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      Peter Kalen

      Chief Executive Officer

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      Peter Kalen

      • One of Canada's most seasoned retail credit card executives with nearly 30 years of experience 
      • Founder and former CEO of Flexiti, Executive VP of Sears Financial and Home Services. Sr. VP of President's Choice Financial, Sr. VP and Chief Marketing Officer at Citibank Canada's credit card division and a Product Officer at TD Canada Trust

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      Lisa Boulanger

      Chief Commercial Officer

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      Lisa Boulanger

      • Leader in Canadian consumer finance with over 20 years experience and expertise spanning product management, marketing and sales within financial services
      • Previously CCO and CMO at Flexiti, Head of Brands at Google, and Divisional Vice President, Financial Services at Sears Canada

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      Juan Matamoros

      Chief Financial Officer

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      Juan Matamoros

      • CFO with more than 20 years of experience in international banking spanning M&A, Finance and Retail Banking leadership roles
      • Previous experience with Scotiabank includes serving as CFO and SVP and Head Retail Banking of its $50B Chilean subsidiary in addition to Corporate Development/M&A experience in support of the bank’s expansion across the Americas

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      Greg Root

      Chief Operating Officer

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      Greg Root

      • Seasoned transformational executive  leader with 25 years of experience, driving revenue growth, customer success and operational improvements across large organizations in the telecom, technology, and financial services sectors.
      • Previously Global Head of Customer Operations at Allvue Systems, SVP of customer support at Finastra, and additional leadership roles at Allstream and Bell Canada.

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      Sharissa Ellyn

      Chef Legal Officer

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      Sharissa Ellyn

      • Legal and compliance executive with extensive experience advising financial services providers, both in private practice and in-house
      • Previously Chief Legal Officer at Flexiti, Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada, Senior Legal Counsel for Dell Financial Services Canada, and Associate at Blakes

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      Jimmy Chan

      Chief Technical Officer

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      Jimmy Chan

      • CTO with additional expertise in Data Analytics and Generative AI through previous executive leadership roles including that of Chief Information Officer of Equifax and Chief Technology and Data Analytics Officer of PledgX
      • Jimmy held various senior executive positions at BMO Financial Group and Citigroup in the Capital Markets Investment banking specializing in Derivatives and Treasury Management.

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      Brigitte Robin

      Chief People Officer

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      Brigitte Robin

      • HR Leader with over 15 years’ experience building and supporting high functioning teams within financial services organizations
      • Previous Chief Human Resources Officer of Flexiti with additional leadership roles within CIBC and Interac

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      Gregory Shaw

      Chief Retail Officer

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      Gregory Shaw

      • Senior Financial Service leader, over a decade of experience with Momentum, holding senior leadership positions in Product & Marketing, brought Instalment loan product to market in Canada and US and heading recent M&A transactions. 
      • Formerly Director of Sales at goeasy, and Travelex running Sales and Business Development teams

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      Colin Franks

      Chief Risk and Analytics Officer

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      Colin Franks

      • Executive leader with over 20 years in unsecured lending at large multinationals and fintechs; credit risk expertise across the consumer lifecycle and credit spectrum
      • Previously Chief Risk Officer of Flexiti and prior to that held the same role at Chase Canada overseeing a $2.5B credit card portfolio. Other leadership roles within MBNA (Bank of America) prior to Chase. 
      Our History
      Over 40 years of history in providing financial services to underbanked customers
      • 1982
        MMLogo_Halo-1 began in Alberta, Canada
      • 1999
         Money Mart® acquired by Dollar_Financial_Corp_logo.svg_

         

      • 2006
        Acquires Check Cashing Logoin Florida
      • 2014
         Acquired by lonestar_timeline
      • 2023
        Peter Kalen joined as CEO, bringing a strong Canadian perspective and moving HQ to Toronto
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