Oportun Financial appoints Doug Bland as CEO

Oportun Financial (OPRT) has appointed Doug Bland as CEO and a member of Oportun’s Board of Directors, effective April 20. Bland currently serves on the boards of directors of WebBank, a national issuer of consumer and small business credit products, and Creditly, a fintech platform applying artificial intelligence to financial wellness. Concurrent with joining Oportun and its Board, Bland will step down from the board of WebBank. Bland previously spent nearly seven years in senior leadership roles at PayPal, most recently as SVP and General Manager of its Consumer Business. Before PayPal, he served as President & COO of Swift Financial. Bland co-led Swift Financial through its acquisition by PayPal in 2017. Earlier in his career, Bland spent more than a decade at Bank of America as SVP, Small Business Products & Risk.