Innovate Lending 2018

Lending industry innovators joined us and their peers in September 2018 to share examples of how Open Banking and other fintech opportunities are creating a seamless and personalised customer experience and supporting better decisions. After the seminar, finder UK CEO Jon Ostler presented the finder Lending Innovation Awards.

The speakers

Jamie Devlin

Product owner, Revolut

Digital disruption. Jamie talked about the implications of recent innovations, and how the banking challenger Revolut has been using them to solve consumer problems on a grand scale.

Nick Harding

CEO, Lending Works

Fintech alliances. The peer-to-peer lender Lending Works is using alliances – such as its link-up with Revolut – to create a better experience for the business and its customers. He shared his recipe for picking your fintech partners for success.

Freddy Kelly

CEO, Credit Kudos

Credit decisions. Credit Kudos believes traditional credit scoring is broken. Freddy showed how Credit Kudos uses machine learning and alternative data sources to improve decision-making, and enable lenders to reach customers that other methods cannot reach.

Olly Betts

Co-founder & CEO, OpenWrks

Open Banking. OpenWrks’ platform allows customers to share their financial data with businesses. Olly showed how this results in better acquisition, conversion, personalisation – and price.

The finder Lending Innovation Awards

Personal Loans Innovation Award – Revolut & Lending Works
Business Loans Innovation Award – iwoca
Mortgages Innovation Award – Dashly
Credit Cards Innovation Award – Curve
Short Term Loans Innovation Award – Drafty
Peer-to-Peer Loans Innovation Award – Zopa

Find out more about the finder awards

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Chris Lilly

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