Marble Financial Inc. (CSE:MRBL, OTC:MRBLF) said the company and its CEO Karim Nanji have been nominated for the 'Consumer Lender of the Year' and 'Executive of the Year' award, respectively, in the Canadian Lenders Association's (CLA) 2022 Leaders in Lending Awards.
The CLA represents over 230 businesses in the Canadian lending space and looks to advance the growth of the industry. The annual CLA Leaders in Lending Awards is a prestigious event that nominates the most innovative solution providers, top company executives and notable thought leaders in the industry.
"It's an honor to have been shortlisted for the prestigious CLA Leaders in Lending Awards, along with some of the biggest names in the Canadian FinTech industry," Karim said in a statement.
"Since 2016, we have embarked on a journey to bring forward innovative products and services to millions of unbanked and underbanked Canadians. Fast forward to today, we continued to scale our operations, most notably, the delivery of our cutting-edge B2B offerings, namely Marble Connect and Inverite Verification and as a result, our MyMarble platform has registered over 30,000 members to date. The nomination we received for this year's CLA Awards attests to the milestones that we have accomplished, and we are pleased that our efforts to help people reach their financial goals have been recognized," he added.
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On his own nomination, Karim said: "I am humbled to have received a nomination for the 'Executive of the Year' award and I would like to sincerely thank everyone at Marble for being supportive of my vision for the company. It's a privilege to be working alongside a world-class team that have similar ambitious goals."
The company noted that nominees will be evaluated based on three criteria:
- Emerging lending technology solutions or business models that executives helped to advance
- Specific innovative lending strategy or idea conceptualized and/or launched
- Business results or positive outcomes, or expected results, following a successful implementation of the innovative strategy or concept
"The CLA's Leaders in Lending Awards, presented by BMO is an opportunity to recognize the world-class achievements of Canadian companies and executives committed to innovation and leadership in 2022," said Gary Schwartz, president of the CLA.
Marble Financial has been announced as a finalist for the CLA Awards twice in recent years, and 2022 represents the third year that it has been shortlisted, a testament to the inroads the company has made in the FinTech development of a platform and products to help underbanked consumers gain access to more affordable credit, along with offering alternative lenders unique consumer credit data in near real-time to better adjudicate credit transactions with their customers.
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