About Us
Starve A Banker? Doesn’t that sound like pouring water on a drowning man, in the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008-2009?
Not quite. Since the bailout and the enactment of the CARD Act of 2009, the banking industry has been busy
- preparing to line its own pockets again with huge bonuses
- rushing to increase fees and reduce perks on credit cards before the Act took effect
- laying out new traps such as “overdraft protection” for its customers to fall into and pay more fees
… all the while without innovating in any way for the benefits of consumers.
We take issue with this. Rather than advocating more regulation, we argue in favor of more creativity and less complacency, just like physical fitness comes from more exercise and less intake of calories. So “Starve A Banker” is tipping its hat to innovators and wagging its finger at incumbents when they are lazy and trying to preserve the status quo.
“We” are the founders, investors and friends of Plastyc Inc., a company started at the end of 2006 to serve “Generation Y” or “Millenials”, i.e. those born after 1980 who are comfortable with the Internet and would rather not wait in line at a bank branch.
We operate
- iBankUP, a portal giving access to prepaid card accounts and a virtual checkbook
- the UPside Visa Prepaid Cards, a range of prepaid (no-credit) cards with the industry’s lowest fees. including a version for teenagers (13-17) under parental control
Contact us at: info@plastyc.com or use the form below
