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Wall Street Journal
Google Makes Strategic Investment in Lending Club

05/02/2013
The Internet search giant is making the bulk of a $125 million investment into Lending Club, in a deal which values the company at $1.55 billion.
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2013 Press Coverage

cNet
With Rising Revenues, Lending Club CEO Plans Expansion

06/07/2013
NPR
Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing from Each Other

05/10/2013
Fox Business
Take Out a Loan from Google?

05/06/2013
Bloomberg
VIDEO: Google Buys Stake in Lending Club

05/03/2013
New York Times
Lending Web Site Gains a Shareholder in Google

05/02/2013
Bloomberg
Google Buys Stake in Lending Club – Startup Valued at $1.55 Billion

05/02/2013
CBS News
Share and Share Alike

03/24/2013
Renaud Laplanche Visits Squawk on the Street

03/13/2013
USA Today
Lending Club’s Peer-to-Peer Lending Business Growing

03/10/2013
Forbes
America’s Most Promising Companies

02/06/2013
Barrons
Peer Review

1/5/2013

2012 Press Coverage

Barrons
The 9% Club: Food for the Yield-Starved

12/15/2012
The Daily Beast
Why Is Larry Summers Signing Up With Lending Club?

12/14/2012
TechCrunch
With An IPO On Its Radar, Lending Club Adds Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers To Its Heavyweight Board

12/13/2012
Financial Times
Lending Club Brings in the Big Guns of Finance

12/12/2012
Time logo
Taking a Peek at Peer-to-Peer Lending

11/15/2012
San Francisco Business Times
Lending Club Tops $1 Billion in Loans

11/09/2012
Bloomberg
Lending Club Issued $1 Billion in Loans

11/05/2012
New York Times
A Financial Plan for the Truly Fed Up

08/03/2012
Forbes
Thomson-Reuters Director Doubles Down On Lending Club

07/20/2012
Forbes
Looking For 10% Yields? Go Online For Peer To Peer Lending

06/06/2012
Reuters
Mary Meeker breaks her investment fast

06/06/2012
New York Times
Lending Club Reaps $15 Million From Kleiner Perkins

06/06/2012
Financial Times
Meeker joins Mack at Lending Club

06/06/2012
Bloomberg
LendingClub Brings Another Morgan Stanley Bigwig on Board

06/06/2012
CNN Money
Mack moves to cutting edge of P2P lending

04/23/2012
Wall Street Journal
John Mack Joins Board of Alternative Lending Company

04/12/2012
CNN Money
Mack is back: Wall Street’s new agitator

04/12/2012
Casey Research
Earn a 10% Yield Without Buying a Single Stock, Thanks to Technology

03/08/2012
NY1
Peer-To-Peer Lending Can Help Investors’ Accounts Grow

01/24/2012

2011 Press Coverage

Bloomberg
LendingClub CEO on Loan Criteria, Investors

12/28/2011
Forbes
America’s Most Promising Companies:
The Top 20

11/30/2011
Fox Business
A Loan That Works for Borrowers and Investors

10/07/2011
Forbes
Can Peer-To-Peer Lending Programs Jump-Start Banking?

09/26/2011
Investor's Business Daily
Some Investors Chase Yield Via P2P Lending

09/23/2011
Bloomberg
LendingClub Lures Investors as Consumer Loan Rates Top Bonds

09/07/2011
Wall Street Journal
Lending Club Nabs $25 Million in New Funding

08/03/2011
TechCrunch
With Record P2P Loan Growth, Lending Club Raises $25 Million Led By Union Square

08/03/2011
Forbes
Q & A With Union Square’s Fred Wilson and Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche

08/03/2011
Arrive
Banking Without a Bank

06/06/2011
Mint Life
Should You Take the Plunge into Lending Club?

