Pioneering mobile fintech services, with Seymur Mammadov (Simbrella)

<p>"Living without a bank account is not only a hindrance to everyday life, but also stunts the financial growth of families and communities. Seymur Mammadov, Founder and CEO of Simbrella, wants to improve the quality of life for unbanked populations through access to financial instruments and microloans." I don't usually quote a different source for these, but when your guest wins the title of <a href="https://www.ey.com/en_gl/weoy/class-of-2023/azerbaijan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year</a>™, you feel like you have to aim the spotlight that way!</p><br><p><br></p><p>Today the show is taking you to <a href="https://azerbaijan.travel/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Azerbaijan</a>, an unexpected home to one of mobile fintech's pioneers: <a href="https://www.simbrella.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Simbrella</a>. Simbrella have now served 220 million customers via 25 companies in 20 countries worldwide, many of whom would otherwise have no access to credit. You can learn more about SImbrella and their services here: https://www.simbrella.com/</p><br><p><br></p><p>They're also on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/simbrella/</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can learn more about myself, Brendan le Grange, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on my LinkedIn page</a> (feel free to connect), my action-adventure novels are on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0133U3HGC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6VS5451P6XEAX61A9G5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon, some versions even for free</a>, and my work with ConfirmU and our gamified psychometric scores is at <a href="https://confirmu.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://confirmu.com/</a> and on episode 24 of this very show <a href="https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-24" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-24</a></p><br><p><b