1 00:00:00.455 --> 00:00:00.805 Three. 2 00:00:03.315 --> 00:00:06.285 Welcome to the 2026 Deep Bank Connect Miami. 3 00:00:06.785 --> 00:00:10.685 I'm now joined with Shady Zari from voxin. How you doing? 4 00:00:10.835 --> 00:00:12.525 Fantastic. Happy to see you again. 5 00:00:12.695 --> 00:00:14.845 Great to see you. So tell me about Voxin. 6 00:00:14.845 --> 00:00:16.805 For those who don't know what Voxin does, for 7 00:00:16.805 --> 00:00:19.605 Those who don't know, the only Canadian broker out there 8 00:00:19.605 --> 00:00:21.445 in the us, always happy to connect 9 00:00:21.445 --> 00:00:22.765 and meet new people at dbe. 10 00:00:23.055 --> 00:00:24.085 We're happy to have you. 11 00:00:24.185 --> 00:00:26.965 And so why is it important for you to be in America 12 00:00:27.305 --> 00:00:29.205 and be the one and only Canadian here? 13 00:00:29.435 --> 00:00:30.325 It's a very good question. 14 00:00:30.685 --> 00:00:31.805 I think there's a lot of potential. 15 00:00:31.805 --> 00:00:33.325 There's already a lot of traction coming 16 00:00:33.395 --> 00:00:34.405 from the US to Canada. 17 00:00:34.865 --> 00:00:38.765 And also, um, the market has a lot of room for improvement. 18 00:00:38.865 --> 00:00:41.165 So it's important for me to come and meet new people 19 00:00:41.185 --> 00:00:43.725 and see who's out there and who's willing to come on board 20 00:00:43.725 --> 00:00:45.165 and fund Canadian businesses. 21 00:00:45.315 --> 00:00:47.205 What type of improvements would you like to see? 22 00:00:47.705 --> 00:00:50.845 That's a good question. I would say that I don't, 23 00:00:50.885 --> 00:00:53.005 I don't have an improvement that I would see necessarily. 24 00:00:53.245 --> 00:00:55.365 I think I, we need more competition in Canada. 25 00:00:55.505 --> 00:00:58.445 We need to see a little bit more pressure. 26 00:00:58.865 --> 00:00:59.925 You want more of a challenge? 27 00:01:00.155 --> 00:01:04.045 More of a challenge, yes. In what ways? Tell me more. 28 00:01:05.385 --> 00:01:07.005 The products that are available right now 29 00:01:07.065 --> 00:01:08.205 are merchant cash advance. 30 00:01:08.225 --> 00:01:09.605 You have some sort of lines of credit, 31 00:01:09.905 --> 00:01:12.085 but it's very limited compared to the US that have a lot 32 00:01:12.085 --> 00:01:13.165 of real estate products, a lot 33 00:01:13.165 --> 00:01:14.485 of SBA loans and stuff like that. 34 00:01:14.745 --> 00:01:16.885 So I think, uh, an intelligent 35 00:01:17.065 --> 00:01:19.365 or an adventurous American lender can come to the market 36 00:01:19.465 --> 00:01:20.965 and actually do something very crazy. 37 00:01:21.865 --> 00:01:23.405 Do you think that's something you can find 38 00:01:23.595 --> 00:01:25.005 here at a de banked event? 39 00:01:25.185 --> 00:01:26.525 I'm working on it as soon as we're done. 40 00:01:27.745 --> 00:01:29.165 So why is it important to come here? 41 00:01:29.355 --> 00:01:30.645 What are you looking for? Because 42 00:01:30.645 --> 00:01:31.685 It's a fantastic event. 43 00:01:31.785 --> 00:01:33.045 If you want to have 44 00:01:34.025 --> 00:01:35.285 or meet people that are in the 45 00:01:35.445 --> 00:01:36.485 industry, this is the place to be. 46 00:01:36.955 --> 00:01:39.725 There's nothing beats these in-person connections 47 00:01:39.745 --> 00:01:41.045 and seeing people face to face. 48 00:01:41.345 --> 00:01:43.165 No. LinkedIn doesn't help for these things. No. 49 00:01:43.905 --> 00:01:45.845 And how's the rest of the year planning out for you? 50 00:01:46.465 --> 00:01:48.085 I'm really happy, honestly. So far so good. 51 00:01:48.085 --> 00:01:51.125 We're on track. We have, uh, big ambitions, great goals, 52 00:01:51.585 --> 00:01:54.285 and um, yeah, we're always striving for greatness. 53 00:01:54.845 --> 00:01:56.805 I see that and I hope that for you. Thank 54 00:01:56.805 --> 00:01:57.805 You so much. Always 55 00:01:57.805 --> 00:01:58.525 a pleasure to see you. 56 00:01:59.185 --> 00:02:01.325 And there's still more to come from Deep banked connect. 57 00:02:02.985 --> 00:02:03.775 Great. Thank.