Consumer banking

Turning LendingClub into a full-spectrum bank

The company, poised to complete its purchase of Radius Bank, will enjoy new cross-selling opportunities, gain additional sources of fee income and capital as well as benefit from greater regulatory clarity, CEO Scott Sanborn says.

By Penny Crosman
Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
American Banker

How lenders aim to profit from climate change

HSBC, Bank of the West and Fannie Mae are among those offering green mortgage bonds, financing commercial clients’ efforts to rein in carbon emissions and developing other novel products that help customers tackle environmental challenges.

By Laura Alix
Staff Writer
American Banker

SoFi applies to open a national bank

If it’s approved, the charter is expected to lower the fintech’s cost of funds and allow for more product offerings. It comes nearly three years after SoFi pulled the plug on an earlier effort to open an industrial bank.

By Kevin Wack
Banking Editor
American Banker

‘There will be hundreds of fintech failures’

Jane Gladstone, new president of Promontory Interfinancial Network, says the recession will accelerate the shakeout among the nonbank disruptors and that small banks have an opportunity to forge new bonds with the survivors.

By Penny Crosman
Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
American Banker