Uh, John, go ahead. For those that don't know you,
that are watching this at home,
go ahead and introduce yourself and the company that you are with.
Sure. My name's John Milligan.
I'm the Chief Operating Officer at World Business Lenders,
and we're excited to be, you know, back up and running again.
We know we had a slight pause in our, in our business model in the spring,
but we're back in funding and we're real excited to be here at Broker Fair.
So, so far, I mean, broker fair is, we're, we're in,
we're in a couple of hours of, you know,
just the action and the different panels and all that. So far,
what's been your experience here?
Oh, the energy is fantastic. You know,
it's amazing to see all these brokers out, you know, bringing a lot of deals.
They're excited to talk about what we can do, and they look at 23 as a,
a big opportunity for us, you know,
with the implosion of the traditional markets, you know,
the banking industry struggling, you know,
there's a lot of alternative financing, availability,
and we're just excited to be part of it.
So, John, you said something earlier that, you know,
you guys had to pause and now we're seeing that in the, in this space,
it's a very transitional time period. There's a lot going on.
So the different topics that are gonna, that are being talked about today, uh,
what are you looking forward to the most?
Um, I'm looking forward to the exciting growth opportunities,
especially in our area, the real estate backed lending, right? The options for,
you know,
some of our merchants to get financing through traditional sources is really dry
up.
So we're happy to be here as a resource for them and to give that option to our
brokers to, to promote to their merchants that we have capital,
we're ready to land,
and we really wanna do things to help our merchants stay in business and be
successful.
So how important is it for, you know,
your business and also for other businesses to come to an event like this, uh,
when they're trying to maneuver the industry in a time like this?
Well, I think it's, it's very critical to come to events like this,
especially at this juncture, because with so much influx and so much change,
this is where you get to meet, you know, with other industry leaders,
you get to find out what the trends are, what's what's happening,
and you get to really get your message out to the market. And so it's,
it's a very invaluable, um, opportunity for Wbl.
So for you being here,
what message would you have to people watching this about your business and
about the, the space in general?
Well, again, like I said before, I think that the space is growing.
I think we're really excited about the opportunity and world business lenders,
again, has a whole fresh set of capital. We're ready to land.
We've got new programs,
we've got ways for brokers to self-serve through our ISO express model,
which is brand new. We've got a full digital API model, and then of course,
our traditional model where you work with one of our internal sales reps.
So we're making it very easy and very transparent for our brokers to find access
to the funding for their merchants that they need.
And we're just excited to be back in market and go full steam ahead.
Awesome. Well, John, thank you for your time.
I'm gonna go ahead and let you enjoy the event.
I know there's a lot going on here,
so there's a lot of people to meet and network. So it's, uh,
it's definitely an eventful day so far.
Absolutely. Thank you so much.
All right. No problem, John. Enjoy the day. Thank you.