Tuesday, 7 September 2021
12 pm EDT | 9 am PDT

Lending in a Post-Covid World

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Why attend

In 2020, COVID-19 prompted a flurry of lending activities, most notably the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) backed by the U.S. government. With both small businesses and individuals impacted by unemployment, financial uncertainty, and nationwide lockdowns, many have turned to non-bank lenders to help bridge the gap.

The key take-aways

Review the current status of lending in light of the pandemic

Discuss what may come as a result of unemployment, work-from-home measures, and the impact that's had on commercial real estate

Highlight new technologies and practices that help get funding to individuals and businesses fast

And many more..

The webinar panel

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Heather Francis, CEO & Founder | ELEVATE FUNDING

Heather has over 10 years of experience operating in the finance sector, seven of those years in Alternative Small Business Finance. An acknowledged thought-leader in the Alternative Finance Industry, she is routinely consulted on trending topics in banking and payments. Heather took her experiences and launched Elevate Funding in 2015 with the mission to provide business owners with financial products without weighing ones’ credit score in the funding decision.

Rohit Arora, CEO & Co-Founder | Biz2Credit

Rohit Arora, CEO and co-founder of Biz2Credit, is one of the country's leading experts in small business finance. Since its founding in 2007, Biz2Credit has arranged $3 billion in small business financing and has helped thousands of entrepreneurs. For his efforts to help others and his pioneering business model, Rohit Arora was named Crain's NY Business "Entrepreneur of the Year 2011."

Rohit is an often quoted expert on small business lending for major news media, including: New York Times, The Wall St. Journal, Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, American Banker, CNNMoney, MSNBC, Inc., and Washington Post. A frequently sought guest speaker; he was a panelist at the 2012 New York Times Small Business Summit, National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU)'s Small Business Lending Conference;" the American Asian/Asian Research Institute's panel on small business growth; and the Harlem Business Alliance's 9th Annual Harlem Business Economic Summit.

Rohit oversees the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index, a widely reported monthly snapshot of small business loan approvals. Its findings are reviewed by Federal Reserve and SBA officials, as well as the President's Council of Economic Advisors. He has written columns on SMB finance for FOX Small Business Center, SmallBizTrends, Franchise Handbook, NewJerseyNewsroom, New York Enterprise Report, and others.

Johanna Pugh, Managing Director, North America | MAMBU

Johanna is the Managing Director, North America, at Mambu. With over 20 years' experience in the financial services technology industry, Johanna has extensive experience in product management, software development, implementation services, compliance, and business process re-engineering.

At Mambu, Johanna will grow and strengthen Mambu's U.S. and Canadian presence and operations with a focus on strategic investments in partnerships along with building out first-class local commercial and operational teams in the North American market.

As an industry veteran of the fintech space, Johanna is a passionate speaker on a broad range of topics including regulatory and compliance in financial services, digital transformation managed services, design authority, testing services, and banking innovations such as PaaS, AI and Blockchain; she is a thought leader in streamlining business practices, best practice software implementations and strategic engagement alignment.

Robin Smith, Commercial Director, North America | MAMBU

Robin Smith is the Commercial Director of North America at Mambu, the leading SaaS banking engine powering modern financial services. Mambu's cloud native solution is the driving force behind modern, modular banking architectures, empowering clients to rapidly realize value for their business and customers. Robin is responsible for Mambu's sales and business development efforts across North America. With more than 30 years of experience, Robin has successfully built national and international teams for software, professional services and business process outsourcing to the financial services industry.

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MAMBU

Mambu is the SaaS banking platform that is changing financial services. This rapidly growing company was launched in 2011 and is enabling customers to build modern banking and lending offerings fast, securely and simply. Through its composable approach, the platform gives customers the ability to design and service nearly any financial product while rapidly integrating to the best-of-service ecosystem of complementary solutions around the world. Mambu has a global network of over 500 employees that supports 180 customers in over 65 countries. It counts N26, OakNorth, ABN AMRO and Orange amongst its extensive list of customers.

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