Tag: lendingclub

VC Firm Thomvest Talks Fintech: “Increasingly Complex Financial Transactions Are Moving Online”

CrowdfundingMarch 8, 2021

Thomvest is a VC firm that is heavy into Fintech with investments in firms like SoFi and Figure or Kabbage and Creditjusto. Several...

The MLA and OLPI Merge to Form the American Fintech Council

CrowdfundingMarch 3, 2021

The two leading associations for fintech lenders, the Marketplace Lending Association and Online Lending Policy Institute are mergingMarch 3, 2021 By Peter Renton...

LendingClub Launches Founders Savings Accounts

CrowdfundingFebruary 22, 2021

We knew this was coming and this afternoon LendingClub has released the details of its Founder Savings Accounts for individual investors. This is...

It’s Official: LendingClub Has Acquired Radius Bank

CrowdfundingFebruary 1, 2021

LendingClub has closed on their acquisition of Radius Bank making history as the first marketplace lender to acquire a bankFebruary 1, 2021 By...

12 Alternatives for LendingClub Investors

CrowdfundingJanuary 26, 2021

It has been almost four weeks since LendingClub closed down their retail investor platform and cash is already starting to build up. I...

LendingClub Recognized as Top Workplace in Utah

CrowdfundingDecember 14, 2020

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has received a nice recognition from the Salt Lake Tribune. A relatively recent presence in Utah, LendingClub has been rccognized...

Giving Kids the Gift of Goals; The New Rules of LendingClub

FintechOctober 12, 2020

Revolut has added a new feature to its Revolut Junior app for youth aged seven to seventeen that will help parents teach...

LendingClub Closing Down Their Platform for Retail Investors

CrowdfundingOctober 7, 2020

The peer to peer lending platform that LendingClub pioneered will be closing down completely at the end of the yearOctober 7, 2020 By...

Nat Hoopes Leaving the Marketplace Lending Association

CrowdfundingSeptember 8, 2020

The first Executive Director of the Marketplace Lending Association is leaving to become Head of Public Policy at UpstartSeptember 8, 2020 By Peter...

Small challenger Jiko reportedly buys Minnesota bank

PaymentsSeptember 7, 2020

Jiko, a banking challenger which invests people’s savings into US Treasuries, has bought a national bank, according to CNBC sources. The deal sees it...