Steve Taplin

Chief Product Officer, Lendscape

With nearly 30 years in technology solutions to the asset finance and now receivables finance domains, Steve’s extensive experience sees him head up the Product function at Lendscape as Chief Product Officer.

He is passionate about helping financial institutions understand how technology can be used to achieve operational excellence while engaging more deeply with their customers and is motivated by the belief that technology can provide opportunities to deliver more customer-centric approaches.

Before joining Lendscape, he co-founded Finaptix, acquired by Lendscape in 2019, and served as Managing Director and Global Sales & Marketing Director at Alfa Financial Software for a combined tenure of 22 years.

A regular contributor to industry journals and events, Steve’s specialities include asset finance, receivables finance, technology strategy, software development, digitalization, and artificial intelligence.

He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Kent