ESG FinTech echo opens up services for companies and banks

By Gloria Methri

London-based green FinTech Echo is gearing up for a year of sustained growth. The company has revealed a number of unique product updates and opened the service to employers, banks and payment providers for the first time.

ekko offers built-in sustainability for the digital economy. The startup’s technology combines real-time carbon tracking, carbon offsetting, reforestation and plastic waste removal with banking and payment services in one multi-channel and easy-to-deploy solution. For the first time, ekko’s service is now available to employers, banks and payment providers worldwide. Previously, it has only been available to consumers.

ekko has launched an expanded product suite, which includes ‘ekko API’ for any payment provider or bank in the world to use the real-time impact technology and ‘ekko incentives’, an employee benefits platform to empower teams to live more sustainably. The new solutions will enable businesses and individuals across a range of sectors and geographies to integrate sustainability into every transaction.

Backed by a founding team of banking and FinTech experts, echo aims to use the reach of financial services to empower people and businesses to start their sustainability journey. Ekko’s partnership already includes providing access to UEFA Champions League football clubs with PAYFAN, and name businesses.

CEO and co-founder, Oli Cook, said, “eko’s vision is to give more people the opportunity to reduce their impact on the environment. We’ve opened up our technology to any employer, bank, card or payment provider, meaning thousands of organizations can now deliver tangible and measurable impact to their colleagues and customers.

“Our powerful technology enables employers and banks to adapt the solution to meet their ESG goals, including on-the-ground partnerships with businesses like Prevented Ocean Plastic that save and recycle plastic bottles before they hit the ocean.”