Kent Landvatter

Kent Landvatter is the President and Chief Executive Officer at FinWise Bank. He leads a team of over 100 employees who dedicate themselves to serving the banks’ mission of financial inclusion for all.

A veteran of the financial services industry with a career spanning over four decades, Kent joined FinWise Bank in 2010. Previously, he has presided over three industrial banks, two of which were de novos including World Financial Capital Bank (now Comenity Capital Bank) and Goldman Sachs Bank USA.

Kent’s unique vision for FinWise was cultivated by his vast experience in banking and especially the non-profit space. Within the financial system, Kent worked directly with disenfranchised consumers and saw firsthand the challenges facing many Americans with limited access to credit and banking. Through the use and integration of technology, Kent saw the opportunity for banks to operate more efficiently, lower lending and origination costs, and better assess default risk.

Under his leadership, FinWise Bank has been ranked by S&P Global Market Intelligence in the top 100 best performing small banks annually since 2016 and was ranked as a top ten SBA lender in New York and New Jersey in 2020.

Kent earned his MBA from the University of Utah, where he graduated as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the scholastic honor society for collegiate business schools. He is active in his industry and community where he has served as the Board President of NeighborWorks Salt Lake (currently serving as a member of its Finance Committee), a board member of the Utah Bankers Association, the Chairman of the Utah Association of Financial Services, and as a board member of Junior Achievement of Utah and the University of Utah Business Alumni Association.