LendingClub Discontinues Some Legacy Radius Services
Nearly a year after LendingClub acquired Boston-based Radius Bank and its bank charter, the company has decided to discontinue some of Radius’ niche products and services.
Nearly a year after LendingClub acquired Boston-based Radius Bank and its bank charter, the company has decided to discontinue some of Radius’ niche products and services.
Michael Butler, the former head of Boston-based Radius Bank, will be the next leader of Grasshopper Bank, a New York-based de novo.
Boston-based Radius Bank plans to move forward with the acquisition by LendingClub despite the California-based fintech’s reorganization this week due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
LendingClub, the San Francisco-based fintech providing personal loans, has signed a definitive to acquire Boston-based Radius Bank in a cash and stock transaction valued at $185 million.
Shares of LendingClub continued to perform poorly yesterday, falling more than 22 percent and reaching $3.29 at one point, an all time low for the online lender, according to Reuters.