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How to Lend Money to Strangers — 208 episodes

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A fireside chat with Philip Belamant from Zilch

2

AI-first and Shariah by design, with Rajesh Saxena (Intellect Design Arena)

3

Solving big problems in innovative ways, with Waqas Javed (Bank of Punjab)

4

How to insure stuff for strangers, with Stan Ng

5

Bringing together multiple viewpoints, both in person and in data with Sanjib Kalita (Fintech Meetup and Guppy)

6

Empowering financial access for Iceland, the Baltics, and beyond, with Hrefna Sigfinnsdottir and Elari Tammenurm (Creditinfo)

7

Fraud prevention & AML compliance, with Nauman Abuzar (SEON)

8

Accessing your home equity, with Michael Gifford (Splitero)

9

It's private... but is it safe? With Nicolas Kipp (Credibur)

10

The AI sales agent that is helping Indonesians get mortgages, with Ilya Kravtsov (Pillar Lab)

11

Flexible smartphone financing in Bangladesh, with Rafsun Faiz (SahajMobile)

12

Taking digital lending across Laos, village by village, with Tim Scheffmann (LTS Ventures)

13

Crowdfunding the fintech revolution, with Leonard Burger

14

Expanding the Agentic AI use case, with Daniel Yoo (Finmate AI)

15

Coaching beyond the models, with Marc Gaudart (Trent Advisory Services)

16

Lending without guessing, with Christo Georgiev (Lender Link)

17

The house that bitcoin bought, with Josip Rupena (Milo)

18

Empowered brokers sell better mortgages and better mortgages are, well, better for everyone, with James Tucker (Twenty7tec)

19

How lenders are navigating volatility in 2026, with David Silverstein (Ned)

20

How AI and behavioural economics can re-humanize financial services, with Diederick van Thiel (AdviceRobo)

21

Giving credit credit in the board room, with Marlize Buys (Most Probably)

22

Put a bit of juice in the tank, with Katherine Chan (Juice)

23

Your branch on your phone, with Albert Howard (Mini Branch)

24

How to teach money to students, with Latreace Wells and Rod Griffin

25

P2P funding for Europe's farmers, with Nikita Goncars (Lande)

26

The loans that fund life's biggest moments, with Scott Baker (Toast)

27

Modern fraud solutions for modern fraud problems, with Rob Meakin (Creditinfo)

28

Cashflows and credit for SMEs, with Guga Gorenstein

29

Collecting from debtors is hard, but often not as hard as selling to strangers, with Amanda Morrison

30

Flexible and intelligent collections for improved returns, with Hannah Baynham

31

Work's a joke anyway, so they made it a game!

32

Banking (and lending) for the eco-conscious masses (GreenFi)

33

Unbankable, making a movie about lending

34

Embracing GenAI in credit risk (McKinsey)

35

An AI-powered link in the chain (Credibly)

36

What are the odds?

37

Outsourcing AI (Acuity Knowledge Partners)

38

Behind the scenes: investing in loans (Exaloan)

39

Growing a business in vitro (Invitro Capital)

40

Funding the green home revolution (Coover)

41

How to Lend Money to Billders (Billd)

42

How to Lend Money to Regenerative Farmers (MAD Agriculture)

43

Selling clarity in a volatile market (Credifsafe)

44

How to set goals and actually achieve them this time!

45

How to try a new podcast aka the hAIghtened senses feed take-over

46

Innovation for interesting markets (Provenir)

47

Lenders leaping forward, with Paul Weiss (Simbuka)

48

A global study of credit self-monitoring, with Charlie Wise (TransUnion)

49

A modern, digital loan for India with Kabeer Chaudhary (ClickMyLoan)

50

Building a green credit score, with Daniel Mclean (4most)

51

Closing the SME funding gap, recorded live at Money20/20 with Rob Straathof (Liberis)

52

Real-time data for collections, recorded live at Money20/20 with James Hill (Flexys)

53

Lessons from the Chinese model, with Richard Turrin (Author & Consultant)

54

Funding growth in modern economies, with Ritwik Ghosh (Seedflex)

55

Fighting illegal money lending, with Catherine Wohlers (Stop Loan Sharks)

56

Funding families, with John Aronica (Gaia)

