Interview: How Esquire Financing leveraged technology to become the Philippines' leading SME lender.

"It has to fit with our three core values – efficiency, flexbility, and integrity – and we saw these three values in Oradian."

Rajan Uttamchandani, CEO, Esquire Financing Inc.

Customer Esquire Financing Inc.
Business SME lender
Location The Philippines

The interview.

Esquire Financing Inc.'s partnership with Oradian is the latest and most important step in its ten-year digitalisation strategy. But how did Esquire commence this journey, and what has been the story behind its remarkable rise? Oradian CEO Antonio Separovic spoke to Esquire CEO Rajan Uttamchandani to learn more.

About Esquire Financing.

Esquire Financing Inc. the leader in MSME growth stage financing across the Philippines, is dedicated to providing tailored financing solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various industries. With a deep understanding of businesses’ challenges during their growth stages, Esquire Financing Inc. offers flexible and accessible funding options to fuel their expansion and development.

The power of Oradian

Scalable: grows with your business.

Affordable: our subscription-based model means economical pricing with no surprises.

Cloud-based: no need to buy and maintain servers and infrastructure.

Flexible: fast and easy to set up, configure, and change. Customise at the flick of a switch.

Low-bandwidth: designed for customers even in remote and rural areas. Works with 2G.

Easy to integrate: instantly plug in third-party applications using our powerful APIs.

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