Event Videos
A Global Review
January 3rd 2020
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance presents lessons and insights from 2018. CCAF is partnered with the CLA to drive world-class innovative lending analysis and policy nationally and globally.
A Voice from the Lending Future
January 3rd 2020
The opening keynote by Mark Ruddock sets the stage for the Summit. Mark talks about lessons and challenges in innovative lending space in Europe, Latin America and Asia as well as looking at growth strategies for the Canadian market.
B2B Acquisition Keynote
July 5, 2018
Mini Keynote by Gladstone Grant, National Director, Microsoft Technology Centres, Microsoft on innovative strategies to reduce Customer Acquisition Cost
Lending: B2B Acquisition Panel
January 3rd 2020
Sit down to discuss strategies, learnings and successes with Linkedin, Progressa, Lendified and Thinking Capital.
The Lending Blockchain: Case Studies & Insights
January 3rd 2020
Going beyond blockchain 101, Plaza Corp, CORL, MortageBlox, SVBS and SwiftSale deep dive into lending use cases. The panel is moderated by Soumak Chatterjee, Blockchain Lead at Deloitte.
ROI in Lending AI
July 5, 2018
Frank Currie, Head of Customer Engineering for Financial Services joins Norm Cappell from Savvyy, Nick Seelert from Senso.AI and Edwin Fong Vice President, Financial Services Salesforce to discuss “Beyond the hype: how lenders can drive ROI?” The panel is moderated by Carole Piovesan, Lead in Artificial Intelligence at McCarthy Tétrault.
Making AI work for Fintech
January 3rd 2020
Frank Currie, Head of Customer Engineering for Financial Services talks about ROI in Lending AI.
Tips on Mid-Market Lenders Seeking Capital
July 5, 2018
Roundtable hosted by Romit Malhotra, Sr. Managing Director and Karanjit Bhugra, MD Corporate Finance Deloitte @ the Canadian Lenders Summit 2018
Google: Leveraging Machine Learning and Data to Drive Results
January 3rd 2020
Frank Currie, Head of Customer Engineering for Financial Services at Google moderates a roundtable at the Canadian Lenders Summit 2018
Technology, the changing landscape of the law for lenders
July 5, 2018
Ana Badour from McCarthy explores regulation, the changing landscape of the law and the impact of new technology.
Legal Deep Dive - Regulatory Insights
January 3rd 2020
Elizabeth Sales from Blakes explores regulation, the changing landscape of the law in the lending space in Canada.
Innovative Lender of the Year 2018
July 5, 2018
Congratulations to Eva Wong and Andrew Graham for winning the 2018 LEADER OF THE YEAR leadership award. The Tiffany & Co. crystal award was presented on Nov 21st at the Lenders Summit. We are now welcoming 2019 Innovative Lender of the Year nominations.
Innovation in Lending
January 3rd 2020
Amar Ahluwalia, VP Partnerships & Capital Markets, OnDeck Capital sets the stage with a mini-keynote on the role of innovation in lending.
Snap Chat: Capturing the Lending Consumer
July 5, 2018
Joe Strolz discusses innovative strategies to drive engagement via social media.
Capturing the Lending Consumer
January 3rd 2020
Joe Strolz sits down with principals from PayBright, Paays, Refresh and Borrowell to discuss lessons learned in the market: tips, insights and war stories.
The Great Data Debate
January 3rd 2020
Incumbent data verses new data: how do we work toward an open data economy? Kirsten Thompson, who was recently appointed to the Advisory Committee on Open Banking, moderates the debate.
Seeking Capital on the Global Stage
July 5, 2018
A discussion involving actual war stories on arranging capital for Canadian alternative lenders. Romit Malhotra, board member of the Canadian Lenders Association, moderates a panel of lenders and global institutional funders. PLEASE NOTE: Opinions expressed belong solely to the panelist, and not necessarily to the speaker's employer, organization, committee or other group or individual.
Jason Mullens: Insights & Conclusion
January 3rd 2020
Canadian Lenders Summit: Vice Chair Insights & Conclusion
Disrupting the Bear & Fighting Populism
August 28, 2019
Craig Alexander has worked as a senior economist for over 20 years, leading macro forecasting teams at RBC, CIBC and TD and the C.D. Howe Institute. Craig will discuss Canada’s current economic outlook and how financial institutions can disrupt the global looming bear market.
Lending to Lenders
August 30, 2019
Tips and insights for originators into how and where to raise capital and different stages of growth. We take a deep dive into the borrower’s and lender’s perspective on capital formation, capital deployment and how to fund your book at scale the right way.
Government as a Partner in Lending
August 30, 2019
How can government be a partner in lending? We bring together government relations experts from the country’s largest alternative consumer lender; largest credit bureau; top tier law firm; and a legislative representative from the Government of Alberta to discuss best practices in engaging with political and regulatory stakeholders.
Alternative Credit Funds in Fintech
September 12, 2019
While large institutions have readily backed large originators (primarily in the US & UK) using senior credit facilities and securitizations, a growing number of small funds that invest in alternative credit (less than $100M in assets) have proliferated and helped to serve the needs of smaller originators. These small funds have given retail & high net worth investors access to attractive yields that are largely uncorrelated with stock & bond markets.
Market Turn Readiness
September 20, 2019
Positive economic momentum is slowing and at some point the pendulum will begin to swing back and alter the economic landscape. How can lenders get ahead of the curve? Are there defensive strategies that can still push the needle on competitive returns?
Open Banking Fuelling Lending in 2020
October 23, 2019
How can fintechs and regulators work towards an open data economy in Canada?
Understanding the Borrower Journey Part 2
November 12, 2019
Susan Perlmutter, CRO at REPAY discusses how lenders can create an omni channel payment experience for borrowers and give them options to get funded instantly.
Financial Services Revolution
November 12, 2019
Within a decade, the financial services industry will be virtually unrecognizable as the technologies of the fourth industrial age, primarily blockchain, upend every aspect of the business- from capital markets to lending, risk management to accounting and audit. In this talk, Alex Tapscott will break down the industry and provide a roadmap for how tomorrow’s leaders can not only survive, but thrive, in this era of digital disruption.
Lending AI & Digital Discrimination
November 15, 2019
John Weigelt, CTO of Microsoft breaks down how to use AI to perfect the lending experience. John pointing to real world industry examples of what works… and what to avoid when deploying AI in your fintech business.
Cybersecurity & Mandatory Privacy Breach
January 3rd 2020
Lenders face unique challenges when it comes to managing privacy and protecting customer data; they have ethical and professional obligations to protect the confidentiality of client information. This webinar outlines how lenders can develop proactive safeguards to reduce the risk of a security breach. It also outlines the policies and procedures lenders should have in place to assess and respond to incidents.