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How to Lend Money to Strangers

Brendan le Grange
Fintech
Financial Inclusion
Credit Risk
Artificial Intelligence
Financial Services
Consumer Credit Risk Assessment
Mifundo
Collections Strategy
Data Science
Small Business Lending
South Africa
Debt Collection
Cross-Border Lending
Illegal Money Lending
Loan Sharks
Credit Reporting Systems
Credit Scoring
Transunion
Estonia
Financial Exploitation

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.

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Leonard Burger
fintech investor and community builder in fintech space
Freelance investor and advisor to startups
Episode: Crowdfunding the fintech revolution, with Leonard Burger
Marc Gaudart
Founder and managing partner at Trent Advisory Services
Trent Advisory Services
Episode: Coaching beyond the models, with Marc Gaudart (Trent Advisory Services)
Christo Georgiev
CEO and Founder of LenderLink
LenderLink
Episode: Lending without guessing, with Christo Georgiev (Lender Link)
Josip Rupena
Founder and CEO of Milo
Milo
Episode: The house that bitcoin bought, with Josip Rupena
James Tucker
CEO of Twenty7tec Group
Twenty7tec Group
Episode: Empowered brokers sell better mortgages and better mortgages are, well, better for everyone, with James Tucker
David Silverstein
CEO and Founder of NED
NED
Episode: How lenders are navigating volatility in 2026, with David Silverstein
Diederick van Thiel
An entrepreneur, academic, and author focused on AI and its impact on financial services.
CEO and founder at AdviceRobo
Episode: How AI and behavioural economics can re-humanize financial services, with Diederick van Thiel
Marlize Buys
Director and Founder at Most Probably
Most Probably
Episode: Giving credit credit in the board room, with Marlize Buys
Katherine Chan
CEO of Juice, formerly CFO
Juice
Episode: Put a bit of juice in the tank, with Katherin Chan

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Brendan le Grange
Host of the show, with extensive experience in lending across Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 268 ratings
  • Actual banking content

    One of the only shows I know of, that looks beyond the headlines at how the work is actually donw

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Representative Neil Abercrombi
    United States4 years ago
  • Great $$$ Pod

    I always learn something or find some inspiration here!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tayla MacFarland
    Australia4 years ago
  • Lots of info

    I have been learning so much from the guests. I wish I had discovered this podcast years ago. Thanks!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ava Chauvel 35
    Australia4 years ago
  • Great show!

    I love the show. It has truly helped change my life. Keep up the great work.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Declan Faucett 22
    Australia4 years ago
  •  A must subscribe!

    This podcast is 🔥for changing your mindset about money and how to get more of it!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Christian Schaaf25
    Australia4 years ago

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Production quality and guest variety make it a go-to for fintech and lending professionals.
Guests bring high-quality expertise and real-world relevance to lending tech and policy.
The host delivers practical, actionable insights with a global lending perspective.

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Crowdfunding the fintech revolution, with Leonard Burger
Q: Tell us about your background and how it shaped your view of the lending industry today.
Leonard describes his international path, early interest in market research, and how investing in startups since 2015 led to focusing on crowdfunding and fintech products. He emphasizes the value of community, practical product experiences (Monzo, CrowdCube), and the ongoing evolution toward open and embedded finance.
Lending without guessing, with Christo Georgiev (Lender Link)
Q: Talk to me a little bit about the onboarding process for lenders and how much data preparation is required on their end.
The process has evolved from asking lenders to adapt to a fixed schema to offering flexible mapping via an AI onboarding tool. Early on, lenders prepared their databases to match a required schema; now, they can map fields with AI, and the system automatically handles data transformation, allowing onboarding in a matter of days.
Empowered brokers sell better mortgages and better mortgages are, well, better for everyone, with James Tucker
Q: What are you doing for lenders as well as advisors, and how does your technology display products to the market?
The platform enables lenders to showcase products through advisor channels, helping them reach end customers by educating advisors on product fit and simplifying the process of finding and presenting suitable options.
Empowered brokers sell better mortgages and better mortgages are, well, better for everyone, with James Tucker
Q: Tell me about those early days when you decided to start Twenty7tec and what it was like after leaving a steady career.
James describes leveraging his background in finance and tech to identify a gap in tooling for advisors, and building Twenty7tec into a platform that helps advisors and lenders navigate a highly complex mortgage market.
How lenders are navigating volatility in 2026, with David Silverstein
Q: Where can people download the report?
They can go directly to nedhelps.com under the resources page to download the report titled 'Beyond the Breaking Point.'

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This show focuses on lending innovation and leadership across global markets, featuring interviews with founders, executives, and practitioners who are shaping how credit is sourced, scored, and delivered. Topics span crypto-backed lending, alternative data, fintech-enabled access to credit, and human-centered AI in underwriting, often exploring real-world use cases, regulatory considerations, and technology-enabled decisioning. The episodes tend to blend practical product insights with market context, highlighting unique regional challenges and the evolving role of data, platforms, and customer experience in lending. A standout trait is the diverse, globally minded guest mix that covers both traditional financial services and fintech disru... more

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