these challenges by selling expensive and even predatory financial products and services like high-interest credit cards, payday loans, and overdraft fees. At Chime, we do the opposite. Our financial products are designed to work for everyday people, not profit from them. To help everyday people unlock financial progress, we've brought features and tools to market that were unavailable to most consumers just a few years ago—creating a suite of financial services products that directly address their needs. We're pleased to see that many banks have recently started eliminating or reducing overdraft fees—something we believe is inherently good for consumers. We’ve saved our members billions of dollars in overdraft fees and pioneered the way in fee-free overdraft with our SpotMe® product, which allows our members to overdraft fee-free up to $200. Since then, the industry has cut down its overreliance on overdraft fees. This is what unlocking financial progress for everyday people looks like: putting billions of dollars in overdraft fees back into the pockets of those who deserve it—our members. 🔓
Planning to make the move into management this year? “Speak up often. This is particularly critical as you lead others since you’ll be the person to whom your team or peers look to resolve issues.” Chime Director of Fraud Investigations, Candice Hayes, spoke to Built In about the growth journey from individual contributor to team leader and shared her advice for women aspiring to make a move into management. 👩💻⬇️
📣 We'd like to welcome Shara Chang to our team as Chime's Chief Compliance Officer! 🎉 Shara joins us with 15 years of experience across financial services, fintech, and consumer protection to lead regulatory compliance across Chime. We're excited for Shara and her team to help us continue to earn, maintain, and build trust with our key constituents. Her work will be critical to helping Chime drive innovation while mitigating risk—and strengthening our culture of compliance. ✅🎖️ Read the full announcement on the blog. ⬇️ Welcome to the team, Shara! 💚
As we reflect on our "Year of the Member," we're excited to share the recognition we've received over our 2023 member-obsessed journey. 💚 From CNBC's Disruptor 50 ranking to Investor's Business Daily's Most Trusted Financial Companies list and more, these accolades are a testament to our continued focus on top-tier financial services that deliver an exceptional member experience. 🌟 It's not just about awards; it's about our members and their financial progress, the core motivation for everything we do. Read the full story ⬇️
We're building a culture of trust and safety here at Chime. 🔒 Chief Experience Officer Janelle Sallenave leads a team dedicated to exceeding our members' expectations while keeping them safe in today's complex world. 🌐 From 24/7 live support to our investment in advanced tools and processes, learn how we manage fraud inquiries and what's next in our journey to continuously serve our members better. ⬇️
We're excited to share some big news—the official launch of the Chime Scholars Foundation! 📣🧑🎓 The Chime Scholars Foundation is a nonprofit that provides support, mentorship, and renewable scholarships up to $5,000 to help everyday people do more for themselves, their families, and their communities. We believe that higher education, whether that’s through a university, community college, transfer program, vocational training, or trade school, can unlock new pathways to financial progress. And that’s what we’re all about at Chime. 🔓 After a pilot program in the ‘22-’23 school year, to date, we’re proud to have invested $2 million in scholarships and support for over 300 students. 💚 And it doesn’t stop there. Chime has pledged 1% of Chime equity to fund the foundation. To learn more, read our official blog post. ⬇️ P.S. Applications open December 1st! 🙌 Keep an eye out, and if you know someone in your network who may be a fit for our next round of scholars, send them our way!
Over 300 Chimers came together across our three offices and virtual workspaces for the 2023 Chime Hackathon, an opportunity for Chimers to switch up their day-to-day work and collaborate on exciting new projects! 🥳💻👏 This year, the hackathon went hybrid, and Chimers made their way into our three offices to build together in person and virtually. Spread over three full working days during the week, it was sustainable and inclusive for everyone, allowing Chimers who normally wouldn't work together on a daily basis to team up and produce over 60 submitted Hackathon projects—several of which are already live! 🎉 Shout out to all the Chimers who got creative and built new solutions to help our members and fellow Chimers! 💚 Read the full story on the blog ⬇️ We're looking forward to seeing more hackathon projects come to life and can't wait for the next one! 🌐
“It’s by investing in community partners that we can reach more people and make a bigger impact." - Kira Traore, Chime Senior Social Impact Manager We're on a mission to unlock financial progress for our members with Chime's products and services, and we know we can make an even greater impact if we go beyond our app and into the communities we serve. That's where our Chime In for Changemakers program comes in. 💚 Hear from this year's Changemakers below 🙌, and head to the blog to learn more about the Chime In for Changemakers program and how it’s showing up in the community this year.
