Profiles · Lobbyists
- Type
- Person
- Role
- Lobbyist
- Programs
- PPP, EIDL
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The profile
CEO of the Innovative Lending Platform Association since 2017; ILPA's 2020 Senate LDA reports list lobbying on PPP and EIDL extension and loan forgiveness.
Identity and role
Scott G. Stewart became CEO of the Innovative Lending Platform Association in 2017 (ILPA announcement). ILPA represents online lending and service companies serving small businesses (ILPA site).
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
ILPA's 2020 Senate LDA quarterly report lists its lobbying on extending PPP and EIDL, loan forgiveness, 501(c)(6) relief and H.R. 6886. In the press, Stewart argued for fuller PPP access for fintech-served borrowers (Banking Dive; we have a copy).
ILPA's October 2024 FDIC comment lists members including Biz2Credit.
Legal status / controversies
No personal enforcement action, relief loan, or company-side PPP conduct was found.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
ILPA public materials and its Senate LDA filings identify Stewart with ILPA leadership and its federal lobbying and regulatory-comment record. No PPP-company operating role was identified for him.
ILPA's membership has included Biz2Credit, Lendio and OnDeck (per the FDIC comment capture where it names them; otherwise cited to ILPA's site); see the Rohit Arora, Brock Blake and Noah Breslow profiles. The bank-trade counterpart was Rob Nichols's ABA. Mary Jackson's Online Lenders Alliance, another fintech and nonbank-lending trade group, filed its own FDIC comment letter of September 22, 2020 on bank-fintech technology providers.
Sources held in this archive
Original source documents and archived captures
- ILPA homepage
- ILPA announcement naming Scott Stewart CEO
- Banking Dive, PPP fintech access quote
- FDIC comment submission, ILPA / Scott Stewart
Sources
- ILPA announcement naming Scott Stewart CEO: ILPA announcement naming Scott Stewart CEO (original: innovativelending.org · stored capture)
- Senate LDA, ILPA 2020 LD-2 listing PPP/EIDL extension, forgiveness, 501(c)(6) relief, and H.R.6886: LD-2 report: National Association of Realtors, Q4 2020 (original: lda.senate.gov · stored capture)
- OpenSecrets, H.R.6886 (PPP Flexibility Act) lobbying profile: Specific Issues Reports for H.R.6886 by National Assn of Realtors (original: opensecrets.org · stored capture)
- Banking Dive, PPP fintech access quote: Banking Dive, PPP fintech access quote (original: bankingdive.com · stored capture)
- FDIC comment submission, ILPA / Scott Stewart: Innovative Learning Platform Association Ilpa Scott Stewart Rin 3064 6b22976dc0b4f544 (original: fdic.gov · stored capture)
- ILPA homepage: ILPA homepage (original: innovativelending.org · stored capture)