Law360, New York ( May 17, 2016, 10:57 AM EDT) -- Recently, LendingClub Corp., a leader in the growing online lending space, announced the surprise resignation of its founder and CEO, Renaud Laplanche. Laplanche resigned in response to a board investigation that revealed a number of internal control failures, including the sale of more than $20 million in loans that failed to conform to the requirements imposed by the acquiring investors and the doctoring of dates on loan applications to cover up noncompliance with respect to $3 million in loans sold. These developments triggered a massive decline in LendingClub's stock price, but also contribute to a growing cacophony of questions about LendingClub's business model and the viability of other online lending platforms....
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