Who is this Rollee?! I've never even bloody even heard of the guy!!! Voice! Voice!
'What, boss?'
Who is this Rollee? 'I've no idea.' No? 'No. We've never heard of him. He's a complete stranger to us.' Ha! Well, what gives him the right to go around helping companies access their customers' payroll data. 'He sounds like a lunatic, boss. Nothing less than a lunatic.'
Christ. I need this on a Monday morning.
Well, anyway ...
Let's do this PR email ...
London, March 14, 2022 -
Rollee is joining the European fintech landscape with its employment data platform. Founded by Ali Hamriti, Pierrick Legrand, and Thomas Godart, the company allows individuals to share their employment data, including income & activity, with lenders, insurers and many other businesses. They initially covered gig workers and freelancers and then extended their platform to permanent workers. On the one hand, Rollee allows workers to aggregate their different employment accounts through a secure link and provide a detailed view of their professional situation. On the other hand, the platform enables workers to securely share sensitive documents like payslips, employment contracts, etc.
Oh. 'It's a company, boss. Not a person.' Whatever!
As a result, businesses using Rollee have a comprehensive overview of their customers' work situation and can make better decisions.
Jesus! They're using Rollee! 'He's not a person.' Let's hope not.
The startup is already working with clients from various industries including neobanks, accountants, insurance companies, and car fleet managers. Rollee's solution allows them to modernize employment data collection and make their decision process more inclusive.
Right. What does Olga say about this Rollee geezer?
"Employment and payroll data is powerful but not yet readily available to individuals or third parties," says Olga Shikhantsova, Principal with Speedinvest. "Rollee is pioneering connectivity in Europe by making payroll data easily accessible to financial providers, lenders, and neobanks. In just nine months, Rollee has reached 90%+ coverage of gig-economy platforms across two countries and continues to integrate other payroll providers at scale. The result? Improved underwriting capabilities for financial providers, better-tailored products for individuals, and improved financial inclusion."
Oh. / The thing is, people shouldn't have to work like this. Can't we return to the old days, when everyone had nice secure jobs? 'Ha, ha, ha!'
Anyway ...
Let's hear from Ali ...
"Too many self-employed people are still excluded from financial services because of their working status. As their income comes from different sources, several companies qualify their situation as unstable. Our ambition is to stop those prejudices by bringing clarity to their income and activities, and thus help financial services to make more inclusive decisions", explains Ali Hamriti, CEO and co-founder of Rollee.
Fine.
Let's finish with this -
For its €4M fundraising, Rollee has partnered with European VCs such as Speedinvest, Seedcamp, 20VC, and business angels from the fintech industry. Since its inception, Rollee's had a European vision and plans to consolidate its French and British market position while expanding in Germany and Spain.
The new tech company aims to triple its workforce by the end of the year to achieve this. Rollee is creating a dynamic and multicultural team worldwide as a fully remote company.
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Anything else? Music?
'Boss!!!'
What, Voice?
'You said on Friday that you wouldn't be talking about music or fitness or fashion or any personal stuff no more.'
Yeah, and you believed me, you fucking mug?
'Oh, okay. Bye.'
Yeah, bye.
The problem, dear reader(s) - oh, he's in a mood now - no, the problem is ... if I don't write about music and personal stuff, all the latest developments ... I'm going to have to write about finance in an extended way, and ... I'd rather chew my fingers off, frankly. Do you know what I mean?
Anyway, music ...
I like listening to acoustic covers of well-known songs on YouTube. For two reasons. Firstly, you can tell how good or bad or average a song is when it's just a voice and a guitar. It's something for me to compare my songs to. But secondly ... it's interesting to see how talented a lot of these unknown artists are as performers. They can't write songs ... really, but a lot of them can play and sing better than the famous artists they're covering. This reinforces my belief that it's songs that really matter. And you know me, kook(s), there's nothing I enjoy more than reinforcing my beliefs. It's ... MOTIVATIONAL, you dig?
Laters.
