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Jane Thompson, former president of Wal-Mart Stores' financial services unit, has joined the board of the Center for Financial Services Innovation, a research group in Chicago that focuses on low-income consumers.
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Jane Thompson, the former head of the financial services division at Wal-Mart Stores, has
Thompson currently serves as chief executive of Jane J. Thompson Financial Services, her own management consulting firm. She left Wal-Mart in 2011, after founding the company's financial products unit nine years earlier.
She also previously led the credit and home services divisions at Sears, Roebuck & Co.
"Her expertise and leadership will help guide our growth across our marketing, product innovation, risk management, and customer service efforts," said Noah Breslow, chief executive of OnDeck, in a press release Thursday.
In the past few months, Thompson has also joined the boards of
She was named by American Banker as
