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Episode: Issuing £1 billion on funding SMEs | Lara Gilman, iwoca
Description: 4:10 how was iwoca in 2014 at Series A and the power of people behind creating products and innovations (guest Mimi Nguyen)7:21 iwoca in 2020 funding last year over 1 billion. Culture being a big part of iwoca9:45 Mission of SME lending and what is iwocaPay?22:45 How is technology supporting the underwriting process?  The balance between machines and humans in the decision process.24:50 How did COVID-19 affected iwoca and it’s clients?30:00 Fintech 2.032:32 Lara’s background and what brought her to fintech39:15 Lara’s mana - what has shaped her care...