Episode 96 of Fintech Chatter Podcast and Dexter Cousins is joined by David Hyman, CEO and co-founder of Lendi Group.
David is one of Australia's Fintech pioneers and he kindly shares his experience and wisdom in scaling businesses successfully.
It's a welcome return to the show for David who last appeared on the show in May 2020, episode 8. Fast forward to May 2021, Lendi and Aussie Home Loans merged to form the Lendi Group.
The last we interviewed David, Lendi was Australia’s leading home loan platform with a team of 470 people, a loan book of $7.5 billion and a customer base of more than 25,000 Australians who had settled more than $12 billion in home loans.
Today, Lendi Group is home to the industry's leading platform technology, a network of over 1200 brokers, a head office team of 600, a loan book in excess of $80 (eighty) billion and a retail footprint of more than 225 stores across the country.
Both the Aussie and Lendi brands enjoyed record-breaking performance in FY21.
Dexter chat's to David about Lendi Group’s innovation in proprietary technology and the huge growth opportunities in 2022.
David also talks about Lendi's approach to a running remote-first business at scale, with the added complexity of retail stores.
For more info on Lendi Group - https://www.lendi.com.au/
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