Neal Desai, CEO & Co-founder of Kafene - Enabling financial flexibility through lease-to-own

Tarang Gupta hosts Neal Desai, CEO & Co-founder of Kafene, a fintech company helping consumers with affordable lease-to-own options for furniture, appliances, electronics, tires, and more.

In this episode you will hear about

- What is lease-to-own (LTO) and how it is different from the BNPL model

- Challenges of disrupting and modernizing a legacy industry

- Difference between financing companies holding risk on balance sheets vs those that operate as a marketplace

- Not letting fear dictate one's decision making process

- Value that an MBA added to Neal’s entrepreneurial journey

And much more!

About Neal Desai

Neal Desai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kafene. Before Kafene, Neal was the CFO at Octane Lending, a fintech unicorn. Neal also has almost 15 years of experience as a portfolio manager and a trader at companies like Alpine Partners, Summit Securities, and Merrill Lynch. Neal holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a B.A. from Princeton University.

About Kafene

Kafene is a Series B fintech startup that is a point-of-sale payment partner and underwriting technology platform helping retailers offer flexible lease-to-own (LTO) purchase options for prime and nonprime consumers.

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