Tope grew up in Nigeria, spent over a decade working in banking, and noticed a pattern there: most people walking into the bank for a loan were immigrants the UK financial system simply couldn’t see.
Communities have long lent and saved together through trusted rotating funds like ajo, esusu and susu, yet none of that creditworthiness counts when those same people apply for credit. With Buckstrybe, Tope turns that age-old community trust into credit profiles the financial system can actually recognise. In the episode he also introduces LendLens (LendLens.ai), a new product that lets people see themselves through the lens of a lender, starting with credit card statement analysis: https://buckstrybe.com
With our podcast “Scaling With Purpose,” we speak with founders of scale-ups about their journey. Together we look at the challenges they faced, so that we can inspire other scale-up founders with the solutions that worked for this founder.
See also: Michael Hilhorst’s journey with Trein-vertraging.nl.
Listen to the full episode below.
