ForwardLine Financial
Stewart Sui has a diverse range of work experience in the risk management and analytics field. Stewart is currently serving as the Chief Risk and Analytics Officer at ForwardLine Financial, a nationwide non-bank lender. In this role, they utilize technology and non-traditional credit algorithms to provide financing alternatives to small businesses. Stewart also advises Nova Credit Inc., a company that solves credit access problems for immigrants by creating global access to credit history.
Prior to their current positions, Stewart co-founded and served as the VP of Risk at Ascend Consumer Finance from 2015 to 2017. Stewart also held roles at TransUnion, where they were the VP of Head of International Analytics and the VP of Portfolio Analytics. At TransUnion, they were responsible for strategic planning, growth initiatives, and sales engagement in international markets. Stewart also developed core solutions, best practices, and standard operating procedures.
Before their time at TransUnion, Stewart worked at HSBC as the Director of Global Risk & Analytics and Director of Risk Management. In these roles, they provided risk management solutions, training, and policy development across consumer finance products, supporting markets such as Canada, Hong Kong, Turkey, and the Middle East. Stewart also led the development of acquisition models and decisioning tools to grow the non-prime card portfolio.
Stewart's earlier experience includes roles as a Sr. Risk Manager at Household Credit Services and a Sr. Statistician at Renaissance Holdings.
Overall, Stewart Sui has extensive experience in risk management, analytics, and strategic planning across various industries and has a proven track record in developing innovative solutions and driving growth.
Stewart Sui has an MBA degree from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Prior to that, they obtained a Master of Science degree in Mathematics/Statistics from Portland State University. Stewart also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and Applications from Shandong University.
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ForwardLine Financial
ForwardLine was founded in 2003 by a team of entrepreneurs and finance professionals committed to providing small business owners an alternative financing solution. A nationwide supplier of financing to small businesses, ForwardLine uses technology and non-traditional credit algorithms to finance 98% of U.S. businesses that banks consider too smalland too risky for a business loan. Determined to help small businesses grow, ForwardLine forever changed the small business lending landscape by inventing a viable alternative to traditional lending institutions—one that would provide simple, honest, attainable financing. This new financing model was based on a business’ credit card sales, rather than its assets, and is now widely known as a merchant loan and merchant cash advance. Today, ForwardLine has given thousands of small businesses across the country the freedom to grow with low competitive rates. Applying for a business loan from ForwardLine is fast and simple with their 2-minute online application, instant credit decision, and funding the next business day.