Oportun Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell its Credit Card Portfolio
September 25 2024 - 6:23PM
Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT), a mission-driven financial services
company, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement
to sell its credit card portfolio to Continental Finance. This
transaction reflects a key milestone towards Oportun’s initiative
to enhance profitability in 2024 and beyond by simplifying the
business and driving performance in its three core products:
unsecured personal loans, secured personal loans, and its
award-winning Set & Save™ savings product.
The closing date is now anticipated to be on or around November
10, 2024, rather than by the end of the third quarter as indicated
on the August 8th second quarter earnings call. Due to the revised
closing date, the sale is expected to be accretive by approximately
$2 million to Adjusted EBITDA in 2024 as compared to the $4 million
previously indicated. Oportun continues to expect that the
transaction will result in Adjusted EBITDA favorability of
approximately $11 million in 2025.
"We’re pleased to have signed a definitive agreement to sell our
credit card portfolio to Continental Finance, a leading U.S. credit
card marketer and servicer," said Jonathan Coblentz, Chief
Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer of Oportun.
"This transaction underscores our commitment to focus on winning in
the marketplace with our core product lines, thereby enhancing the
value we can deliver to our shareholders."
Tamer El-Rayess, Continental Finance’s Chairman of the Board,
said "Continental Finance is excited to enter into an agreement to
acquire Oportun’s Visa credit card portfolio with its partner bank,
The Bank of Missouri. The Continental Finance team will be
collaborating with the Oportun team to ensure a seamless transition
of their customers onto our platform. Our goal is to continue to
provide exceptional, personalized service to these valued customers
for many years to come."
About OportunOportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a
mission-driven financial services company that puts its members'
financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings,
and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the
confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception,
Oportun has provided more than $18.7 billion in responsible and
affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.4 billion in
interest and fees, and helped its members save an average of more
than $1,800 annually. For more information, visit Oportun.com.
About Continental FinanceWith over 5.3 million
credit cards managed since its founding, Continental Finance prides
itself on excellent customer service and access to bank-issued
credit products with innovative features that provide affordable
and safe options to consumers with poor or limited credit.
Utilizing responsible innovation, Continental Finance works to
provide each customer with the necessary educational tools for them
to be successful in managing their personal credit.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release
contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other
than statements of historical fact contained in this press release,
including statements as to future performance and financial
position; expectations regarding the impact of the sale of the
Company’s credit card portfolio, including expected timelines; our
planned products and services; achievement of the Company's
strategic priorities and goals and the plans and objectives of
management for our future operations, are forward-looking
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"will," "should," "would," "likely" and "could." These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and
other factors that may cause Oportun’s actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Oportun has based these forward-looking
statements on its current expectations and projections about future
events, financial trends and risks and uncertainties that it
believes may affect its business, financial condition and results
of operations. These risks and uncertainties include those risks
described in Oportun's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including Oportun's most recent annual report on Form
10-K and most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they
are made and, except to the extent required by federal securities
laws, Oportun disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after
the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. In light of these risks and
uncertainties, there is no assurance that the events or results
suggested by the forward-looking statements will in fact occur, and
you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements.
Investor ContactDorian Hare(650)
590-4323ir@oportun.com
Media ContactMichael AzzanoCosmo PR for
Oportun(415) 596-1978michael@cosmo-pr.com
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