Oportun Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: OPRT) appointed Doug Bland as chief executive officer and board member, effective April 20, 2026, according to a company statement.

Bland brings over 30 years of experience in consumer financial services, most recently serving as senior vice president and general manager of PayPal's consumer business. In that role, he led a global portfolio including digital wallets, peer-to-peer payments, buy-now-pay-later services, and consumer and small business credit products.

At PayPal, Bland oversaw the company's global credit business, which included lines of credit, unsecured revolving products, and installment loans. He previously served as president and chief operating officer of Swift Financial, a small business lender that PayPal acquired in 2017.

Earlier in his career, Bland spent more than a decade at Bank of America as senior vice president of small business products and risk, where he managed credit strategy across one of the largest small business lending portfolios in the United States. He also held leadership positions at Stephens Inc., SunTrust, and Textron Financial.

Bland currently serves on the boards of WebBank and Creditly. He will step down from WebBank's board when he joins Oportun.

"Doug's deep expertise in consumer credit, financial services, and scaling businesses makes him the ideal leader to build on Oportun's momentum," said Louis P. Miramontes, lead independent director of Oportun.

The San Mateo, California-based company provides lending and financial services, reporting it has provided more than $21.8 billion in credit since inception.