Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 29, 2001
JOHN HASHMAN is President and Chief Executive Officer of NextCard, Inc.
Mr. Hashman was one of the first people who recognized early on that the
Internet would fundamentally change the financial services industry. He
joined Chairman Jeremy Lent in 1997 as one of the company's first
employees, and formed NextCard, the first issuer of Internet credit
cards. With more than 15 years of experience, Mr. Hashman is a
recognized pioneer and expert on the direct marketing of consumer credit
through alternative channels. Mr. Hashman was an early employee at
Providian Financial, which he joined in 1986, and served in a variety of
senior management roles. He has spoken at numerous conferences hosted by
Goldman Sachs, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray,
Bank of America Securities, Prudential Securities and others. He has
also been quoted frequently in Forbes.com, American Banker and
TheStreet.com. Mr. Hashman joined NextCard from Providian Financial
Corporation. He was one of the first 100 employees at Providian, which
is now the fifth largest credit card issuer in the United States. During
his 11-year tenure at Providian, the company's assets increased from
$100 million to $10 billion. While there, he held a variety of senior
management roles in finance, marketing and operations. He began his
career as an Accountant at BankAmerica Corporation and Pacific Bell. Mr.
Hashman earned a MBA in Finance from the University of San Francisco and
a BS in Accounting from Southeast Missouri University. Profile
Mr. Hashman: We are the leader in Internet-based credit card lending.
Our market right now is the US consumer credit market, which is
