Redefining Microloans Beyond Credit Scores

The Big Beautiful Bill is set to upend student lending starting July 1, 2026, with changes to everything from loan amount caps to repayment options to program availability.In this episode, John Volpini, VP of Relationship Management at Sallie Mae, draws on his decades of industry ...  Show more

While lawmakers debate a proposed 10% credit card interest rate cap, credit unions are asking what this could mean for access to credit, profitability and member relationships.In this episode, credit card expert David Shipper of Datos Insights takes a deep dive into the potential ...  Show more

💸 What’s the real fintech miracle? Lending to SMEs — and staying alive 9 years later.

In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, we’re joined by Nikhilesh Goel, Co-Founder & CEO of Validus, Southeast Asia’s largest SME financing platform.
We unpack how Valid ...

I named this podcast How to Lend Money to Strangers because for the last twenty years that’s exactly what I’ve been trying to do. And although I’ve taken on projects across the credit lifecycle and on three continents, the underlying goal has almost always been to find enough dat ...  Show more

Esusu launched in 2018 with a rotational savings product and continued growing their fintech startup in late 2019 with Esusu Rent, a rent reporting tool that enables renters to improve their credit scores. In March 2020, co-founders Abbey Wemimo and Samir Goel were working to det ...  Show more

Pierpaolo Barbieri, the CEO and founder of Ualá, tells us about the booming fintech space, incumbent banks, and crypto. Ualá is an Argentine fintech company that is working to bring Latin Americans the necessary financial tools they need to run a business, pay their bills, and pa ...  Show more