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Stephen Dash, Founder & CEO of Credible

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Nat Hoopes, Executive Director of the Marketplace Lending Association

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! The Marketplace Lending Association (MLA) launched in April of this year with three members: Lending Club, Prosper and Funding Circle. There have been many other…

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Scott Sanborn, CEO of Lending Club

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Mike Baliman of the London Fintech Podcast

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Brendan Ross of Direct Lending Investments

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Todd Nelson, Business Development Officer for Lightstream

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! SunTrust is an interesting bank. They invested in Prosper as part of a huge funding round last year. They have also provided funding lines for…

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Josh Tonderys, President and Karan Mehta, Head of the Capital Markets team at Marlette Funding

Marlette Funding has only been around since 2014 but they are already building a stellar track record. They were the fastest platform to reach $1 billion although given the challenges other fast growing platforms have had that is not something to brag about these days. Having said that Marlette is firing on all cylinders in…

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Mark Rockefeller & Mickey Konson, The Founders of StreetShares

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Glenn Goldman, CEO of Credibly

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Jon Barlow, Founder & former CEO of Eaglewood Capital

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! Some people saw the opportunity early. Jon Barlow not only saw the opportunity of marketplace lending but he seized upon it, creating one…