The Ledger

Dancerace’s Jon Watts briefs Georgiana Campbell on what lenders need to know about API’s, and how to get the most from the Dancerace API. 

This episode is perfect for lenders who keep hearing the term API and want to know what it means for their business. It's also ideal for Dancerace customers who are thinking about building bespoke functionality or integrating a system into the Dancerace platform using our API.  

This podcast is not a technical deep-dive into our API. It's a conceptual overview. If you're a CTO or a CIO, please speak to us directly about our API. 

Chapters 

• 01:07: What is an API? 
• 02:32: What makes API’s relevant for invoice finance lenders? 
• 04:43: Why does Dancerace offer an API? 
• 08:35: What type of data can lenders access with our API?   
• 09:00: How are lenders using the Dancerace API? 

Welcome back to The Ledger! In this month's episode, we're 'meeting the team', a segment that gives listeners a window into what it's like to work at Dancerace and introduces the experts that our lenders work with every day. 

We spoke to our head of sales, Michael Ellis about his international career and his predictions for the future of invoice finance.

• 01:08:  Joining Lloyds Bank at a pivotal moment for UK finance
• 03:29:  Going global at Bibby Financial Services
• 06:14:   Returning to UK invoice finance, at Growth Street
• 07:17:    Making the switch from lending to technology, at Riskfactor
• 08:26:  Implementing embedded finance at Blackstar Capital
• 09:48:  Culture, tech and customer-centricity: why Michael chose to work at Dancerace
• 11:41:   Invoice finance technology predictions for the next five years
• 16:23:  How Dancerace will drive key technology changes for the IF industry in coming years
• 21:27:  On the importance of having in-house invoice finance expertise, for lending tech providers
• 22:07:  Michael’s advice to his younger self
• 24:00:  Michael’s desert island picks

In our latest episode of The Ledger, we heard from Louisa Templeton, our Head of Customer Success, and Phil Cannon, our Customer Success Manager. Louisa and Phil sat down to discuss the lessons we've learned from our first 800 borrowers using Open Accounting.  

• 01:09: What is Open Accounting for invoice finance?
• 02:26: What types of lending facility does Open Accounting work with?
• 03:17: What are the benefits of Open Accounting for lenders and borrowers?
• 05:54: What are the five things lenders should do to make it easy to implement Open Accounting for their IF business?

 
You can learn more about how Open Accounting works for different teams and lending businesses here.

For the latest episode, we 'meet the team' - a segment that gives listeners a window into what it's like to work at Dancerace and introduces the experts that our lenders work with every day. 

In this episode, Georgiana Campbell interviews James Bramham, customer success manager. James joined our UK team in July 2024, with his most recent role at Aldermore.

For the latest episode, we 'meet the team' - a segment that gives listeners a window into what it's like to work at Dancerace and introduces the experts that our lenders work with every day. 

In this episode, Georgiana Campbell interviews Phil Cannon, who joined our UK team in July 2024 as a customer success manager, following a fourteen-year career in the invoice finance industry.

This episode is part of a special 'Tech Talk' series of bitesize interviews on key talking points within lending technology. 

In this episode, Kristina and Louisa from the Dancerace team explore how borrower, sales, underwriting, take-on, relationship and risk teams use our Data Extraction technology to make everyday work easier.

We hope you find it interesting!

This episode is part of a special 'Tech Talk' series of bitesize interviews on key talking points within lending technology. 

In this episode, we take a look at boosting borrower experiences with Dancerace CEO Elliot Avison. In our short discussion, we ask what borrowers want, and how lenders can add value to their customer experience using software. 

We hope you find it interesting!

This episode is part of a special 'Tech Talk' series of bitesize interviews on key talking points within vending technology. 

In this episode, we take a look at building operational efficiency with Dancerace CEO, Elliot Avison. In our short discussion, we explore what banks and lenders can do with software to optimise their everyday operations. We hope you find it interesting!

This episode is part of a special 'Tech Talk' series of bitesize interviews on key talking points within lending technology. 

In this episode, we take a look at simplifying system migrations with Dancerace CEO, Elliot Avison. 

In our short discussion, we asked what lenders should be thinking about when planning their system migration, and what many lenders get wrong in the process. 

We hope you find it interesting!

This month’s episode of The Ledger podcast is a special one.

Last month, we announced that Newable Capital – part of the Newable Group – had closed their investment round in Dancerace, kicking off a new chapter for our business after three decades of founder-ownership.
 
This month, we invited Newable CEO Chris Manson to the Ledger studio to discuss business values, entrepreneurial back-stories, and why COVID adversity is a valuable and vital learning opportunity for UK SMEs.