SAN CARLOS, Calif., September 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Oportun Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: OPRT), an AI-driven financial services and technology company that gives hard workers access to responsible and affordable credit, today provided an intra-quarterly update of its strategic initiatives.

“We continue to be very satisfied with the progress of our third quarter and the year 2021,” said Raul Vazquez, CEO of Oportun. “Oportun is making great progress on all of its key strategic goals. “

Intra-quarterly updates were featured in an updated investor set posted on the Opportunity investor website (investor.oportun.com) this morning. The updates included:

Aggregate mountings were $ 501 million year-to-date, up 122% year-over-year. 17 more states thanks to banking partnership, nearly doubling its addressable market by end of 2021 Secured personal loan receivables stood at $ 23.1 million as of August 31, 2021, up 11,078% year on year Visa Oportun credit card receivables were $ 31.8 million as of August 31, 2021, up 946% year-over-year In addition, credit card program now counts more than 75,000 active customers. The company’s end-of-year target of 175 locations, which it brings to a new end-of-year target of 200 Oportun locations remains on track to begin offering loans through its second Lending- a sa-Service partnership in the fourth quarter, which will add at least 100 additional new locations over the next 12 months. Expensive ABS banknotes issued in 2018, reducing the cost of Opportunity funds in the future

About Oportun Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a financial services company that leverages its digital platform to deliver responsible consumer credit to hardworking people. Using AI-powered models that leverage 15 years of proprietary customer information and billions of unique data points, Oportun has made over 4.3 million loans and over $ 10.5 billion affordable credit, offering its customers alternatives to payday loans and auto titles. In recognition of its responsibly designed products that help consumers build their credit history, Oportun has been certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) since 2009.

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