Top Marketplace Lending Headlines of May 2017

We saw a range of movement in the marketplace lending and peer-to-peer lending space in May: from new reported highs in securitization volumes, to SoFi’s plans to apply for a bank charter and LendingClub reaching a decade milestone –to Money360 breaking their commercial real estate loan record and a continuous series of disruptive trends that serve to push alternative lending into the mainstream. The MPL space appears to be poised for a continued positive trajectory into the summer months.

• Marketplace Lending: Just Because I’m Disruptive Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Be Friends!
  May 29, 2017
  SeekingAlpha

• LendingClub Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence
  May 24, 2017
  LendingClub

• Marketplace Lending Securitization Deals Reporting New Highs
  May 22, 2017
  LendIt News

• Money360 Closes $45M in Commercial Real Estate Loans in April, Breaks Monthly Record
  May 16, 2017
  MarketWired

• SoFi plans to apply for a bank charter in the next month
  May 10, 2017
  TechCrunch