Mary Jackson

Identity and role

Mary Jackson was CEO of the Online Lenders Alliance, a fintech/nonbank-lending trade association. LegiStorm's organization summary lists her as chief executive from June 2018 to April 2021.

Pandemic relief role

In 2020, as OLA's named CEO, she issued the group's public statements on the FDIC's bank-fintech "valid-when-made" rule, the OCC's "true lender" rule, and the OCC "fair access" proposal. We found no PPP-specific LDA filing, testimony or other PPP advocacy under her name.

Legal status / government-program record

We found no personal enforcement action, relief loan, or company-side PPP conduct.

Where they are now

Jackson retired in 2021 after a roughly 32-year consumer- and online-lending career. OLA announced new leadership the same year.

OLA's peer trade groups included Scott G. Stewart's Innovative Lending Platform Association and Rob Nichols's ABA.

Sources

• American Banker, OLA names Mary Jackson CEO — original: https://www.americanbanker.com/news/online-lenders-alliance-names-payday-industry-veteran-ceo
• FDIC comment letter, Online Lenders Alliance / Mary Jackson, bank-fintech third-party arrangements — original: https://www.fdic.gov/system/files/2024-06/2020-request-for-info-standard-setting-3064-za18-c-024.pdf
• OLA statement (Jackson) on OCC "true lender" rule finalization, 2020 — original: https://onlinelendersalliance.org/statement-from-online-lenders-alliance-ceo-mary-jackson-on-occs-finalization-of-true-lender-rule/
• OLA statement (Jackson) on OCC "fair access" rule, 2020 — original: https://onlinelendersalliance.org/statement-from-online-lenders-alliance-ceo-mary-jackson-on-occs-fair-access-rule-2/
• OLA announces new leadership (succession after Jackson), 2021 — original: https://onlinelendersalliance.org/ola-announces-new-leadership/
• LegiStorm organization summary, Online Lenders Alliance — original: https://www.legistorm.com/organization/summary/61147/Online_Lenders_Alliance.html
• LinkedIn profile, Mary Jackson (self-reported)