FinTech Magazine - October 2022 | Page 107

Pepper Money ' s rise over the last 22 years is underpinned by its partnership with low-code platform Appian , plus its adoption of automation technologies
PEPPER MONEY
Pepper Money ' s rise over the last 22 years is underpinned by its partnership with low-code platform Appian , plus its adoption of automation technologies

You can get the measure of a man from the way he describes his work . When Steven Meek , CIO of Pepper Money , talks to us from the firm ’ s state-of-the-art headquarters in Sydney , Australia , it ’ s well past the end of the working day . Many of his colleagues are heading home and a well-meaning cleaner is hoovering the sparse office . Still , Meek is brimming with enthusiasm about the role he has , describing his job as if it were an honour and not a vocation .

“ It ’ s brilliant ,” he says . “ I feel privileged to be leading a very talented team , working on digital transformation , data and analytics , and core technology services and solutions . I ’ ve been fortunate throughout my career to have worked in multiple industries , from IT services and consumer goods to investment banking , helping all of the businesses I ’ ve worked for through periods of major change .”
That description is no less applicable to Pepper Money , which Meek joined in 2021 . Founded in 2000 , the lender began with mortgages , focusing on customers who couldn ’ t access finance through traditional means – whether that ’ s because they have an imperfect credit history , unpredictable income patterns or a life event that changed their financial circumstances . For more than two decades , Pepper Money has gradually ramped up its lending solutions with new propositions spanning homes , cars , electric vehicles ( EVs ), equipment , asset financing , commercial real estate , and personal loans . fintechmagazine . com 107