Transforming SME Lending: Insights from Sara de la Torre, Dun & Bradstreet At the FTT Lending on 19 March, we had the opportunity to sit down with Sara de la Torre,Head of Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Dun & Bradstreet. With years of experience in the financial sector, Sara shared some into how data and emerging

The Future of Lending with Jack Smith, CEO of Love Finance In our latest interview in our FTT Chats series, we had the opportunity to speak with Jack Smith, Chief Executive of Love Finance, a leading business loan provider in the UK. Jack shared the mission behind Love Finance: to make the business loan process

Innovating for Inclusion In a captivating discussion, Colin Field, Chief Executive of Saffron Building Society, shared the unique position of his organisation in the financial landscape. As well as a strong presence  in the East of England, they have a national lending footprint, as well as customers across the UK. Saffron Building Society excels in

Exploring the Future of Mutuals Last November at FTT Mutuals, we were delighted to be able to chat to Cinzia Basile, Chairman and President at My Community Bank. Cinzia has been leading one of the largest credit unions in the UK for over seven years. Their primary mission is to meet the needs of customers

It’s no secret that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face intense challenges trying to gain access to funding. According to a Bank of England report, one in four small firms that apply to banks for loans are rejected, leading to an estimated £22 billion funding gap for UK SMEs. When it comes to lending, no

You don’t need to own a gym to work out. What does that have to do with car ownership? I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Georg Bauer, Co-Founder & President of Autonomy about the future of access to mobility (as opposed to ownership) and a very different structure of automotive finance.   The development of