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Neobank Joust Targets Freelancers With New App

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Feedback indicated that people wanted a “modern, streamlined user experience, ways to quickly visualize their finances, and manage clients, income and payments.” . Joust accounts are also FDIC-insured and are combined with a merchant account. There are approximately 57 million freelancers in the U.S.

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Neobank Joust Raises $2.6M To Improve Freelancer Payments

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The bank combines an FDIC-insured account and a merchant account and accepts a variety of payments. Freelancers require credit and banking products that mirror the user experience of the consumer market but [offer] the product sophistication of the small business market,” said Dave Fields, founder and managing partner of PTB Ventures.

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