57

Cross-border lending in the EU, with Kaido Saar (MiFundo)

58

Understanding customers. Getting them into houses. with Chris Schutrups (The Mortgage Hut)

59

Zero interest Zero fees Zero new credit, with Alex Forsyth-Thompson (Float)

60

Lending: it's a risky business, with Carolyn Rohm

61

Automating complex data-driven decisions, with Martin Chudoba (Taran)

62

Mobile-first lending in Tanzania, with Nassor Abubakar (NMB Bank)

63

Unleashing CreditPy, with Ayhan Diş

64

Have you talked to your kids about data science? With Daniele Forni (HSBC)

65

Streamlining Australian home loans, with Vincent Turner (Uno Home Loans)

66

Rwanda on the rise, with Sam Tayengwa (TransUnion)

67

A massively more inclusive credit score, with Charles Wandia (gnuGrid CRB)

68

A canary in the credit mine, with James Fell (Credit Canary)

69

The only mortgage you'll ever need, with Arjan Verbeek (Perenna Bank)

70

Turbocharged AI analytics, with Carey Anderson (1datapipe)

71

Tokyo: Asia's next FinTech hub, with Morris Iwai

72

Agile decision systems for modern lending needs, with Dmitriy Wolkenstein (Timvero)

73

Aiming when you can't see the target, with Clare McCaffery (DirectID) and Jacobus Eksteen (Matogen AI)

74

Optimising credit limit increases for profit, with Cristian Bravo (Western University)

75

Multi-currency and cross-border lending, with Jorge Juttner (Ritmo) and Maggie Gemmill (Currencycloud)

76

Who defaults on Covid loans, with Maurizio Fiaschetti (University College London)

77

AI-powered lending for Colombian businesses, with Viviana Siless (Quipu Bank)

78

The right content in the right hands at the right time, with Nicky Senyard (Fintel Connect)

79

Lithuanian fintech is compact and agile, with Jekaterina Rojaka (Creditinfo)

80

KYC Better, with Sasha Marley (Bonafidee)

81

Building the scaffolding for a Nigerian credit boom, with Adedeji Olowe (Lendsqr)

82

Loans to build communities, with Moishe Gubin (Optimum Bank)

83

Lending against distressed properties not to distressed borrowers, with Todd Pigott (ZINC)

84

Enhancing decision accuracy, with Maik Taro Wehmeyer (Taktile)

85

In the end, it's all about the people, with Robbie Blake (Northreach)

86

Bridges to Credit: Alternative Data and Inclusive Finance, with Santiago Espinoza (LexisNexis Risk Solutions)

87

Cross-border BNPL in Brazil, with Vinícius Vieira (BEXS)

88

Advanced analytical models, with Dr Joseph Breeden (Deep Future Analytics)

89

Resilience and speed, with Svitlanka Sergiichuk (NeoFin)

90

A look at revenue-based finance, with Pratik Sawal

91

A path to profitable lending, with Maik Taro Wehmeyer (Taktile)

92

Know good | catch bad, with Sjoerd Slot

93

Scaling your impact, with Adriaan Schiphorst (Lendahand)

94

Financing everyday essentials for everyone, with Mayur Patel (M-Kopa)

95

How to lend money to astronauts, with Russell Shaw (Equatorial Launch Australia)

96

Pioneering mobile fintech services, with Seymur Mammadov (Simbrella)

97

Familiar but digital, with Rohit Bhargava (BOMTech)

98

Credit for African creators, with Chinedu Enekwe (Nandi Labs)

99

Buy Now Report to the Credit Bureau Now, with Simon Forster (Experian)

100

How to lend money to underestimated entrepreneurs, with Demi Ariyo (Lendoe)

101

It's people helping people, with Craig Smith (JustLend)

102

Bridging the trade financing gap for Sri Lankan small businesses, with Lakshan De Silva (iLoan)

103

From bankrupt borrower to millionaire lender, with Matt Haycox (Funding Guru)

104

The evolution of consumer lending in Poland, with Bartek Staszewski

105

This unicorn wants to eliminate the cost of consumer credit, with Philip Belamant (Zilch)

106

Bridging the academic-practitioner divide at the Credit Scoring and Credit Control Conference XVIII

