Listen "Sarina Siddhanti, Head of Direct Business, Funding Circle (US)"
Episode Synopsis
Jess Douglass, Wharton MBA 2018, chats with Sarina Siddhanti, Head of Direct Business, Funding Circle US. Funding Circle is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace that allows investors to lend money directly to small and medium-sized businesses. Funding Circle was the first website to use the process of peer-to-peer lending for business funding in the UK, and now operates in the UK, US, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands. In this exciting podcast, Sarina shares her thoughts on how financial services can be used as a catalyst for small business growth, explains Funding Circle's business models and her journey at this exciting company, and shares some valuable insights on how to think about working in the Fintech space and finding companies whose "heart is in the right place".
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