About this episode

Jason Mikula interviews S.P. “Wije” Wijegoonaratna about the challenges in consumer lending and the impact of AI on financial institutions.

In this episode, I had the chance to chat with S.P. “Wije” Wijegoonaratna , the cofounder and CEO of Aliya Financial Technologies . We had the chance to discuss: * The challenges different segments of consumer lenders are facing today * How AI-powered infrastructure is fundamentally reshaping how financial institutions think about making decisions * How Aliya is thinking about its go-to-market approach * How Aliya can help banks improve their returns * What folks who have never worked in lending through a true credit cycle/recession should know * And much more! Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

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Host: Jason Mikula

Guest: S.P. “Wije” Wijegoonaratna

Topics covered

• consumer lending challenges
• AI in finance
• go-to-market strategy
• bank returns
• credit cycles

Keywords

• consumer lenders
• AI infrastructure
• financial institutions
• go-to-market
• credit cycle
• returns

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Organizations: Aliya Financial Technologies, Fintech Business Weekly

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