Tagged: renaud laplanche

April 26, 2016 @ 1:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The US’ largest marketplace lender LendingClub Corp. is planning its first sale of bonds backed by its unsecured loans, reported the WSJ, seeking new funding sources in today’s challenging market. Working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Jefferies Group on the offerings, LendingClub’s plans to discuss updates with potential investors as early as this week, reported the WSJ; Goldman… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has hired former McKinsey & Company partner Sameer Gulati as Chief Operations Officer. Simultaneously Scott Sanborn has been promoted to President. Both executives will continue to report directly to CEO Renaud Laplanche. Gulati was previously leader of McKinsey’s Digital Banking practice. As… Read More

April 17, 2016 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

  LenditUSA 2016 was bigger than ever. If you look back just three years the venue and the organizers have scaled what was once a relatively small gathering of 375 industry participants in 2013 to one that is truly a global event with over 3,500… Read More

April 6, 2016 @ 11:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

As had been rumored for quite some time, marketplace lending leaders Lending Club (NYSE:LC), Prosper and Funding Circle, have announced the creation of an industry association to represent their interests and advocate on behalf of sector growth.  Formed as a not for profit membership organization,… Read More

February 26, 2016 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the United States, has altered operations in light of concerns over the Madden vs. Midland decision delivered by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in May last year. This court case has cast a bit of… Read More

February 11, 2016 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The leading marketplace lending platform in the US Lending Club (NYSE:LC) reported Q4 and 2015 full year results this morning.  The company also reported that, to date, it has facilitated over $16 billion in consumer and SME loans.  Lending Club also revealed its intent to… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The national roll-out continues for Lending Club (NYSE: LC) as it adds Oregon and New Jersey to the list of states where investors may lend to borrowers. Lending Club must be approved by each state to allow investor participation.  As of today, Lending Club is open… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following the move by the Federal Reserve, Lending Club (NYSE: LC) has announced it will increase interest rates by 0.25% thus matching the move by the Fed last week.  The announcement is not unexpected and is similar to what many major banks have announced.  Lending… Read More

December 16, 2015 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

As most Fed followers expected, the FOMC decided to increase interest rates nudging up rates by 25 basis points. The last time the Fed raised rates was almost 10 years ago. The back and forth chatter regarding when the Fed would act has been a… Read More

November 23, 2015 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) CEO Renaud Laplanche recently commented on the fact that Santander has been compelled to back off from purchasing Lending Club loans – for now.  Laplanche spoke to the FT about the status of the marketplace lending platform and gave an update on industry… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

  It has been almost a year and a half since my last visit to Lending Club and my last interview with Renaud Laplanche its CEO. A lot has changed since then, but even more has stayed the same. Lending Club is now a public… Read More

November 4, 2015 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Karen Mills is currently perched as a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School and at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. She spends her time focusing on competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation – all extremely important areas of economic… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club founder and CEO spoke to CNBC earlier today about the most recent quarterly results which were released yesterday. The largest US marketplace lending platform beat streat expectations  reporting an EPS of $0.04 versus expectations of $0.02. Lending Club also boosted expectations for the… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) is pushing further into the small business lending sector.  The largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has announced a new “multi-draw line of credit product” designed to give SMEs convenient, flexible and affordable credit.  Lending Club has built is online lending… Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

  As the Marketplace Lending industry begins to mature, awareness is growing across the population.  More and more consumers realize they may be able to save time, and money, by doing a greater portion of their banking online. Lending Club, the largest Marketplace Lending platform… Read More

September 30, 2015 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US today, has submitted their opinion to the US Department of Treasury request for information (RFI) on the eve of the deadline for comments of September 30th, 2015.  Lending Club, the first publicly traded online lending… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdnetic, a provider of technology and market data solutions to the marketplace lending industry, today announced the launch of “Marketplace Lending Gateway” (“Gateway”), a centralized technology platform that connects loan applicants from banks and retailers to alternative funding sources through a real-time matching and allocation… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the largest direct lending marketplace in the US, is now open to investors in Indiana, Kansas, and Nebraska, bringing the total number of investor states available to retail investors to 36. The process for Marketplace /P2P lending platforms to operate in… Read More

August 19, 2015 @ 1:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC) subsidiary Springstone Financial has agreed to settle with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an issue relate to the “staff’s concerns on possible borrower confusion about the terms of a deferred interest product”.  The program in question was terminated by… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week Lending Club, the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, released its quarterly financial results.  The numbers beat the street.  But even more important is the fact the direct lending platform is growing.  If you compare their growth to somnolent banks the comparison… Read More