MPOWER Financing enables high-promise global citizens to further their academic and financial aspirations because they believe that socio-economic mobility should be borderless. To accomplish this mission, MPOWER works with investors and universities to lend to high-promise students coming from all parts of the globe. In addition to providing students with access to the financial resources necessary to attend and complete college, MPOWER builds students’ credit histories, provides personal finance education, and offers gateway financial products to prepare for life after college.

Millions of students struggle financially to get into or through their undergraduate or graduate education. Both MPOWER co-founders faced this problem first-hand – Manu as an international student and Mike as a first-generation domestic student – and are extremely passionate about solving this issue. The rest of the team experienced similar financial challenges first hand. In short, they are global nerds who care