Morning Scan: LendingClub Woes; Dimon's Fintech Warning

05/09/16

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Laplanche Resigns: LendingClub chief executive and chairman Renaud Laplanche resigned after an internal review of loan sales found $22 million in near-prime loans to a single investor, against that investor's instructions. Separately, the investigation also showed a failure to report personal interests held in a third-party fund to the board's risk committee, as the company was mulling an investment in the same fund. President Scott Sanborn will become acting CEO and director...

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