Orum.io

Here’s the latest update on what’s happening at Orum. 📬 ✨ Product Launch: No Code RTP ✨ Archie Fueling the Future of 1099 Work ✨ Stephany Kirkpatrick, CFP® Joins 11:FS to Discuss FedNow ✨ Chesapeake Bank & Flexent Allow Truckers to Receive Instant Payments Check out the full issue below. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gZ8VSfsy

🚀 I’m hiring! 🚀 I’m looking for a talented Senior Platform Engineer to join my team at Orum! If you’re passionate about building scalable and secure systems, enjoy working in a fast-paced startup environment, and want to make a real impact in the fintech space, this could be a great fit. Take a look at the job description and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gT_m_v4b Excited to connect with some amazing candidates! #hiring #fintech

I don’t want to get fired at home. 💔 Three major events landed on my calendar during my kids’ first week of school. And as I ducked out of the third one, I texted a fellow mom colleague: “I’m leaving so I don’t get fired at home.” Her response: “lol. i totally get it.” 😏 My friends and I talk about this a LOT. Being a dual-income household comes with dual, sometimes conflicting career needs relative to the needs of your household. At my house, I’m the person who’s away a lot. As founder/CEO of ⚡Orum.io⚡ I travel to meet with board members, speak at conferences, and meet with customers. I also attend post-work events fairly often. My husband works from home full-time and is not required to travel as much, which is a privilege that makes a big difference for us. 🙏 He still has the intensity of being a partner in a law firm, though — late nights, weekends and trials are a reality. I’ve always wanted to have a big career, and I love working on Orum. But I also got married and had kids for a reason. I value spending time with my family and really strive to make sure family time is protected. Not getting fired at home takes conscious effort, communication between me and my husband and my kids, and sticking to my promises. If I say I’ll be home by 6, I need to be there by 6, not 6:30. If I need to be gone one or two weeknights we can figure that out, but three feels like a lot. 😫 I’d love to say we have a magic answer like a shared calendar (a hack that works for some friends), or a Sunday evening meeting to plan our week down to the minute. But for us, it’s a lot of talking (umm…also a lot of texting about logistics!), honesty, and taking the time to check in. 👂 Sometimes just picking up something my husband often does — like handling dinner — without being asked to help is my way of offering relief. Saying thank you and  recognizing the work that the other person is putting in goes just as far. We don’t always get it right — but it’s a delicate balance worth striving for.  ⚖️ I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments! 🗣️ #founder #femalefounder #startup

Okay, this makes us hungry... 🍪 And yes, for those asking: The picture is the real deal! 😋

We’re thrilled to be selected as a finalist for this year’s US FinTech Awards — and we believe we’re in the mix for good reasons! 💪 We’re transforming payment technology for businesses, revolutionizing payment speed ⚡, certainty ✅, and orchestration 🔀 through unified API-based solutions. (More here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gH392RsD) We make money move — and in one month we aim to make this award move. Let’s get it! 🤑 #USFinTechAwards #Fintech

“Respond to bad news well, if you want to get more of it.” Here’s what I mean 👇 One of my mantras is: Surface bad news early. I would SO much rather my team at  ⚡Orum.io⚡ come to me at the beginning of the problem, so we can work together and find a solution. 🤝 But I can’t really expect them to come to me quickly if I make them dread it — if I handle hearing bad news poorly. When your people come to you they are assessing: Should I tell this person bad news ever again, based on how they’re physically and emotionally responding? 😰 It’s an essential muscle to build. If everyone’s afraid to tell you there’s a problem, cracks will continue to form. 💔 Here’s what I had to learn to get good at this: 1️⃣ Don’t shoot the messenger. ‘Nuff said. This person is choosing to trust you, and they’ve stepped up by coming to you. 2️⃣ Have your game face on.  You might be spitting mad, or devastated by really bad news — but that cannot show. People read your body language as much as they hear your words. 3️⃣ Ask questions without questioning.  Invite people to help you dig in. Phrase questions carefully with an emphasis on fact-finding: “What do I need to know? Can you tell me about these details that I’m not as familiar with?” That’s VERY different from “How could this have happened? Why didn’t you come to me sooner?” Any questions that feel like an indictment — even if said nicely, with your game face on — will absolutely stop people from coming to you. 4️⃣ Plan a retro.  After the problem is solved, review what happened. The attitude needs to be: “No one’s guilty here.” Instead, it’s about what we didn’t see coming and how we can make it better for the future. #founder #feedback #fintech

We’re one week out from two days of interesting conversations, keynotes, and fireside chats 🔥 at the Financial Women's Association’s annual summit. 🥳 Our CEO and Founder Stephany Kirkpatrick, CFP® will be joined by Bruce Weber, Danielle Trichilo Oels, and Dana M Peterson to discuss how AI changes jobs and the skills needed for this new frontier. Are you going? Drop a comment if you’ll be in attendance — we’d love to connect! 🤝 #FWASummit2024 #WomenInFinance #ConferenceSeason

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💬 How many times have you heard, “We just need to motivate the team!” Or, in frustration, “How do we motivate people to step up and get things done?” 😩 My answer: YOU DON’T. Motivation is internal. It comes from within. Our job as leaders is not motivation, but INSPIRATION. ✨ Inspiration is the spark that lights the internal fire of self-motivation. 🔥 If you inspire people, they will be self-motivated. And inspiration is not rah-rah-rah chats or free pizza on late nights. 🍕 I know this firsthand as founder and CEO of ⚡ Orum.io ⚡. Inspiration means staying grounded within the impact of your team’s work. It’s highlighting the transformation that is possible thanks to what you all do. It’s stepping back to look at the list of clients who use your product and never losing that sense of awe and gratitude. 🥹 Founders have a particularly unique ability to inspire people; in turn, inspired people are so self-motivated that they can solve any challenge. 🦸 So if you’re asking yourself questions about lack of motivation, or wondering why a manager isn’t motivating their team, take a look at yourself first. 🤓 Get curious. Are you inspiring your people? Are you telling the right story about the team’s impact and the proof points behind that impact? And if you’re not: Try inviting customers to speak directly to your team about your product’s impact. Kick off a team meeting by asking everyone to share their “why” for joining the team. Infuse team comms with your own why, your own passion, as much as possible. 💖 Inspiration is the foundation for why people will want to join your company, work hard, and stick around — all the things that fuel a successful, enduring business. 💪 So don’t ask why people aren’t motivated. Instead, get curious about how you can be the spark. Light the fire of self-motivation. INSPIRE. 🔥

Truckers 🚚 are the backbone of America’s supply chain, and yet many find themselves waiting around for money they’ve already earned when they have gas tanks ⛽ to fill and necessities to buy for their families. Determined to help truckers get paid faster, Flexent chose Orum to launch instant payments ⚡ via #RTP and #FedNow — taking advantage of Orum’s no-code solutions that were easy to set up even with limited engineering resources. 💬 “Orum’s no code solution allowed us to leverage real-time payments quickly and get ahead of the market and help our customers — all without a major tech investment on our end.” - DJ Seeterlin, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Chesapeake Bank. Flexent knew their customers would love 💙 faster payments, and they expected a 50% participation rate. Instead, it’s an astounding 77%. 📈 Flexent credits Orum’s best-in-class technology and bank-rate pricing advantages 🤑, which allows the company to earn a margin while still offering affordable rates to truckers. Read the full case study to see what other payments challenges we’re helping Chesapeake Bank, Flexent , and Flexent Freight Funding solve. 🤝  https://lnkd.in/gS3RVSBN #nocode #payments #fintech #factoring #rtp #fednow #fasterpayments #makemoneymove