Lending Club

Despite being barred from the securities industry by the SEC, LendingClub’s founder has found plenty of people to back his latest venture — and that’s a problem.

Renaud Laplanche agreed to pay $200,000 and accept a ban from the securities industry to settle a long-running SEC probe. A LendingClub subsidiary and the firm's former CFO, Carrie Dolan, were also fined.

Delinquencies have held steady for a year, and observers are optimistic about upcoming third-quarter data. But the long-term question is whether solid underwriting can overcome higher vehicle prices and consumer debt burdens.

The LendingClub founder responded to being booted from his company by starting a new one with involvement from former investors — and a loan buyer he had supposedly wronged.

Upgrade, a marketplace lender founded by Laplanche just a few months after he was ousted from LendingClub, has secured more than $100 million in equity capital and says it is poised to offer more consumer credit products.

The 100 dismissals in asset management follow job cuts in other divisions; the agency cites the lack of protections against fraud and market manipulation.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., released a survey of lending practices that he said point to practices such as forced arbitration clauses and extracting a customer’s credit score to determine creditworthiness.

The online lender’s president, Steve Allocca, shares how the company weathered scandal and hints at future plans to grow its product set.

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The marketplace lender recorded an impairment charge tied to the acquisition of a specialty lending business and is still being hit with costs stemming from the scandal that toppled its previous CEO.