1 00:00:00.225 --> 00:00:00.805 Hey everyone. 2 00:00:00.805 --> 00:00:01.845 Alison Berger here. 3 00:00:01.905 --> 00:00:05.445 I'm at the B2B Finance Expo in Las Vegas now joined 4 00:00:05.445 --> 00:00:07.725 with Keith Hurley of Expansion Capital. 5 00:00:08.015 --> 00:00:09.325 How's it been going so far? It's been 6 00:00:09.325 --> 00:00:10.325 Going great. Thank you for having 7 00:00:10.325 --> 00:00:11.165 me. Appreciate it. 8 00:00:11.235 --> 00:00:12.445 Yeah. Tell us a little bit, 9 00:00:12.765 --> 00:00:14.205 a little bit about expansion capital. 10 00:00:14.505 --> 00:00:16.125 Uh, so we are a B 11 00:00:16.125 --> 00:00:18.205 and C paper lender located in South Dakota. 12 00:00:18.465 --> 00:00:20.365 Uh, we will fund anywhere from 5,000 13 00:00:20.365 --> 00:00:24.605 to $200,000 riskier industries, same day fundings, uh, 14 00:00:24.675 --> 00:00:27.965 very cut and dry again. We, uh, we do it all. 15 00:00:28.745 --> 00:00:30.605 You have to do it all in today's world. Yeah. 16 00:00:30.665 --> 00:00:33.805 Oh yeah. Yep. It's, uh, it's an ever growing business, uh, 17 00:00:33.805 --> 00:00:34.845 ever changing industry. 18 00:00:34.865 --> 00:00:36.565 So we try to stay on the up and up with it. 19 00:00:37.105 --> 00:00:39.205 We try to do what we can, obviously to, uh, 20 00:00:39.205 --> 00:00:41.005 keep our customers happy, obviously, 21 00:00:41.005 --> 00:00:42.205 also keep our partners happy. 22 00:00:42.345 --> 00:00:43.445 That's why we're here. So 23 00:00:43.575 --> 00:00:45.485 Let's talk about your customers. Who are they? 24 00:00:45.825 --> 00:00:48.685 Uh, so business owners, small business owners, uh, people 25 00:00:48.685 --> 00:00:51.965 that need, you know, quick financing, short term financing. 26 00:00:52.065 --> 00:00:53.485 Uh, maybe if they have riskier 27 00:00:53.485 --> 00:00:54.805 indu, you know, riskier credit. 28 00:00:55.265 --> 00:00:58.365 Uh, we love to just, you know, lend to business owners 29 00:00:58.395 --> 00:01:00.325 that make America go. So, 30 00:01:00.825 --> 00:01:01.825 And we have to keep going. 31 00:01:01.995 --> 00:01:03.485 Yeah. Oh yeah. We have to. Yep. 32 00:01:03.745 --> 00:01:05.685 We, uh, we're trying to stay on the up and up again. 33 00:01:05.685 --> 00:01:07.045 We're, uh, we're a strong country 34 00:01:07.265 --> 00:01:09.245 and again, we like to think that we are, uh, 35 00:01:09.275 --> 00:01:11.205 America's backbone, maybe outside 36 00:01:11.205 --> 00:01:12.325 of the traditional banking world. 37 00:01:12.725 --> 00:01:15.205 Everyone needs money. So money makes the world go round 38 00:01:15.555 --> 00:01:16.725 That, that's for sure. 39 00:01:17.105 --> 00:01:18.725 So how do you see the rest of the year going? 40 00:01:19.185 --> 00:01:22.485 Uh, it is, uh, there's a very bright outlook, so, uh, 41 00:01:22.485 --> 00:01:24.445 obviously, like I said, industry's ever changing, 42 00:01:24.505 --> 00:01:26.005 but we are trying to stay on the up and up. 43 00:01:26.185 --> 00:01:29.045 We have a very, very good, uh, aggressive five year plan. 44 00:01:29.065 --> 00:01:31.725 And, uh, we're gonna keep up with automation 45 00:01:31.725 --> 00:01:33.405 and everything that comes with AI 46 00:01:33.405 --> 00:01:35.285 and everything that's changing in the industry. So 47 00:01:35.305 --> 00:01:36.805 What's a part of that five year plan? 48 00:01:37.385 --> 00:01:38.525 Uh, I'm not, can you share? 49 00:01:38.925 --> 00:01:40.245 I, uh, I should not. No. 50 00:01:40.365 --> 00:01:42.085 I mean, again, we're gonna stay on the up 51 00:01:42.085 --> 00:01:44.525 and up with tech Again, keep, uh, keep competing 52 00:01:44.525 --> 00:01:46.765 with everyone that's out there, uh, in terms of the, 53 00:01:46.865 --> 00:01:48.925 the financing or what I will say is that we're just looking 54 00:01:48.925 --> 00:01:52.165 to fund a lot more money and, uh, take over some, 55 00:01:52.285 --> 00:01:53.805 take over some pieces of the pie in the 56 00:01:54.005 --> 00:01:55.245 industry. So. Wonderful. 57 00:01:55.245 --> 00:01:56.405 Well, thank you for joining me. 58 00:01:56.565 --> 00:01:57.645 I appreciate it. Thank you very much. 59 00:01:57.695 --> 00:02:00.245 Enjoy the rest of the B2B Finance Expo. Thank you.