Talk:LendingClub

message: Hey, Wikipedia! I'm an employee at LendingClub here operating on the company's behalf. In lieu of making direct edits, which I know is forbidden, I will make suggestions on this Talk page and let editors who have no conflict of interest decide if they're thorough and well-sourced enough to add to the LC Wikipedia page.
My first edit request is pretty straightforward. I wanted to update a few items in the page's infobox, including:
*Sourcing the Founded and Key People fields with this Financial Times piece.
*Changing the Industry listed from Personal finance and software to: Financial services
*Changing the Products field to Services as this is more encompassing of what LendingClub offers
*Adding Fintech under Services
I see that User:Ptrnext recently updated the financial figures, which I've had my eye on for a little while. Thanks for taking care of that! If User:Ptrnext or any other editor is interested in helping out with these edits, please go right ahead. Cheers! EFlynn at LendingClub (talk) 16:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Ptrnext (talk) 01:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Already done  Closing per 's comment Happy Editing--IAmChaos 04:21, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, Ptrnext and IAmChaos! I'm popping in here to say thanks for looking over and approving my edit request. I'm planning to propose future edits to the body of the article, so look out for those, if they interest you at all. Until then! EFlynn at LendingClub (talk) 15:31, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox updates 

message: Formal request has been received to merge: LendingClub Bank into LendingClub; dated: September 2022. Proposer's Rationale: Just to be clear: I'm a LendingClub employee with a COI, which is why I'm making this request. Radius Bank used to be its own entity, which I think is why this article still exists, but after it was bought by LendingClub in 2021, it was completely absorbed by the company. There is no such thing as "LendingClub Bank," just banking services offered by LendingClub. Here are Bloomberg and SF Biz Times articles with further info. .  Discuss here. GenQuest "scribble" 15:33, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: , sorry for the confusion. The current page for LendingClub Bank was originally Radius Bank. When LendingClub purchased Radius Bank, the page name was changed to LendingClub Bank. That was inaccurate to do as the bank name does not appear to have changed. LendingClub simply absorbed Radius Bank and Radius Bank then no longer existed. So that bank is defunct. My suggestion is to change the page name for LendingClub Bank to Radius Bank, then redirect the name LendingClub Bank to LendingClub. Hope that clears up the muddy water. --CNMall41 (talk) 06:29, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: Hello! On the recommendation of User:CNMall41 above, I've decided to open up discussions about how to iron out the page's post-merger issues with an edit request. Here I'll briefly recap the situation, for anyone who's looking at this with fresh eyes:
I had previously suggested that the (now-defunct) LendingClub Bank page be merged with the LendingClub page. After some discussion among editors, User:Felix QW helpfully deleted the LC Bank page and migrated some of its content onto the LendingClub page. Which is a great start, but there are now some inaccuracies and redundancies on the LendingClub page. I detailed some of these in my post above.
I have drafted new History and Business model sections. The former has information about LendingClub's acquisition of Radius, the bank that would become "LC Bank". And the latter contains info about how LendingClub's operations and services have changed since the company acquired a bank charter.
I'm aware this might be a lot, for an editor who hasn't been keeping up with these developments. I'm happy to clarify further. Just ask away. I'm a LendingClub employee with a COI, so my role in this process is to make suggestions and provide context. I know that independent editors should ultimately decide how to resolve these post-merger issues. Thanks! EFlynn at LendingClub (talk) 18:00, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I would be happy to scrap the current two sections on the previous and current business model and replace them with the Business model draft, as it seems like quite a bit of cruft has accumulated there over time, and the section taken from Radius is hopelessly outdated. However, I would like to see other opinions before doing so, since according to the template instructions, such a rewrite should find clear consensus before being implemented. Felix QW (talk) 19:13, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey User:Felix QW, I agree that it would be a good idea to gather more opinions. I'm open to any ideas you have for building consensus. For my part, I'll tag in User:GenQuest, since they helped with the merger. I'm also going to travel to the WikiProject Computing Talk page. It's possible someone there will be interested in reviewing. If I can do anything else to facilitate discussion on this, please let me know. Thanks! EFlynn at LendingClub (talk) 22:43, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: We can't possibly use text drafted by an employee of this company, and you should not be proposing this. As an admin, I'd note that this article has had long running spam problems, including by editors with an apparent conflict of interest with this company. Nick-D (talk) 08:52, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just blocked 'EFlynn at LendingClub' for spamming. Nick-D (talk) 09:08, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Not done:  Denied per Nick-D. Quetstar (talk) 19:22, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addressing post-merger issues