Nov 11, 2019, Toronto, Canada. Canadian Lenders Association (CLA), the voice of the innovative business and consumer lending industry, announces the Top 25 Lenders of 2019.
“In partnership with BMO, we are excited to continue to celebrate innovation and leadership in Canada’s lending sector,” says Gary Schwartz, President of the CLA. “Today we announce the 25 individuals and 25 companies that have been nominated by their peers and selected by an expert committee.”
One individual and one company will be announced as the category winner at the CLA’s upcoming Canadian Lenders Summit on November 20th at MaRS, Toronto. The 2019 Tiffany & Co crystal awards will be presented by BMO.
“We are proud to sponsor this year’s lenders award that recognizes the world-class achievements of Canadian executives and companies and celebrates a commitment to ethical values, innovation, and leadership in 2019,” said Christine Cooper, Co-Head, Canadian Commercial Banking at BMO Financial Group.
Winners must act in accordance with the values and goals of the CLA as we work to advance the growth of all aspects of Canada’s lending ecosystem including policy, advocacy, standards, innovation, and the adherence to and promotion of best practices as well as commitment to safe and ethical lending standards.
2019 Top Companies in Lending (alphabetically) are:
- BDC – www.bdc.ca
- Borrowell – borrowell.com
- Clearbanc – clearbanc.com
- CreditSnap – www.creditsnap.com
- Dealnet Capital – www.dealnetcapital.com
- Espresso Capital – espressocapital.com
- Financeit – www.financeit.io
- First West Capital – www.firstwestcapital.ca
- Home Trust – www.hometrust.ca
- Inverite – www.inverite.com
- IOU Financial – IOUFinancial.com
- Lending Loop – www.lendingloop.ca
- Magical Credit – www.magicalcredit.ca
- Manzil – manzil.ca
- Marble Financial – marblefinancial.ca
- Owl – owl.co
- Paays – www.paays.com
- PayPal Canada – www.paypal.com
- Progressa – progressa.com
- Shopify Capital – www.shopify.com/capital
- Silicon Valley Bank – www.svb.com
- Spring Financial – www.springfinancial.ca
- Thinking Capital – https://www.thinkingcapital.ca
- Uplift – www.uplift.com
- Venbridge – venbridge.com
2019 Top Executives in Lending (alphabetically) are:
- Mark Cashin, CEO, myBrokerBee – mybrokerbee.com
- Kevin Clark, President, Lendified – www.lendified.com
- Avinash Chidambaram, CEO, Ario Platform – www.arioplatform.com
- Evan Chrapko, CEO, Trust Science – www.trustscience.com
- Jerome Dwight, VP, Cox Automotive Canada – coxautoinc.ca
- Saul Fine, CEO, Innovative Assessments – www.iassessments.com
- David Gens, CEO, Merchant Growth – www.merchantadvance.com
- Bryan Jaskolka, COO, CMI – canadianmortgagesinc.ca
- Peter Kalen, CEO, Flexiti – flexiti.com
- Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, CEO, Flinks – flinks.io
- Derek Manuge, CEO, Corl – corl.io
- Keren Moynihan, CEO, Boss Insights – bossinsights.com
- Jason Mullins, CEO, goeasy – www.goeasy.com
- Paul Pitcher, CEO, SharpShooter Funding – sharpshooterfunding.com
- Brendan Playford & Cate Rung, Co-Founders, Pngme – pngme.com
- Wayne Pommen, CEO, Paybright – paybright.com
- Adam Reeds, CEO, Ledn – ledn.io
- Adam Rice, CEO, LoanConnect – loanconnect.ca
- Mark Ruddock, CEO, BFS Capital – bfscapital.com
- Vlad Sherbatov, President, Smarter Loans – smarter.loans
- Steven Uster, CEO, FundThrough – www.fundthrough.com
- Dmitry Voronenko, CEO, Turnkey Lender – www.turnkey-lender.com
- Neil Wechsler, CEO, Ondeck Canada – www.ondeck.ca
- Michael Wendland, CEO, Refresh – refreshfinancial.ca
See full report here: 2019 Leaders in Lending Companies
See full report here: 2019 Leaders in Lending Executives
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Original press release on wire here