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How to Lend Money to Strangers

A podcast about lending innovation and lending leadership in all the markets in which it takes place, however diverse those markets may be. In fact, it’s a case of ‘the more diverse the better,’ with guests from New York to New Zealand discussing everything from crypto-backed mortgages to crowd-funded loans for refugees to gamified loan journeys to AI-powered credit scores.I am the host, Brendan le Grange, and I have spent the last twenty years working in - or alongside - lenders in Africa, Asia, and Europe and I’m using that experience to find and learn from industry insiders...

How lenders are navigating volatility in 2026, with David Silverstein

47 mins; January 01, 2026

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

52 mins; December 18, 2025

Giving credit credit in the board room, with Marlize Buys

56 mins; December 11, 2025

Put a bit of juice in the tank, with Katherin Chan

36 mins; December 04, 2025

Your branch on your phone, with Albert Howard

42 mins; November 27, 2025

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

79 hours 19 mins; November 20, 2025

P2P funding for Europe's farmers, with Nikita Goncars

35 mins; November 13, 2025

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

33 mins; November 06, 2025

Modern fraud solutions for modern fraud problems, with Rob Meakin

31 mins; October 30, 2025

Cashflows and credit for SMEs, with Guga Gorenstein

47 mins; October 23, 2025

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

48 mins; October 16, 2025

Flexible and intelligent collections for improved returns, with Hannah Baynham

46 mins; October 09, 2025

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

33 mins; August 07, 2025

Banking (and lending) for the eco-conscious masses

35 mins; July 31, 2025

Unbankable, making a movie about lending

36 mins; July 24, 2025

Embracing GenAI in credit risk

54 mins; July 07, 2025

An AI-powered link in the chain

30 mins; July 03, 2025

What are the odds?

50 mins; June 30, 2025

Outsourcing AI

35 mins; June 26, 2025

Behind the scenes: investing in loans

36 mins; June 23, 2025

Growing a business in vitro

38 mins; June 19, 2025

Funding the green home revolution

46 mins; June 16, 2025

How to Lend Money to Billders

53 mins; June 12, 2025

How to Lend Money to Regenerative Farmers

51 mins; June 09, 2025

Selling clarity in a volatile market

62 hours 42 mins; June 05, 2025

How to set goals and actually achieve them this time!

72 hours 27 mins; December 31, 2024

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

43 mins; July 25, 2024

Innovation for interesting markets

33 mins; July 18, 2024

Lenders leaping forward, with Paul Weiss (Simbuka)

21 mins; July 11, 2024

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

35 mins; July 04, 2024

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

18 mins; June 27, 2024

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

23 mins; June 20, 2024

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

24 mins; June 13, 2024

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

30 mins; June 13, 2024

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

38 mins; May 30, 2024

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

28 mins; May 23, 2024

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

20 mins; May 16, 2024

Funding families, with John Aronica (Gaia)

24 mins; May 09, 2024

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

21 mins; May 02, 2024

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

32 mins; April 25, 2024

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

28 mins; April 18, 2024

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

34 mins; April 10, 2024

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

24 mins; April 04, 2024

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

22 mins; March 28, 2024

Unleashing CreditPy, with Ayhan Diş

23 mins; March 25, 2024

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

25 mins; March 21, 2024

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

41 mins; March 14, 2024

Rwanda on the rise, with Sam Tayengwa (TransUnion)

38 mins; March 07, 2024

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

24 mins; February 29, 2024

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

26 mins; February 22, 2024

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

26 mins; February 15, 2024

Turbocharged AI analytics, with Carey Anderson (1datapipe)

29 mins; February 08, 2024

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

28 mins; February 01, 2024

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

28 mins; December 21, 2023

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

23 mins; December 17, 2023

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

25 mins; December 07, 2023

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

27 mins; November 30, 2023

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

20 mins; November 23, 2023

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

21 mins; November 16, 2023

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

30 mins; November 09, 2023

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

23 mins; November 02, 2023

KYC Better, with Sasha Marley (Bonafidee)

31 mins; October 26, 2023

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

27 mins; October 19, 2023

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

30 mins; October 12, 2023

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

26 mins; October 05, 2023

Enhancing decision accuracy, with Maik Taro Wehmeyer (Taktile)

28 mins; September 28, 2023

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

24 mins; September 21, 2023

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

30 mins; September 14, 2023

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

22 mins; September 07, 2023

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

31 mins; August 31, 2023

Resilience and speed, with Svitlanka Sergiichuk (NeoFin)

33 mins; August 24, 2023

A look at revenue-based finance, with Pratik Sawal

24 mins; August 17, 2023

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

21 mins; August 10, 2023

Know good | catch bad, with Sjoerd Slot

29 mins; August 03, 2023

Scaling your impact, with Adriaan Schiphorst (Lendahand)

28 mins; July 31, 2023

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

25 mins; July 27, 2023

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

26 mins; July 20, 2023

Pioneering mobile fintech services, with Seymur Mammadov (Simbrella)

23 mins; July 13, 2023

Familiar but digital, with Rohit Bhargava (BOMTech)

20 mins; July 06, 2023

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

30 mins; June 29, 2023

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

24 mins; June 22, 2023

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

24 mins; June 15, 2023

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

26 mins; June 08, 2023

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

21 mins; June 07, 2023

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

26 mins; June 06, 2023

The evolution of consumer lending in Poland, with Bartek Staszewski

31 mins; June 05, 2023

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

35 mins; June 01, 2023

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

34 mins; May 25, 2023

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

25 mins; May 18, 2023

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

22 mins; May 11, 2023

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

26 mins; May 04, 2023

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

25 mins; May 03, 2023

Untangling bureau data, with Dillon Harindiran (Slipstream)

26 mins; April 27, 2023

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

26 mins; April 20, 2023

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

25 mins; April 13, 2023

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

26 mins; April 06, 2023

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

31 mins; March 30, 2023

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

23 mins; March 23, 2023

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

27 mins; March 16, 2023

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

57 mins; March 09, 2023

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