Nationwide Loans

About Nationwide

Personal loans, made simple.

A direct lender for borrowers the major banks turn away first.

Under 30 secAverage wait to reach a specialist
48States we lend in
$2.4B+Funded since 2018

Built around the phone call.

Nationwide Loans was founded on a simple idea: lending decisions shouldn't be a black box. We're a direct lender — not a marketplace, not a referral site — which means when you call us, you're talking to the people who make the decision.

We started because too many people with steady income, stable lives, and substantive reasons to need a loan were getting form-letter rejections. The major banks lend to the people who don't need money. We lend to the people who do, at rates that don't punish them for asking.

We're transparent about what we charge (rates from 8.99% APR with full range disclosed, zero origination fees, no prepayment penalties), how we decide (whole-picture underwriting, not just a credit score), and what happens if something goes wrong (call us first — we have hardship programs).

We publish our rates, we name our specialists, and we answer the phone.

Three commitments we won't break.

Next-day funding

Funds in your account as soon as the next business day after approval. No paper checks, no waiting.

$0 origination fees

What you borrow is exactly what you pay back, plus interest. Zero hidden costs at any step.

No minimum score

We look at the whole picture, not just a number. Approvals for people other lenders said no to.

Meet the leadership team.

David Kembrell

CEO + Co-founder

Founded Nationwide after two decades building consumer-lending platforms. Believes lending should feel like advice, not arithmetic.

Usman Ashraf

Chief Financial Officer

Runs capital, treasury, and the integrity behind every funded loan. Spent 15 years in fixed-income finance before joining.

Ted Booker

General Counsel

Keeps our products on the right side of every state regulator. Likes contracts written in plain English.

Haiyan Hu

Chief Credit Officer

Designs the credit decisioning that finds yes where others say no. Twelve years in consumer underwriting.

Pete Woodward

Chief Technology Officer

Owns the underwriting stack and the speed of next-business-day funding. Engineer first, manager second.

Jared Brooks

VP, People & Culture

Hires the specialists who pick up the phone every day. Picks for empathy first, sales skills second.

The team behind every approval.

Our specialists, underwriters, and customer experience leads show up for one another — at offsites, lunch-and-learns, and the careers fairs we host across Texas.

Find out in 2 minutes.

No credit pull at quote stage. A specialist walks you through your rate. Then you decide.

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