Founded in 2018 by Kurtis Lin, Anish Kumar, and Kevin Gibson, Pinwheel is a financial technology company on a mission to build a fairer financial system. The company provides a market-leading API platform that enables consumers to securely connect their payroll accounts to any application. This connectivity provides financial service providers with real-time, permissioned access to consumers' income and employment data, which is used to automate processes like direct deposit switching, income and employment verification (VOIE), and earned wage access.