Curtis Howse

Curtis is responsible for offering comprehensive payments and financing solutions for purchases across a broad network of home and auto merchants. Curtis is focused on helping consumers manage, maintain, and improve their homes and vehicles with a variety of financial products that are easy to afford and use.

Curtis has more than 25 years of experience in consumer finance. Curtis has held multiple senior leadership roles at Synchrony including the EVP and CEO of Payment Solutions and the EVP and Head of Direct-to-Consumer. In this role, Curtis drove growth and digital innovation for Synchrony Bank, a $63B+ consumer bank platform offering an array of deposit and savings solutions, as well as the Synchrony Mastercard. Additionally, Curtis was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Diversified Client Group at Synchrony, overseeing several key partner portfolios.

Prior to Synchrony’s separation from GE in 2015, Curtis held roles in operations, business development and general management at GE’s Commercial and Consumer Finance divisions. This included serving as CEO for GE Money Mexico and leading various business units in the U.S., Argentina, Brazil and Canada.

Curtis is an executive sponsor of Synchrony’s African American Diversity Network, one of eight Synchrony diversity networks that promote diversity and inclusion throughout the company. He also serves on the Business Advisory Board of the College of Business at Dillard University and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. Curtis was recently named one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.

Curtis earned a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from DeVry University.

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