Ahead of LendIt FinTech USA, we talk to representatives of companies participating in this virtual event: Keith Grose, Head of UK and International at Plaid, Jillian Cohn, Partner at Mouro Capital (formerly Santander Innoventures), and Sean Hunter, CIO of OakNorth.

With Keith, we talk about:

• Plaid's growth ambitions and plans, including the US

• Recap of the key use cases and target customers for Plaid

• Out of these, key products and services that Plaid focuses on when expanding internationally.

• Plaid's role in driving the evolution from open banking to open finance and how they see that playing out  

• The best way to find out what Plaid can do for a prospective client - demos, contacts, etc.

Jillian explains:

• The rationale for the recent spin-off of Santander Innoventures and rebranding as Mouro Capital

• Santander Innoventures and now Mouro Capital's investment philosophy and approach

• What Jilian likes most about her current role as Partner of Mouro Capital and why

• Jillian will be on the jury for the Lendit Awards - find out more how it works. Also, Jillian's colleague, Chris Gottschalk, will interview CEO and co-founder of the US alternative lender Upgrade, Mouro Capital's portfolio company from San Francisco, Renaud Laplanche

• Success stories from their portfolio: iZettle (Swedish payments company for SMEs acquired by PayPal) and Kabbage (being acquired by American Express), for example

• Appeal to interested parties to learn more about Mouro Capital and reach out

and with Sean, we talk about:

• OakNorth focuses on lending to small businesses that are in the scale-up mode - why this particular segment?

• There are OakNorth platform and OakNorth Bank – why it makes sense for OakNorth to license their credit scoring methodology and platform to other banks?

• OakNorth's priorities regarding the home market, UK, Europe, and the United States?

• What do you need to do if you would like to apply for a loan with OakNorth? Conversely,  what to do if you would like to save with OakNorth?

• What's the best way to find out about your products and services and reach out?

Register for LendIt FinTech USA here and use the discount code for Voice of FinTech listeners: VOICEOFFINTECH15