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Things to Consider: Digitising your SME Lending Customer Journey

We interview Tomer Guriel (CEO and Founder, ezbob) and Yaron Shoshani (CTO, ezbob) on key questions around digitising SME lending. Guriel is the founder of ezbob and Shoshoni has been with the business since its inception when ezbob was a direct lender to small businesses in the UK from 2011 to 2016. Having built a digital lender from the ground up...

20 August 2020 /retail /wholesale Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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Lending Post Covid-19: New Data Sources and Technologies

The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the finances of both UK consumers and companies, with millions struggling to pay their bills on time due to the associated economic lockdown. This has dramatically altered the lending landscape, with a spike in borrowing as businesses turn to lenders to help them mitigate the effects of Covid-19. Accord...

19 August 2020 /wholesale /covid-19 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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Building the case for biometrics in lending

The term may still sound rather futuristic, but biometrics – the study of distinctive and measurable characteristics to label an individual – is already reshaping our world. These characteristics, known as biometric identifiers, range from fingerprints and veins through to iris, retina and voice. It just has to be something unique to the individua...

12 December 2019 /security Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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Top 5 benefits of lending-as-a-service

Lending-as-a-service (LaaS) is an emerging trend in banking and financial services that is seeing lenders turn to the latest technology in order to boost their service offering. The growth of LaaS is fuelled by open platforms that enable financial institutions to build, launch and operate better products for their customers. The impact of cutting-e...

05 June 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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