Marketplace lending

Marketplace lenders that have partnered with banks face more scrutiny after a federal judge in California handed a legal victory last week to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Within five years, a dramatic transformation of the mortgage market will force firms to expand product menus beyond mortgages to develop stronger relationships with their customers.

The large marketplace lender is turning to everyday savers as it seeks to bounce back from a damaging scandal.

Live Oak Bancshares in Wilmington, N.C., has formed a renewable energy lending division.

Despite their slowdown in growth, marketplace lenders are still in good position to gain from the digitization of the financial services industry.

Nat Hoopes, executive director of a trade group that represents the chief executives of Wall Street banks, is making the jump to fintech.

Lending Club hired a pair of Wall Street executives to strengthen relationships with investors after many pulled back from buying the loans it arranges online during a tumultuous second quarter.

LendingClub wasn’t alone in its suffering during the second quarter.

Medallion Financial, trying to diversify beyond its traditional business of financing taxi drivers, plans to issue loans on behalf of web-based lenders. But that new strategy faces some potential pitfalls.

Fundation Group, a New York-based online small-business lender, announced Tuesday that it has secured a $100 million credit facility from Goldman Sachs.