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SCALER POD 13 ft. Vikram Verma, SVP Engineering, Yubi | Understanding Fintech, Startups and Soft Skills

·1 hr 47 min·5 clips
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Vikram Verma, SVP Engineering at Yubi, shares his 20+ year journey from early startups to Oracle, Yahoo, and fintech entrepreneurship. He discusses the challenges of SME lending, Yubi's debt marketplace model, and key lessons about production security, scale, and working with banks.

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A grounded fintech conversation linking a disciplined daily routine to enterprise credit infrastructure.

Vikram Verma's conversation starts in a familiar place: an early workday, tea, newspaper editorials, meditation when time allows, and Tai Chi picked up during COVID. It then shifts into his role at UB Finance and the company's goal of acting as a debt marketplace for enterprises.

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See how a fintech engineering leader connects 5 a.m. routines to a debt-marketplace platform for enterprises.

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