Houman Motaharian Named Chief Revenue Officer of Fintech Direct Lender

  • People Moves
  • 12.08.2016 01:00 pm

LendingPoint, a trailblazing FinTech balance sheet lender known for its groundbreaking approach and innovative customer offerings in fair-credit lending, has announced that former American Express executive Houman Motaharian has joined its leadership team as Chief Revenue Officer. In his new role, Motaharian will be focused on optimizing revenue across all departments and implementing next-generation data and lending solutions.

A deeply experienced financial services professional, Motaharian was American Express’ Head of Global Commercial Lending, Chief Credit Officer for their Small Business Cards Division and Senior Vice President of Enterprise Growth Risk & Information Management. His impressive background in B2C and B2B payments and lending will be leveraged to continue LendingPoint’s skyrocketing success.

“We are truly excited to welcome Houman to our leadership team. His credit and risk knowledge is unparalleled in the financial services industry and the considerable skills he brings to LendingPoint will further fortify our expanding position in the underserved credit arena. Houman joins us during a stage of fast-paced growth, with great things on the horizon,” says Tom Burnside, LendingPoint's CEO.

Fulfilling a pressing need for loans to consumers with credit scores in the 600-700 range, by the end of August LendingPoint will have funded more than $100 million loans in less than two years since the company’s founding. Widely recognized as a leading industry innovator with its proprietary scoring model, next-generation technology and quick loan approval process, LendingPoint is focused on delivering an outstanding customer experience. The considerable expertise Motaharian brings to his new role will further foster an environment for serving the fair credit consumer.

Houman Motaharian, Chief Revenue Officer, says, “Having known the founders of LendingPoint for years, these leaders have the sharpest minds in lending today. Serving on their board of directors has allowed me to see firsthand their commitment to serving consumers with credit scores between 600 and 700, and now I can add my passion to theirs and bring big ideas to life by collaborating with this phenomenal team.”

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