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Lend Academy Podcast: Lexi Reese of Gusto

Lend Academy Podcast: Lexi Reese of Gusto

Peter Renton·
FintechUSA
·Jul. 20, 2020·1 min read

The COO of cloud-based payroll and benefits provider, Gusto, discusses how they were able to pivot so quickly to offer Paycheck Protection Program loans and scale it to almost $2 billion; this is a great example of embedded finance where non-financial services firms embed a finance function in their business; by working with fintech lenders Gusto was able to create a PPP front end to help small business apply for the government loan program; now, they are moving to the forgiveness phase of the program again with the help of their fintech partners. Lend Academy.

  • Peter Renton
    Peter Renton

    Peter Renton cofounded Fintech Nexus as the world’s largest digital media company focused on fintech before it was acquired by Command. Peter has been writing about fintech since 2010 and he is the author and creator of the Fintech One-on-One Podcast, the first and longest-running fintech interview series.

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