Each year, over $20 billion of gift cards go unused. George Bousis couldn’t get over that fact, and set out to unlock the value and give it back to consumers. Raise is a leading retail payments company and the world’s largest gift card marketplace — connecting members to buy discounted gift cards or sell their unwanted gift cards for cash. Now partnering with more than 450 brands, Raise offers a new type of digital payment method for retailers and consumers across the U.S.