35 min
EP29 Amrita Vir - Grab - Financial system isn’t fair to people who are just making a living Frontier Fintech Podcast
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Amrita Vir is the Head of Driver Lending at Grab. She manages over 20 financial programs, including cash loans, BNPL, and fuel financing, for Grab drivers across 6 markets in Southeast Asia. She’s also the host of The Greenroom, a SEA fintech podcast.
Amrita found her passion for fintech from a young age. She founded a non-profit microfinance company in college to help the low-income access financial services in the U.S. where she grew up. It was her mission to improve financial inclusion and her roles at various fintech companies took her from LATAM, Africa, Middle East, to SEA.
We talked all about “financial access and inclusion” and more at #FrontierFintech Podcast:
*Challenges of microfinance in SEA vs US
*Data availability and collection infrastructure as prerequisites for digital lending
*The missing pieces of digital lending in SEA
*How to improve financial health, not just financial access
Amrita Vir is the Head of Driver Lending at Grab. She manages over 20 financial programs, including cash loans, BNPL, and fuel financing, for Grab drivers across 6 markets in Southeast Asia. She’s also the host of The Greenroom, a SEA fintech podcast.
Amrita found her passion for fintech from a young age. She founded a non-profit microfinance company in college to help the low-income access financial services in the U.S. where she grew up. It was her mission to improve financial inclusion and her roles at various fintech companies took her from LATAM, Africa, Middle East, to SEA.
We talked all about “financial access and inclusion” and more at #FrontierFintech Podcast:
*Challenges of microfinance in SEA vs US
*Data availability and collection infrastructure as prerequisites for digital lending
*The missing pieces of digital lending in SEA
*How to improve financial health, not just financial access
35 min