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Driving smarter SME Lending with Ylva Oertengren, COO, Simply Asset Finance
Friday 15 May 2026
At FTT Lending this past March, we sat down with Ylva Oertengren, COO and Co-Founder of Simply Asset Finance to talk about SMEs. Over the past nine years, Simply has lent more than £2 billion to SMEs across the UK, building flexible, tech-enabled platforms along the way. But at the heart of it, Simply Asset Finance’s
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Compliance, Technology, and Smarter Decisioning with Matthew Addison, LendingMetrics
Tuesday 05 May 2026
At FTT Lending we sat down with Matthew Addison, Chief Commercial Officer at LendingMetrics, to explore how lenders can balance tightening regulation with the need to innovate. With over 15 years in the market and supporting more than 85 UK clients, LendingMetrics sits at the heart of credit decisioning transformation. As regulatory pressure increases around
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Rethinking lending in the age of AI with Julian Cork, COO, Landbay
Saturday 25 April 2026
At FTT Lending, we spoke with Julian Cork, Chief Operating Officer of Landbay, about the role of AI in enhancing customer outcomes in the mortgage lending sector. Landbay, one of the UK’s largest buy-to-let lenders, has delivered over £4 billion in loans, using technology to make the lending process faster, safer and more efficient. Julian shared
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Protecting lending in the AI era with Martin Rehak, CEO, Resistant AI
Monday 20 April 2026
At FTT Lending we had the opportunity to speak with Martin Rehak, CEO, Resistant AI, about one of the pressing challenges in lending today: the rapid rise of AI-driven fraud. As lending becomes faster and more automated, criminal tactics are evolving at the same pace. Martin shared the key issue is not speed itself, but
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AI, Regulation and the Future of Lending: Ben from nCino on What’s Next
Wednesday 15 April 2026
FTT Lending once again showed that lending is evolving fast and AI is still right at the centre of the conversation. Luckily, we had the opportunity to have a chat with Ben Ussher-Stanley, Regional Vice President at nCino, who shared his thoughts on where the market is heading in 2026. Ben described a sector that
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Lending rebuilt by AI with Ben Thomas, CRO and Founder, Covecta
Wednesday 01 April 2026
FTT Lending showcased how lending is evolving to better meet the needs of modern borrowers. Unsurprisingly, AI was a consistent theme throughout the day, shaping conversations both on and off stage. Luckily we had an expert on hand to help us understand how, AI Agents, in particular, are impacting lending. We spoke to Ben Thomas, CRO
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How to lead when the only certainty is change? An interview with Saif Malik, UK CEO, Standard Chartered
Thursday 05 February 2026
At the FTT Fintech Festival we spoke to Saif Malik, UK CEO and Head of Client Coverage at Standard Chartered Bank, about the impact of AI on the financial services industry, his views on how to be an effective leader during times of change and uncertainty and what helped defined his own leadership style. As
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Self belief, relentless optimism and the capacity for hard work, an interview with Mike Soutar
Friday 23 January 2026
Mike Soutar, a portfolio director of a number of companies, including a fintech start-up, and successful media entrepreneur (aka the scary guy from the Apprentice), joined us at the last FTT Fintech Festival and delivered a fantastic keynote on what it takes to be a successful leader in a time of exceptional change. What are
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Payhawk – freeing up CFOs to focus on what’s really important
Thursday 15 January 2026
Pedro Batista, UK CEO of Payhawk, sat in the hot seat and told us more about Payhawk at the last FTT Fintech Festival in London. Payhawk is the first spend management platform to bring AI-powered orchestration finance solutions designed to address the needs of CFOs. Why do CFOs love Payhawk? CFO’s love Payhawk because of
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From automation to agentic AI with Rohit Dhawan, Lloyds Banking Group
Monday 05 January 2026
Authority, autonomy, and outcomes At FTT Fintech Festival, we had the opportunity to speak with Rohit Dhawan, Director and Group Head of AI & Advanced Analytics at Lloyds Banking Group, to discuss the practical realities of leading AI strategy, governance, and execution at enterprise scale. Rohit leads the group-wide AI strategy, sets the roadmap, and
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