Tagged: lendingclub

June 9, 2017 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has filed an 8-K with the results of the Annual Meeting including the election of Directors. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 313,460,225 shares of common stock, representing 77.7% of the shares of common stock… Read More

May 31, 2017 @ 6:53 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has filed a new form with the SEC (DEF 14A) in advance of the annual shareholders meeting which is scheduled to take place on June 6, 2017. The addition to the Annual Meeting Proxy Statement, a standard filing, includes a presentation on the… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lender in the US, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. It is pretty hard to believe that LendingClub is now ten years old. Launched by founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche back in 2007, like most companies, LendingClub started quite small…. Read More

May 18, 2017 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has upped its minimum deposit to a minimum initial amount of $1,000 for all new retail investors making their first investment through Lending Club. LendingClub said this part of the process of improving the investor experience. While still a small amount, increasing the… Read More

May 16, 2017 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has announced the appointment of Steve Allocca as President of the online lending company. Allocca will start at LendingClub on May 22, 2017 and will report directly to LendingClub CEO Scott Sanborn. Allocca will… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 8:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, released quarterly earnings results today. Originations declined dramatically from the same quarter in 2016. Originations also dipped versus Q4. Obviously the online lender would prefer to report the exact opposite. While the results were… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Lending Club (NYSE:LC), announced Q1 2017 results showing a decline in originations versus Q4 and same quarter year prior. Lending Club has now topped $26 billion in loan originations since platform launch ten years ago. Lending Club is the largest personal loan… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has scheduled its Q1 2017 earnings call for Thursday, May 4, 2017. Earnings will be released that day after market close. Lending Club will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter financial… Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has not only provided a new option to gain access to credit for both consumers and small business but it has helped to create a new asset class by allowing smaller investors an option to invest in small loans. Today a majority of… Read More

March 3, 2017 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has was a significant court victory regarding its ability to compel arbitration. The case Bethune v. LendingClub Corp. was filed in the Souther District Court of New York in 2016. The issue pertained to the interest rate a New York resident was being charged… Read More

September 30, 2015 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credible, a multi-lender student loan marketplace that allows borrowers to receive competitive loan offers from its vetted lending partners, announced on Wednesday that it has closed its recent $10 million Series A funding round. This round was led by Soul Htite, founder and CEO of Dianrong.com/ co-founder… Read More

April 28, 2015 @ 8:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OnDeck Capital, a U.S.-based online marketplace which offers short-term loans to businesses of between $5,000 and $250,000, is expanding its offerings in Canada, joining a growing number of tech-oriented lenders that promise to transform the financial services landscape, according to 680 news.  Experts say Canada has… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In a recent post on FxPro by Ron Finberg, he cites the fintech tends to watch during 2015, may they be “either high opportunities or stumbling blocks,” as “service-based investing,” robo investing (“anti-social trading”) and digital-based crowdfunding. “Fintech was a great sector to be in… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 1:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Orchard, the Marketplace Lending Platform backed by Spark Capital, Canaan Partners, and industry veterans, secures $14.7M in total investments Founded in NYC 2013, Orchard Platform, an investment and analytics platform focused on the global marketplace lending market, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series A… Read More

August 18, 2014 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingTree, an online lending exchange that aggregates loan options from many providers, has announced their loan revenue exceeded $1 million during the month of July.  The company also shared their growth has increased seven fold since July of 2013.  This significant growth in both volume… Read More

March 31, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Fresh from my trip across the pond, I can tell you I have seen the light. Crowdfunding can and is working and we (the United States) are behind the eight ball on this one. When describing the US regulatory regime to crowdfunding professionals in the… Read More

March 22, 2014 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Crowdfunding Platform Sees Exponential Growth. DealStruck is a P2P crowdfunding platform that is focused on loans for small businesses.  They want to combine the best of crowdlending with the best of traditional finance.  Dealstruck states that more than 82% of small businesses seeking loans… Read More

June 2, 2013 @ 11:17 am By The Economist  |  

FINANCE is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. Banks and credit-card firms are kept… Read More

May 16, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

All this week CNBC will be sharing their list of 50 disruptors.  Crowdfunding platforms CircleUp, LendingClub and Kickstarter have made the list of a new companies which are shaking up their sector – financial services.  LendingClub has recently hit front page headlines with the $125… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 6:04 pm By SeekingAlpha  |  

Since 2006, P2P & online lending have enjoyed explosive growth. Lending Club and Prosper, America’s two largest P2P lenders have now surpassed $2B in loan origination, and P2P has captured the attention of industry legends, the financial media, the investing public and even today’s technology… Read More