Renaud Laplanche

Upgrade’s $100M Deal for Uplift Brings BNPL for Travelers Into the Fold
Upgrade’s $100M Deal for Uplift Brings BNPL for Travelers Into the Fold
July 27, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The build vs. buy debate is a perennial one in technology, and in payments.  For neobank Upgrade, in the bid to extend its credit, mobile...

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Upgrade Is Upgrading The FinTech Lending Experience
Upgrade Is Upgrading The FinTech Lending Experience
August 23, 2018  |  Loans

When Renaud Laplanche launched hist latest lending start up, Upgrade, the venture was both quite similar to and yet quite different from his previous endeavor,...

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Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
August 23, 2018  |  Loans

When Renaud Laplanche founded LendingClub 12 years ago in 2006, the lending landscape was a very different place. Most consumer and business lending was done...

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Renaud Laplanche’s Second Act
Renaud Laplanche’s Second Act
July 18, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as the source behind the phrase, “there are no second acts in American life.” But as we all know...

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LendingClub’s Laplanche Starting New Online Lender
LendingClub’s Laplanche Starting New Online Lender
April 07, 2017  |  Payment Methods

LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender...

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Lending Club’s Laplanche Back With New Venture
Lending Club’s Laplanche Back With New Venture
November 17, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

There are second acts in financial services, it seems — or at least interesting attempts at them. Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club’s former CEO, is back...

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Lending Club’s Loan Issue Saga Continues
Lending Club’s Loan Issue Saga Continues
June 13, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

The waves hitting the online lending pool seem to be coming nonstop. Lending Club talked down its numbers on loans being sold to investors, with the additional...

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