Onur Güzey, graduate of Department of Business Administration, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), established Turkey's first Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) approved finance portal and helped firms to find the source of about 50 million in a short time. The www.hamilinden.com, which enables SMEs, in addition to major companies, to meet their financial needs in the most accurate way, has reached 40 thousand users with its accounting integrations in the last year. The portal, which is the indispensable address of companies in many subjects including export finance, check, invoice assignment transactions and finding the most suitable loan for individuals and SMEs, has reached a valuation of 6 million dollars (42 million lira).
Onur Güzey, a graduate of IUE Department of Business Administration, carried his academic success to his business life and started an exemplary initiative on the digital platform. Understanding that there wasn’t a finance portal in Turkey that will correctly guide the companies in obtaining funding and meeting their needs, Güzey carried the www.hamilinden.com named site into effect in 2018 with his friend Ulvi Can Poyraz. The portal managed to make a name for itself by increasing the number of users every day in a short time and took its place among Turkey's fastest growing initiatives. When users enter the site that provides services for companies, it helps businesses to get the best rate most quickly in post-paid check and invoice transfer processes. All the data related to businesses finding export financing and where to get the most suitable loan in the desired amount are also shared with the users. The portal, which evaluates all possibilities through the latest system software, offers companies the opportunity to find financing under the most favorable conditions.
PROVIDES MANY ADVANTAGES
Giving information about the operation of the portal, Hamilinden.com Co-Founder Onur Güzey said, “We help businesses in Turkey with their cash needs by helping them collect the most favorable rate charged the fastest way so they can get paid before the due date of the offer. At the same time, we quickly find solutions to the demands of businesses seeking export finance. Our initiative provides an advantage in meeting the urgent cash needs of businesses. It also offers the opportunity to take more than one option in a short time on interest rate. It also aims to reduce operational costs for financial institutions to acquire new customers and protect existing customers. After the user registers to our site, hosting Turkey's largest financial institutions, free of charge, he/she can install the fixed-term e-invoice or postpaid checks to be forwarded to the financial institutions of their choice. Demand entries that passed through moderator approval in the background, are forwarded to financial institutions. The user meets his/her need by choosing the most suitable one among the offers offered to him/her.”
WE WILL EXPORT THE BUSINESS MODEL
Güzey stated that they have established the site with a capital of 500 thousand liras and now its value has reached 6 million dollars. Güzey said, “We reached 40 thousand users in a short time, we have helped companies to find nearly 50 million liras so far. Our number of users and recognition is increasing day by day. We aim to export this business model we have developed to many countries abroad in the coming years. The qualified education and the milieu I acquired at Izmir University of Economics opened many doors to me in business life. We will take new steps to further develop our site. Digitalization is a concept that has become an indispensable part of our lives recently and increases its impact every day. We have seen that we have taken the right step in this area. We want to advance this.”