05/24/2011
San Francisco Business Times
Lending Club CEO says IPO not for 'several years'

05/20/2011
USA Today
Crowdfunding and Peer-to-peer Lending Help Small Businesses

05/09/2011
MSN - Today Money
Sharing, Borrowing and Bartering Go High-tech

05/02/2011
TechCrunch
The P2P Evolution

05/01/2011
Bankrate
Consumers Share in Savings

04/20/2011
The Huffington Post
Peer-To-Peer Sharing Startups Are Evolving

03/17/2011
Bank System and Technology
Lending Club Thrives As Consumers Pay Off Credit Card Debt with P2P Loans

03/07/2011
Kansas City Business Journal
Financial Crisis Works as Equalizer for Peer-to-peer Lending

02/11/2011
Reuters
Lending Club’s Loss-rate Numbers

02/07/2011
Reuters
The Deal, and the Catch

02/06/2011
 
Lending a Financial Hand

01/21/2011
Entrepreneur
Peer Lending Is on the Rise

01/18/2011
 
Lending a Hand, and a Few Dollars, to Fellow Americans

01/17/2011
 
2011: the year to get your financial situation in order

01/16/2011
Fox Business
Peer-to-Peer Lending

01/15/2011
San Francisco Business Times
Lending Club Passes $200 Million in Loans

01/14/2011
The Street
Peer Lending Grows as Business Owner Option

01/12/2011
9News.com
Your Money Sunday: Shred Your Credit Card Contest
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01/10/2011
CNN
Hitting up the Family Bank

01/03/2011
Benzinga
Lending Club: Killing Two Birds With One Stone

01/03/2011
Benzinga
Exclusive: Interview with Renaud Laplanche, CEO of Lending Club

01/03/2011

2010 Press Coverage

Wallet Pop
New Year’s Resolution: Get Out of Credit Card Debt With a Lending Club Loan

12/29/2010
American Public Media - Marketplace
Another Step Toward a Paperless Society

12/22/2010
SFGate
Lending Club, Prosper.com Make Peer-to-peer Loans

12/03/2010
Forbes
Making Personal Loans For Fun And Profit

12/02/2010
Black Enterprise
How to Get a Loan the Web 2.0 Way

12/01/2010
Barrons
Don’t Bank on It: Consumers Joining Hands

11/20/2010
CNN
Sharing is Replacing Owning

11/02/2010
Harvard Business Review
Beyond Zipcar: Collaborative Consumption

10/01/2010
 
Need Money? Ask A Peer

09/28/2010
Wall Street Journal
Credit Crunch Gives ‘Microlending’ a Boost

09/26/2010
Bankrate
5 Ways Social Networking Sites Save Money

09/24/2010
The Atlantic
Why Is Consumer Credit Still So Expensive?

09/23/2010
Reuters
Chart of the Day, Consumer Credit Edition

09/22/2010
The Motley Fool
3 Ways Out of Today's Financial Turbulence

09/21/2010
 
ABC's James Valles reports on LendingClub.com

09/10/2010
American Banking & Marketing News
Lending Club Tops $12 Million in Loan Originations in August 2010

09/06/2010
San Francisco Business Times
Lending Club Taps Former Schwab Exec as CFO

08/19/2010
 
Deal Radar 2010: Lending Club Removes Banks From the Lending Process

08/02/2010
Sramana Mitra
Deal Radar 2010: Lending Club Removes Banks From the Lending Process

08/09/2010
Fox Business
Lending Club: One Year Later

07/21/2010
Main Street
Lending Clubs Amp Up Peer-to-Peer Loans

07/05/2010
CBS MoneyWatch
Peer-to-Peer Loans: What Borrowers Should Know

06/11/2010
The Huffington Post
Banks: Too Big to Change?

06/11/2010
The Huffington Post
What if You're Not Oprah?

