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Renaud Laplanche, Founder & CEO of Lending Club

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Fiona Grandi, Partner at KPMG

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David Haber, Co-Founder & CEO of Bond Street

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Sasha Orloff, Co-Founder & CEO of LendUp

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James Gutierrez, Co-Founder & CEO of Insikt

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David Klein, Co-Founder & CEO of CommonBond

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Christine Farnish, Chair of the UK P2P Finance Association

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Jed Simon, Founder & CEO of FastPay

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Jacob Haar, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Community Investment Management, on Impact Investing

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Krista Morgan, Co-Founder & CEO of P2Binvestor

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! We haven’t discussed receivables financing much here on Lend Academy. But that is about to change as the space is starting to see a…