Killer Mike has acquired a new banking platform, Kinly, which is intended to help aid Black communities in building financial wealth.
The Atlanta native’s digital banking platform, Greenwood — which he launched in 2020 — acquired the mobile banking app, which aims to build “generational wealth for minorities.”
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“Kinly has always shared in our commitment to building a more transparent banking experience for Black Americans,” said Ryan Glover, CEO and co-founder of Greenwood in a recent press release.
Glover added: “The acquisition of Kinly represents a massive milestone for Greenwood as we continue in our shared effort to elevate financial tools available for our community. In partnership with the Kinly team, we plan to grow our footprint and expand our services to provide best-in-class experiences for Black and brown families and businesses.”
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Over 300,000 Kinly users will be able to access Greenwood’s fintech products as a result of this partnership, the release said.
Additionally, Donald Hawkins, founder and CEO of Kinly, will join Greenwood’s executive management team as Vice President. In his role he will “assist with financial service initiatives, consumer-driven innovation, economic empowerment, and local business within Atlanta.”
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“Kinly’s mission of financial empowerment and wealth-building stems from lessons learned from Black America’s history,” Hawkins said in a statement. “The needs of our communities are many, and I couldn’t be more excited to combine efforts with Greenwood to create lasting generational change.”
Killer Mike is an advocate for many things including free speech, and in a recent address he proclaimed if that becomes null and void, prejudice and injustice will never end.
Last month, while donning a tailored tuxedo, the Run The Jewels rapper spoke at the 2023 Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Gala as a representative for defending American citizens’ First Amendment rights.
“I need us here to know tonight that there is no grand final winning of freedom of speech,” Killer Mike told those in attendance. “There’s no end of the race where we all hold up trophies. It is a constant and protracted struggle to make sure the rights to become a more perfect union are always striven for.”
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He continued: “If we allow ourselves to express to one another our deepest and sometimes our darkest thinkings, we will eventually hear one another. Burn off the fat of prejudice, of racial injustice, of misogyny, of phobias, and we will get to a place where we make a better, a more perfect union.”
“Right now, in this country, your freedom of speech is at risk,” he added. “The government has no right to limit your freedom of speech, your freedom of religion, your freedom to assemble.”
