The Ryze Blog

The Next Step In Bringing Rewards That Matter to Millions: Ryze 2.0 is Live!
Over a year ago, we launched the first version of Ryze Rewards. It was slapped together with the software version of duct tape and bubble gum and was our first step toward our mission of helping millions beat debt and build wealth by earning cashback on the things...

Monthly Update From Our CEO – November 2020
Hello! November has been a very busy month and the busy-ness, or business, continues. This will be a quick update without any of the fun inside looks or pictures of development in progress or other fun things. I know, huge bummer, but on the bright side, plain text is...

Reality Check: Senator Bernie Sanders’ College for All Act
What do you get when a politician gets stuck in a 1982 Jane Fonda workout video? You get to feel the Bern! That was a terrible joke, but the movement created by Bernie Sanders was just as high energy as Jane Fonda’s workout and took the country by storm in 2016. For...

Monthly Update From Our CEO – October 2020
Hi everyone! This is the second public company update that I’ve written so far, so if you’re looking to catch up on a few things, here’s my update from last month. This month, a big theme for us was focus. We are continuing to build the next version of the Ryze...

Reality Check: Senator Warren’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
As the world continues to grapple with the devastating effects of Covid, it’s easy to lose sight of the other issues affecting us at home. It’s increasingly difficult to keep up with every issue in the age of social media. Everyone with a phone and Twitter account...

COVID-19 Exacerbates an Already Dire Student Loan Crisis
Winter is coming. No, not Jon Snow and the men on the wall. Winter, which for some, means graduation season. Currently, during the Covid pandemic, student loans payments have been suspended until December 31st. Without any further action from Congress or additional...

Monthly Update From Our CEO – September 2020
Howdy, folks! Posting this publicly is a bit of an experiment for me. A couple years ago I would've been much better off if more early stage founders shared their updates publicly or I somehow had access to see what it's really like in a startup. In an attempt to...

Here’s How Ryze Can Help You Earn Serious Money Towards Your Student Loan Debt
The Department of Education reports that the typical repayment period for borrowers with between $20,000 and $40,000 in federal student loans is 20 years, the worst being with higher interest rates shackling people to ever lengthening repayment periods. The average...

When you fail your writing exam but your co-founder still asks you to write a blog post…
In North Carolina, kids between the 3rd and 8th grade take an end of the year exam aptly named the End-of-Grade exams or the EOGs for short. One day, after taking the practice writing exam before the end of 8th grade, what feels like many eons ago, my teacher pulled...

Q4 Public Product Update: Changed Plans, New Insights, & What’s to Come This Fall and Winter.
It’s been awhile. Catch up on what we’ve been working on and what’s in our pipeline for the rest of 2020.
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