107

Bringing their financially inclusive world to the UK, with Matt Davies (Nova)

108

A Practitioner's Guide to Unsecured Lending Risk Management, with Frank Tian

109

Flexible and adaptable loan terms, with Damien Burke (Custom Credit)

110

Special re-release: How to stop lending money to strangers and follow your dreams, with Gideon Griebenow (World Turtles)

111

Untangling bureau data, with Dillon Harindiran (Slipstream)

112

'New to credit' shouldn’t mean 'too risky for credit', with Charlie Wise (TransUnion)

113

Community-sourced loans for SMEs, with George Cook (Honeycomb Credit)

114

Imagery that only your customers will know, with Matt Salisbury (Honey Badger)

115

Your interest paid in fine wine, with Maxime Debure (WineFunding)

116

A fintech pioneer and change bringer in Pakistan, with Naureen Hyat (Tez/ ZoodPay)

117

Building a Canadian loan marketplace, with Vlad Sherbatov (Smarter Loans)

118

Pay your rent and I'll give you the house, with Ike Udechuku (Pathway Points)

119

Opening a beer faster, with Oli Tomson (Era)

120

Closing a mortgage faster, with Eilon Shalev (Elphi)

121

Transforming the credit landscape in Central Asia, with Abdullo Kurbanov (Alif Bank)

122

Now you can buy that boat you've always had your eye on, with Joe Dalton (Salt)

123

Turning a customer obsession into retail credit, with Regan Adams (RCS)

124

Lending innovation in Finland, with Kim Ahola (Creditstar)

125

Financing the property industry, with Paul Watts (Lenuity)

126

Credit management meets innovation and ethics in Nigeria, with Moses Nmor (BFREE)

127

Transformative change in credit scoring, with Sanjay Uppal (Finbots.AI)

128

Helping students to achieve their financial goals, with Ethan Fraenkel (ProGrad)

129

Growth from a small island, with Mark van Beuningen (CIM Group)

130

Pioneering fintech in Uruguay, with Mateo Infantozzi (Prezzta and Octa.dev)

131

A credit bureau for emerging markets, with Burak Kilicoglu (CreditInfo)

132

Building the P2P app she needed because no one else would, with Lika Osmanova (Lendwill)

133

Strategy meets data science when it comes to SME lending, with Frank Gerhard (McKinsey & Company)

134

NFT-backed crypto loans, with Nuno Cortesão (Zharta)

135

Tax credit lending in future industries, with Zach Tarica (The Forest Road Company)

136

Gamifying a route to a long-term credit relationship, with Jorge Enriquez (Credilikeme)

137

More appealing credit card offers (and a trip around the world), with Chris Hutchins (All The Hacks)

138

Fueling your business with other people’s money, with Jonathan Fodera (Integrated Business Financing)

139

Using the power of amortisation for good, Jinesh Vohra (Sprive)

140

Holding up a mirror to the lending industry, with Elena Botella (Delinquent: Inside America's Debt Machine)

141

A more inclusive credit score for lending and securitization, with Toni Hubbs (VantageScore)

142

How to lend money to refugees, with Lev Plaves (Kiva)

143

Crypto-backed mortgages, with Phil Blows (ByBrix)

144

The service is the collateral, with Neel Juriasingani (Datacultr)

145

Explainable AI and a new style of credit bureau, with Evan Chrapko (Trust Science)

146

Lending in frontier segments, with Todd Kleperis (Payzel)

147

The future of South African banking is open, with Nick Tuttelberg (DirectID)

148

BNPL in the Middle East, with Ziyaad Ahmed (Spotii)

149

AI driven credit scores, with Sabelo Sibanda (CreditAIs)

150

What lenders can learn from borrowers, with Nicole Lapin (Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin)

151

Making payday lending redundant, with Caroline van der Merwe and Simon Ellis (Jem)

152

Empowering entrepreneurial women, with Debbie Watkins (Lucy)

153

How to stop lending money to strangers and follow your dreams, with Gideon Griebenow (World Turtles)

154

Private lending for real estate, with Alex Breshears (Lend2Live)

155

The value of self-regulation, with Anna Roughley (LSB)

156

Putting core banking on the cloud, with Antonio Separovic (Oradian)

