Lend Academy Podcast

Historically, sending wires is one of the more painful tasks that any business has to do. It has usually involved going to a physical bank branch, filling out paper forms and waiting while the banker processes the wire. Not surprisingly, fintech has attacked this inefficient process. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is […] The post Podcast 253: Marwan Forzley of Veem appeared first on Lend Academy.

Small business owners have always struggled to get access to capital. And while fintech has made a big difference, for many in the Latinx community it remains a serious struggle. This struggle is something the next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast knows all too well. Sean Salas is the CEO and Co-Founder of Camino […] The post Podcast 252: Sean Salas of Camino Financial appeared first on Lend Academy.

The small business lending space continues to focus on the Paycheck Protection Program. But as this program winds down, it is legislated to end on June 30, what happens next for the small business lenders? Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is a fintech industry veteran. Rohit Arora is the CEO and Co-Founder […] The post Podcast 251: Rohit Arora of Biz2Credit appeared first on Lend Academy.

It is often said in the lending business that it is easy to loan money out, the difficult part of trying to get it back. And in challenging times, like we are living in now, that job becomes even more difficult. So, I thought it was time we talked about strategies for collecting money in […] The post Podcast 250: Jacob Corlyon and Alistair Canal of Capital Collection Management appeared first on Lend Academy.

In today’s world to build a success intermediary business you have to be able to add obvious value to the consumer. While some consumers are happy to shop around for the best deal many want someone else to do the legwork for them. And if that legwork guarantees them the best deal then you can […] The post Podcast 249: Stephen Dash of Credible appeared first on Lend Academy.

Raising capital for non-bank lenders is a time-intensive endeavor and the same could be said for investors deploying capital on these platforms. It would be better if there was an intermediary between these two parties that could make this whole process more efficient. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast recognized this problem and […] The post Podcast 248: Jon Barlow of Finitive appeared first on Lend Academy.

There are many community banks around this country that have been a stalwart of their community for decades or even more than a century. Some are threatened by the rapid shift to digital, others are taking it in stride. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is Jill Castilla, the CEO of Citizens Bank […] The post Podcast 247: Jill Castilla of Citizens Bank of Edmond appeared first on Lend Academy.

The latest episode of the Lend Academy Podcast is a little different. Given that this is the launch week of LendIt Fintech Digital, I decided to bring together my two LendIt colleagues, Bo Brustkern (CEO and Co-Founder) and Todd Anderson (Chief Product Officer) to talk about our new offering. We have nearly 1,000 people who […] The post Podcast 246: Bo Brustkern and Todd Anderson on LendIt Fintech Digital appeared first on Lend Academy.

There are still three billion people around the world who are currently left out of the financial system. While many great organizations have done important work here there is so much more that needs to be done. And that was before the current crisis. The impact of the coronavirus will be felt more harshly in […] The post Podcast 245: Mayada El-Zoghbi of CFI appeared first on Lend Academy.

Small business lenders have been in the spotlight this month as hundreds of billions of dollars in loans are distributed to needy American businesses. While fintech should have been front and center in this initiative it has found itself sitting on the sidelines. But with round two just signed into law today fintech has an […] The post Podcast 244: Scott Stewart of the ILPA appeared first on Lend Academy.

Every small business lender in the country has been focused on one thing only this month: the Paycheck Protection Program. The PPP was designed to be the savior of many small businesses but unfortunately the rollout has been anything but smooth. And we learned just yesterday the $350 billion has now gone with no more […] The post Podcast 243: Jared Hecht of Fundera appeared first on Lend Academy.

These are challenging times, particularly for lenders. There are no risk models that can predict what might happen not just over the next year but even over the next month. While every lending verticals is being impacted the effects are not being felt uniformly. The next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is Ram Ahluwalia, […] The post Podcast 242: Ram Ahluwalia of PeerIQ appeared first on Lend Academy.

We are taking a break this week from all the drama happening in the world today to bring you something completely different: a discussion on company boards. Most founders don’t give much thought to their board. But there are real advantages to creating a quality board of directors that really serves the entrepreneur and actually […] The post Podcast 241: Mike Baliman on Small Company Boards appeared first on Lend Academy.

Many community banks have been having a difficult time in recent years as banking becomes ever more intertwined with technology. They don’t have big budgets to spend on tech but more importantly many leaders of community banks don’t have a technology-first mindset. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is David Reiling, the CEO […] The post Podcast 240: David Reiling of Sunrise Banks appeared first on Lend Academy.

The big three credit bureaus, whether in the UK or the US, have excellent coverage on the majority of consumers. But for those people who have never applied for credit, they tend to have very little information. Now, many people have a bank account who have no credit file or a thin file and the […] The post Podcast 239: Freddy Kelly of Credit Kudos appeared first on Lend Academy.

The way we have stored and used credit information has not fundamentally changed in decades. The big three credit bureaus each have massive databases of personal information on everyone with a credit file. But as we have seen in recent years this is not the best and certainly not the most secure system. Our next […] The post Podcast 238: Adam Jiwan of Spring Labs appeared first on Lend Academy.

It rocked the fintech world. When LendingClub announced they would be acquiring Radius Bank (pending regulatory approval of course) it was a groundbreaking moment for fintech. It was the first time a fintech company had acquired a bank and suddenly the rules were being rewritten. Now, a lot has to happen before the acquisition is […] The post Podcast 237: Scott Sanborn of LendingClub appeared first on Lend Academy.

While fintech in the developed world continues to flourish the most exciting growth is happening in emerging markets. For the first time many countries have a developed venture capital ecosystem which is leading to more fintech companies being funded than ever before. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is Monica Brand Engel, the […] The post Podcast 236: Monica Brand Engel of Quona Capital appeared first on Lend Academy.

I love listening to podcasts. I have about 20 different shows on my playlist and one that I listen to regularly is the 11:FS Fintech Insider podcast from the UK consulting firm 11:FS. But 11:FS is about way more than just podcasts. They have become, quite possibly, the leading consultancy firm in all of fintech […] The post Podcast 235: David Brear of 11:FS appeared first on Lend Academy.

Many startup entrepreneurs look to Silicon Valley as their ideal source of capital. But in doing say they often dilute their ownership significantly. The crazy thing is that for many companies the bulk of their hard earned capital goes to spending on Google or Facebook ads. There is now a better way. Our next guest […] The post Podcast 234: Michele Romanow of Clearbanc appeared first on Lend Academy.