May 25, 2023

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3720
Attn:						Robert Arzonetti

Re:						Oportun Financial Corporation
						Registration Statement on Form S-3
						File No. 333-271594
						Filed on May 3, 2023
Acceleration Request
						Requested Date:			May 25, 2023
						Requested Time:			9:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Oportun Financial Corporation (the “Company”) hereby requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271594) (the “Registration Statement”) be declared effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or at such later time as the Company or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with our counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., by calling Amanda Urquiza at (650) 849-3032.

Sincerely,
Oportun Financial Corporation
By:						/s/ Jonathan Coblentz
						Jonathan Coblentz
						Chief Financial Officer

cc:			Kathleen Layton
			Pamela Lujan
			Oportun Financial Corporation
			Robert Day
			Amanda Urquiza
			Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.