Affiliate Marketing For Lenders
Affiliate Marketing For Lenders

News Pod #24 - How Lenders Win When AI Calls the Shots

26 June 2026 35:09 Carlos Caro

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Nick and Carlos discuss an Editorial piece recently published in The Free Toaster Newsletter

https://www.thefreetoaster.com/p/how-lenders-win-when-ai-calls-the

 

The premise of the conversation -- an LLM-based personal finance tool is going to be the most effective/useful way for consumers to shop for cards and lending products.

Given that future, how should CMOs at lending companies be thinking about their long-term strategy?

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