MONTREAL, March 23, 2017 /CNW/ – IOU Financial Inc. (“IOU” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:IOU), a leading online lender to small businesses, has won a Bronze Stevie Award for Back-Office Customer Service Team of the Year in the Customer Service & Contact Centre Category at the 11 th annual Stevie Awards® hosted this past February 24 […]
MONTREAL, March 2, 2017 /CNW/ – IOU FINANCIAL INC. (“IOU” or “the Company”; TSX-V:IOU), a leading online lender to small businesses, is pleased to announce its CEO, Philippe Marleau, will serve as a panelist at the flagship LendIt USA 2017 conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, March 6-7, 2017. In its
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MONTREAL, May 3, 2017 /CNW/ – IOU FINANCIAL INC. (“IOU” or “the Company”; TSX-V:IOU), a leading online lender to small businesses (IOUFinancial.com), is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with EVO Payments International (EVO), a leading card payment acquirer and payment services provider operating throughout North America and Europe. Through this strategic partnership, IOU’s direct clients