05/20/2010
Wall Street Journal
Morgenthaler Ventures' New Partner Looking For Wall-Crashers

05/18/2010
Wallet Pop
Lending Club Now Offers Five-Year Peer-to-Peer Loans

05/17/2010
 
Perks of Peer-to-Peer Lending

05/11/2010
Small Business Computing
LendingClub: Financing for Entrepreneurs

05/04/2010
The Faster Times
How to Take Advantage of Peer-to-Peer Lending

04/15/2010
TechCrunch
Peer Lending Site Lending Club Raises $24.5 Million Series C Round

04/14/2010
Market Watch
Three Ways Social Media Can Save You Money

03/25/2010
 
Perks of Peer-to-Peer Lending

03/10/2010
Washington Post
With Bank Credit Frozen, Small U.S. Businesses Starting to Turn to Microlenders

03/08/2010
WalletPop
Peer-to-peer loans: Writer Explains What it's Like to Borrow From Strangers

03/05/2010
Mashable
How Companies Are Using Your Social Media Data

03/02/2010
The Huffington Post
Borrowing from Strangers

03/02/2010
Dallas Morning News
Entrepreneurs Find Alternative Lenders

02/14/2010
Minyanville
When Peers Beat the Banks for Loans

02/09/2010

2009 Press Coverage

NASDAQ
Market-based Solutions to the Credit Crunch and How You Can Participate

12/04/2009
Fast Company
Brother, Can You Spare $100?

11/11/2009
Fox Investopedia
Lending Clubs: Better Than Banks?

10/09/2009
Fox Business
Get a Loan, Skip the Bank

10/13/2009
Transcapitalist
The Future of P2P Lending and What Can be Learned From Microfinance

10/12/2009
The Washington Post
In a Tight Market, Borrowers Turn to Peers

9/20/2009
American Banking News
Lending Club Originates $4.3 Million in Loans in August, Prosper.com Originates $905 Thousand

9/17/2009
CNN
Booming Loan Markets

9/15/2009
Forbes
An Alternative To Student Loans?

8/26/2009
Barrons
A Booming Loan Market

8/17/2009
Main Street
Are Lending Clubs Right for You?

8/11/2009
Bloomberg
Peer-to-Peer Lending Lures Investors With 12% Return

7/16/2009
The Motley Fool Caps
P2P Lending - a New Asset Class? Cheap Loans for Borrowers, Over 9% Returns for Lenders.

5/27/2009
Associated Press
Investors Turning to Peer-To-Peer Lending

5/22/2009
New York Times
Brother, Can You Spare a Loan?

5/14/2009
Reuters
The attraction of Lending Club

4/25/2009
Netbanker
Lending Club Teams with EntrustCAMA to Offer Self-Directed IRA Option for P2P Lending

2/25/2009
WIRED Magazine
Road Map for Financial Recovery: Radical Transparency Now!

2/23/2009
Main Street
Small Businesses Look To Social Lending

2/10/2009
Harvard Business Review
Breakthrough Ideas for 2009: Forget Citibank — Borrow from Bob

1/2009
Netbanker
Lending Club Regains Momentum, Posts 40% Gain in P2P Loan Originations Compared to Dec. 2007

1/9/2009

2008 Press Coverage

CBS News
Online Lending Clubs Challenge Bank

12/28/2008
Wall Street Journal
’Peer’ Loans Ease the Credit Crunch

12/6/2008
Voice of America
Peer-to-Peer Lenders Ride Out Financial Storm

11/25/2008
Denver Post
Help From Friends Boosts Loan-Challenged

11/17/2008
NPR
Peer Lending Spreads In Tight Credit Market

11/04/2008
Reuters
Financial Crisis Spells Business for Lending Sites

10/31/2008
ABC News
Social Lending Offers Alternatives

10/28/2008
Gartner
P2P Social Lending Networks Morph Into Investment Networks

10/21/2008
NuWire Investor
Lending Club Completes SEC Registration

10/21/2008
Yahoo! Finance
Is a Credit Crisis the Best or Worst Time to Start a Lending Site?

10/21/2008
Wall Street Journal
Peer-To-Peer Lenders Get Into Secondary Market

10/20/2008
FOX Business
Video Interview with Renaud Laplanche

10/17/2008
cnet
Peer-to-peer Lending is Not Dead Yet

10/16/2008
Mercury News
An Opportunity for Web-Based Financial-Services Companies

10/15/2008

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