TWIF - AI & Small Business Lending
April 30, 2025

This Week in Fintech Podcast: AI & Small Business Lending

Bankwell Bank's CIO, Ryan Hildebrandt joins Casca's CEO Lukas Haffer in a podcast on how AI is transforming small business lending.

Summary

This Week in Fintech Podcast Episode

In this episode, Lukas Haffer, CEO and Co-founder of Casca, and Ryan Hildebrand, Chief Innovation Officer at Bankwell, explore how AI is transforming small business lending—starting with SBA loans. They discuss the challenges of building on top of legacy banking systems, the stress-test of the COVID-19 PPP era, and how a human-in-the-loop approach is key to deploying AI responsibly in financial services.