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:

  1. BDC  –  www.bdc.ca
  2. Borrowell  –  borrowell.com
  3. Clearbanc  –  clearbanc.com
  4. CreditSnap  –  www.creditsnap.com
  5. Dealnet Capital  – www.dealnetcapital.com
  6. Espresso Capital  –  espressocapital.com
  7. Financeit  –  www.financeit.io
  8. First West Capital  –  www.firstwestcapital.ca
  9. Home Trust  –  www.hometrust.ca
  10. Inverite  –  www.inverite.com
  11. IOU Financial  –  IOUFinancial.com
  12. Lending Loop  –  www.lendingloop.ca
  13. Magical Credit  –  www.magicalcredit.ca
  14. Manzil  –  manzil.ca
  15. Marble Financial  –  marblefinancial.ca
  16. Owl  –  owl.co
  17. Paays  – www.paays.com
  18. PayPal Canada  www.paypal.com
  19. Progressa – progressa.com
  20. Shopify Capital –  www.shopify.com/capital
  21. Silicon Valley Bank  –   www.svb.com
  22. Spring Financial  –  www.springfinancial.ca
  23. Thinking Capital  –  https://www.thinkingcapital.ca
  24. Uplift  –  www.uplift.com
  25. Venbridge  –  venbridge.com

 

2019 Top Executives in Lending (alphabetically) are:

  1. Mark Cashin, CEO, myBrokerBee –  mybrokerbee.com
  2. Kevin Clark, President, Lendified –  www.lendified.com
  3. Avinash Chidambaram, CEO, Ario Platform –  www.arioplatform.com
  4. Evan Chrapko, CEO, Trust Science –  www.trustscience.com
  5. Jerome Dwight, VP, Cox Automotive Canada –  coxautoinc.ca
  6. Saul Fine, CEO, Innovative Assessments –  www.iassessments.com
  7. David Gens, CEO, Merchant Growth –  www.merchantadvance.com
  8. Bryan Jaskolka, COO, CMI –  canadianmortgagesinc.ca
  9. Peter Kalen, CEO, Flexiti –  flexiti.com
  10. Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf, CEO, Flinks –  flinks.io
  11. Derek Manuge, CEO, Corl –  corl.io
  12. Keren Moynihan, CEO, Boss Insights –  bossinsights.com
  13. Jason Mullins, CEO, goeasy – www.goeasy.com
  14. Paul Pitcher, CEO, SharpShooter Funding –  sharpshooterfunding.com
  15. Brendan Playford & Cate Rung, Co-Founders, Pngme –  pngme.com
  16. Wayne Pommen, CEO, Paybright –  paybright.com
  17. Adam Reeds, CEO, Ledn –  ledn.io
  18. Adam Rice, CEO, LoanConnect –  loanconnect.ca
  19. Mark Ruddock, CEO, BFS Capital –  bfscapital.com
  20. Vlad Sherbatov, President, Smarter Loans –  smarter.loans
  21. Steven Uster, CEO, FundThrough –  www.fundthrough.com
  22. Dmitry Voronenko, CEO, Turnkey Lender  – www.turnkey-lender.com
  23. Neil Wechsler, CEO, Ondeck Canada – www.ondeck.ca
  24. Michael Wendland, CEO, Refresh –  refreshfinancial.ca

 

See full report here: 2019 Leaders in Lending Companies

See full report here: 2019 Leaders in Lending Executives

Original press release on wire here