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SUNRISE BANKS
Partnering for Purpose with Fintechs One of Sunrise ’ s first key partnerships in the space is with Mobility Capital Finance , Inc . ( MoCaFi ), a fintech founded by Wole Coaxum . A banking veteran of both Citi and JP Morgan , Coaxum became frustrated by the limits of traditional banking and founded MoCaFi to deliver access to financial services to the communities that fell through the gaps . “ There was a large number of people within our society that were not well served by the traditional brick and mortar banking infrastructure ,” he says . “ But the evolution of technology as it relates to banking means that no longer do you have to tie your banking resources to a geographic location . I was attracted to how I might use my training and experience , and the emergence of some

“ Having insights , and having the ability to act on those insights , is how you create a significant amount of value for the customer ”

WOLE COAXUM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER , MOCAFI
pretty exciting technologies , to reach parts of the market that have otherwise been overlooked by some of the more traditional banking operations .”
MoCaFi is focused on closing the racial wealth gap in the US . A staggering 50-55 % of African Americans and Latin Americans are
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