SME Loan Application Drop-Offs and Shame Barrier

About this episode:

Host Laura Watkins, Director of Media and Marketing, is joined by a fantastic panel of guests as we dive into some of the biggest stories from the worlds of fintech, banking, and wider financial services this week.

Stories covered on the podcast this week include:

Financial education is set to hit classrooms across the UK - we take a look at how this initiative is being received by schools nationwide.

PayPal has entered the Canadian “buy now, pay later” market with a new fee-free service - but what could this mean for the sector as a whole?

We’re also joined by startup Stoa to discuss their fresh alternative to traditional interest-based savings. Plus, Coinbase is shaking up the savings space with a new product launch, and we hear from Juice, one of the UK’s fastest-growing fintech lenders, about their latest research on SME lending.

And finally, we’ve got a special segment to wrap up the show - fans of The Celebrity Traitors will love this one… it’s got a fintech twist you won’t want to miss.

This week's guests:

• Nicolas Benady - CEO of Swan

• Joshuah Lebacq - Director, Venture Capital & Innovation at National Bank of Canada

• Mike Saraswat - CEO and Co-Founder of Stoa

Also featuring voice notes from:

• Louise Hll, founder of Go Henry
• Catherine Chan, CEO and co-founder of Juice
• Dylan, courtesy of Kate Moody, Strategy Director at 11:FS

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Timestamps/stories

Intro - (00:00)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Financial education to be taught to schoolchildren in England- ⁠(06:57)

⁠PayPal launches no-fee Pay in 4 BNPL in Canada- (15:55)

⁠Coinbase launches interest-bearing savings accounts in the UK- ⁠ (35:32)

⁠New UK start-up Stoa launches to offer an alternative to traditional interest-based savings -⁠ (45:00)

59% of UK SME founders abandon loan applications midway- (56:09)⁠⁠⁠⁠

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