LENDINGPOINT
“ FINTECH IS A VERY DISRUPTIVE INDUSTRY , SO IT ' S ALWAYS GOOD TO ASK THE QUESTIONS , THERE ARE NO DUMB QUESTIONS - THE ANSWERS WILL ALWAYS SURPRISE YOU ”
When its smart to be dumb Kasibhatla believes asking simple questions always results in smarter solutions for a company which has benefited LendingPoint as they have embarked on their digital journey to make financial freedom easier for their customers .
“ When I came to LendingPoint it enabled me to ask the dumb questions as I am not from this industry . It allowed me to ask questions and get down to the answers that lead to better solutions , not just for our customers , but also for our employees ,” said Kasibhatla whose role covers all aspects of technology from development , support , data science , analytics , and cybersecurity .
“ In business sometimes people do things just because that ' s how they ' ve always done them . FinTech is a very disruptive industry , so it ' s always good to ask the questions , there are no dumb questions - the answers will always surprise you . That ' s the only way you learn ,” said Kasibhatla .
Kasibhatla joined LendingPoint 10 months before the pandemic and came from a diverse career background having worked in telecoms and marketing . Although he had studied finance he had always stayed on the technology side of the industry .
“ This industry is an amazingly fast moving and innovative industry - that ’ s what attracted me to this particular vertical . The old ways of doing business are being torn down every day . We are constantly seeing new ways of servicing our customers and using technology to deliver what they need at that point in their journey is pretty amazing .”
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