157

The little credit bureau that did, with Paul Randall (Creditinfo)

158

A foot-up onto the property ladder, with Cameron Orcutt (OnLadder)

159

The data you need when you need it, with Simon Gregory (Data on Demand)

160

Machine learning to power a fintech revolution, with Jeff Keltner (Upstart)

161

Lending innovation in Moldova, with Bogdan Plesuvescu (Victoriabank)

162

P2P Lending is Not Dead, with Mukesh Bubna (Monexo)

163

Lending in Thailand and SE Asia, with Marco Chu (TransUnion) and Phadet Charoensivakorn (NCB)

164

How to Lend Money to Charities, with Holger Westphely (CAF Venturesome)

165

Building an all-in-one credit platform, with Ash Bhatt (Pillar)

166

Consumer protection in Inclusive Finance, with Jayshree Venkatesan (Center for Financial Inclusion)

167

Active credit building, with Sho Sugihara (Pave)

168

Financing smart agriculture, with Allan Tollo (MyFugo)

169

The cards are alright... for now, with Liz Ruddick (FICO)

170

Expanding access to micro-credit and micro-incomes, with Adam Rice (AssetDirect)

171

Purposeful BNPL in an emerging market, with Mark McChlery (PayJustNow)

172

Open banking is mainstream, with James Varga (DirectID)

173

Can the blockchain solve ‘identity’, with Jonathan Camilleri Bowman (Sekuritance)

174

Open Banking in Greece and beyond, with Dimitris Petrilis (Infin8)

175

Touch and tech in African consumer loans, with Michiel le Roux (Unifi Credit)

176

Learning from our lending mistakes, with James Lambridis (DebtMD)

177

Lending against assets, all assets, with James Constantinou (Prestige Pawnbrokers)

178

Consumers and their credit data, with Kelli Fielding (TransUnion)

179

Could we lend against crypto assets, with Phil Blows (AQRU)

180

Fixing vendor finance, with Alex Armitage (Nectarine Credit)

181

A global career in collections, with Chris Somervell

182

What is an identity, with Jaime Ramirez (Preventor)

183

Seamless working capital finance, with Alek Koenig (Settle)

184

Gamifying credit scores for the unbanked, with Yatir Zaluski, Niharika Bhargava, and Jacobus Eksteen (ConfirmU)

185

Credit scoring in Nigeria, from Jes Freemantle (Stratus Credit Consultancy)

186

Lending against talent, with Joel Frisch (Prodigy Finance)

187

Expanding the definition of credit bureau data, with Jon Roughley (Experian)

188

The Russian consumer credit landscape, with Igor Propopenko (Experian)

189

Building better collections processes, with Dylan Jones (IE Hub)

190

Accelerating BNPL in Spain, with Jaime Marin Merlo (Fiizy)

191

Fraud and identity trends, with John Cannon (Oakford Consulting)

192

Resilient Canadian consumers are looking forward to growth, with Matt Fabian (TransUnion)

193

Modern lending In India, with Praveen Sinha and Amit Pandey (Pincap)

194

Consumer credit in the Nordics, with Jakob Færgeman (Experian)

195

A Hong Kong market update with Dr Francis Lau

196

The exponential growth of digital banking in Ghana, with Felix Duku (Duku Consulting)

197

Making credit histories globally portable, with Misha Esipov (Nova Credit)

198

Instant gratification with Michele Tucci, André Marques, and Anit Antony

199

Lending money to friends and family, with Craig Smith (JustLend)

200

Big data scoring for thin file and new-to-credit customers, with Oscar Koster (Big Data Scoring)

201

Risk-based collections in the time of COVID-19, with Terry Franklin (Qualco)

202

The state of the American consumer credit industry, with Matt Komos (TransUnion)

203

Scoring for microfinance, with Joffre Toerien (Credit Insight Analytics)

204

An insider‘s view of the Chinese consumer credit landscape, with Zhong Liu and Ruifeng Liu

205

Leveraging BNPL to expand access to credit, with Georg Steiger (BillEase)

206

Turning scorecards into revenue, with Graham Whitley (Quid Pro Consulting)

207

A History of Risk Assessment, with Raymond Anderson (Rayan Analytics)

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