KENNESAW, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LendingPoint, the financial AI and technology platform, was recently named to the 2021 Atlanta Inno Fire Award list, a ranking showcasing the top tech startups and organizations setting Atlanta’s ecosystem ablaze. LendingPoint, which also made the Fire Awards list in 2019, was honored in the financial technology sector.
Atlanta Inno’s annual award recognizes the top 50 organizations helping to establish Atlanta as an emerging tech hub and showcases the breadth of industries within the local tech scene. The primary organizations were recognized for releasing new products, experiencing high revenue growth, raising funding rounds, making acquisitions, expanding teams, and representing the unique potential to disrupt their sectors with their innovations.
LendingPoint has experienced significant growth during the past several years, which its leaders attribute to Atlanta’s thriving fintech environment. LendingPoint has grown its full-time employee base by 40% in just the first half of 2021.
“We’re grateful for the rich opportunity the city of Atlanta offers for local businesses, especially in our thriving fintech sector. We’ve been able to build our platform to serve hundreds of thousands of consumers and merchant partners thanks to the remarkable talent the city has fostered,” said Tom Burnside, CEO of LendingPoint.
In May, veteran risk executive Ashish Gupta joined LendingPoint as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Chris Johnson recently joined the team as Head of Capital Markets. The addition of Gupta marks an important milestone in the company’s evolution and growth, as LendingPoint continues to execute on its mission of using AI data science and credit technology to create financial opportunities across the credit spectrum.
Looking ahead, LendingPoint plans to continue growing its team in its new regional offices in San Mateo, California, and Dallas, Texas, and expanding its offerings to further simplify access to financial services for consumers, merchants, sellers, and other banking institutions. For more information on how to work with LendingPoint, please visit https://www.lendingpoint.com/careers/.
About LendingPoint
LendingPoint is a financial AI and technology platform that provides financing origination solutions to consumers, for ecommerce and point of sale partners, and lending institutions. The company’s fraud prevention, risk and asset management algorithms are used to create financing opportunities across the credit spectrum. Its LendingPoint Merchant Solutions platform provides ecommerce platforms, merchants, and other service providers fully integrated, one-stop financing solutions to convert more customers.
For three consecutive years, LendingPoint has been named on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest-growing private companies, ranking 17th in 2019. LendingPoint ranked on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list in 2019 and 2020 and was honored as one of the top 40 fastest growing companies in Atlanta by the ACG in 2019, 2020, and 2021. LendingPoint was named one of the 2021 Best Places to Work by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. LendingPoint is a privately held company headquartered in Metro Atlanta, with offices in San Francisco and New York. LendingPoint, LLC owns and operates the LendingPoint platform.
