Marketplace lending

The marketplace lender LoanDepot has securitized $150 million of its unsecured personal loans.

The prepaid card giant Green Dot is getting into the matchmaking business.

JPMorgan Chase plans a venture with a peer-to-peer lender to small businesses, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said.

The Portland, Ore., company is pitching its technology as a way for banks to enter digital lending without sacrificing their relationships with customers.

The online loan broker Fundera has published information about the interest rates paid by customers of its website, the latest development in a debate about transparency of the cost of credit provided by alternative lenders.

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Following a trail blazed by rival Social Finance, the two-year-old firm wants to expand beyond lending and offer consumers a broad array of financial products.

The top Democrat on the House Small Business Committee is looking into what regulators are doing to protect small-business borrowers who use online lenders.

The Treasury Department has recently solicited input on how to improve marketplace lending. Here are four ways to help improve access to credit.

The American Bankers Association is deemphasizing the crisis-era fight over regulation and refocusing on the rising competitive threat posed by technology companies.