Empowered brokers sell better mortgages and better mortgages are, well, better for everyone, with James Tucker (Twenty7tec)
How to Lend Money to Strangers
Brendan le Grange
4.9 • 43 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Smarter advice leads to smoother lending, so today I am sitting down with James Tucker, CEO at Twenty7tec Group, talking about how his solutions, helps lenders maximise product visibility, streamline applications, and improve adviser engagement.
James is on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamestuckeruk/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BBdGz3l8tSXaaIkiaeaOlwQ%3D%3D
Twenty7Tec is at https://www.twenty7tec.com/
I'm there, too, at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/
Please also follow, share, and talk about the show using https://www.linkedin.com/company/how-to-lend-money-to-strangers/
Oh, and if you remember Suren Rastogi from episode 174 of this show, the Kickstarter for Burnout is going live on the 21st of April, head on over, take a look at the final product, and if it appeals to you, order your copy - I did
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https://www.ogmara.com/ (customised risk management and analytic consulting)
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https://flatwhiteorfoff.com/ (ask for anything other than a flat white, the answer is in the name)
https://www.joinhumoni.com/ (helping international students find accommodation, work, and financial services on day one)
https://www.haboomoney.com/ (making collections personalised, flexible and intelligent)
https://beetlesense.ai (AI-powered day one pest detection for forestry)
And since you like podcasts, I'm also co-create hAIghtened senses with Christo van Zyl, in which looks at the intersection between human senses and technology (and this week, flying cars)
Keep well, Brendan
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| 0:00.0 | why would I use chat GPT or why would I go to an aggregator if actually the experience I'm |
| 0:05.1 | getting from an advisor is technically just as good from a kind of digital experience perspective |
| 0:09.3 | is equally just as good as well and I've got a human holding my hand through it and I think |
| 0:13.6 | as long as we deliver that the market share that advisors will have relative to customers |
| 0:18.1 | who might choose to go direct will will always be far higher. |
| 0:26.0 | Buying a house is a complicated process, not least of all because of all the paperwork you have to go through to get the mortgage to pay for that house. |
| 0:35.7 | Buying a house is also an expensive process. |
| 0:38.8 | That means that any mistake we make in that paperwork could compound and compound and |
| 0:44.0 | cost us a fortune over the length of the loan. |
| 0:47.0 | And that's why we have brokers, because brokers can understand what we want to get out |
| 0:51.5 | of the transaction, they understand what we bring into the |
| 0:54.6 | transaction, and they understand the myriad of options that are out there in the market. But |
| 0:59.7 | brokers can't do that on their own. Luckily, they don't have to. Welcome back to How to Lend |
| 1:06.0 | Money to Strangers with myself, Brendan Lagrange. |
| 1:23.8 | James Tucker, CEO of 27 Tech Group. |
| 1:25.0 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:25.8 | Thanks, Brendan. |
| 1:26.6 | Great to be here. |
| 1:32.7 | James, 27 Tech is all about kind of making the life of mortgage brokers, mortgage lenders a lot easier. So we are going to cover most of the, we're only going to spend most of the |
| 1:37.6 | show talking about that sort of side of the lending world. But your entry wasn't from |
| 1:43.0 | university into lending, into mortgages. You have a broader |
| 1:47.3 | experience of what it means for people to manage their wealth, including shares and other things |
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