Archive for October, 2010
Lending Club Now Offering Loans in North Carolina
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Lending Club (http://www.lendingclub.com), the world’s leading platform for investing in personal loans, is now available to residents in the state of North Carolina. In North Carolina, creditworthy borrowers now have the opportunity to get unsecured personal loans with an annual percentage rate (APR) starting at 6.78 percent and [...]
Personal Loan Performance Drives Lending Club to Decrease Starting APR to 6.78% – Nearly Half the Average Starting Credit Card APR of 13.15% Available to Similar Borrowers
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Lending Club (http://www.LendingClub.com), the world’s leading platform for investing in personal loans, announced that interest rates for all new borrowers will be reduced. The starting Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Lending Club borrowers will be reduced from 7.93 % to 6.78 % for 36-month term loans(1). The [...]
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Lending Club Issues $12 Million in Loans in September, Makes another Record
Lending Club, a peer to peer lending company, set a new record for the second straight month during the month of September, setting up more than $12 million worth of loans between borrowers and lender son its platform. Investors on Lending Club’s website issued $12,039,675 across 1189 loans to borrowers, up slightly from the month [...]
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Digging In To Stay Strong In A Post-PC World
In a new earnings report Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has experienced significant profit growth, up 51% from the previous year at the end of the last quarter, reaching $5.4 billion. Revenues increased 25% to $16.2 billion. This impressive performance by the software company was made possible its main flagships Office and Windows – the applications continue [...]
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Apps On The Android Gets Enterprise Security Support
On October 28th, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that it was adding enterprise management and sync support for its Google Apps on the Android 2.2 mobile platform. This move has been touted as boon for IT management since more Android smart phones are being utilized in various businesses. Google Apps such as Google Talk, Gmail, and [...]
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) Claims Responsibility For Errors On Foreclosure Paperwork
In a recent announcement representatives of Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) admitted that the company made serious mistakes in the paperwork filed for thousands of foreclosures cases. The company further stated that it would do everything possible to correct the problems. The Des Moines-based mortgage unit for the big bank planned to re-file documents for 55,000 [...]
Citigroup’s (NYSE: C) Stocks Drop In Wake Of Projected Financial Declines
In recent days, Citigroup Inc’s (NYSE: C) stock has dropped to $4.18, a 3 cent decline that has many speculating about the future condition of the financial sector. Certain observers have questions about whether there is any hope for measurable recovery. This is especially important given that there are signs that bank revenue is set [...]
Citigroup (NYSE: C) Goes Outside HAMP to Offer Loan Modifications
Citigroup (NYSE: C) is still offering home loan modification to customers but are now adding more options to the pool. The options are outside the options available through the Make Home Affordable program. Citigroup mortgage customers are still facing foreclosures due to the inability to make monthly mortgage payments. This is largely due to the [...]
Ford (NYSE: F) Flourishing Without Government Help
Ford (NYSE: F) was the only car manufacturer in the US that declined help from the government bailout programs but the company has still growing and showing a profit. Despite the lack of help from Uncle Sam, Ford has posted profits for the sixth consecutive quarter with a net of $1.7 billion noted between mid-summer [...]
General Motors Plans to Add 600 New Michigan Jobs
General Motors has announced its plan to invest $190 million in its assembly plant in Michigan. The move will create 600 new jobs and add a second shift to the plant operations. The Lansing Grand River assembly plant will be the location the company will build the new Cadillac model. The assembly plant already produces [...]
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Owns Up to Foreclosure Document Errors
Bank of America this week is finally admitting that they have made mistakes. This comes after the company began to look at foreclosure documents that were filed in 23 different states. Of the first hundred or so documents examined in the 102,000 documents they must look at, Bank of America found somewhere between 10 and [...]
Free Engraving For Your Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad For The Holidays
Apple is now offering free iPad engraving from their online store. This allows customers to give their new iPad a personal touch to their tablet, or give it a special touch as a perfect present for someone special. According to AppleInsider.com, the option offered by Apple will allow customers to engrave up to two lines [...]
White iPhone Pushed Back By Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) – Again
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has delayed again the launch of the company’s white iPhone 4. The expected date of release now stands at Spring 2011. So far Apple has confirmed the delay in release date but company spokespersons have remained mum on the reasoning for the delays. When the iPhone 4 was introduced, Apple showed versions [...]
FDA Scrutinizing Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Authorities are placing a magnifying glass on the alcohol energy drinks that are blamed for making more than a dozen students in Washington state seriously ill. Four Loko, a drink that contains alcohol and caffeine, is the latest drink to be investigated by the FDA. Last year the agency sent letters to 30 manufacturers that [...]
Music-Sharing Site Limewire Must Shut Down Says Federal Judge
LimeWire received word from a federal judge that the music file-sharing site must shut down the site and disable its software after the company lost a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the record industry. New York US District Judge Kimba Wood issued the permanent injunction against LimeWire on Tuesday. The order requires LimeWire disable their ‘searching, downloading, [...]
Ford (NYSE: F), GM Closing the Quality Gap Among Automakers
Despite the massive recalls, Toyota (NYSE: TM) and Honda are still listed as the most trouble-free cars by Consumer Reports. But new polls show that Ford and General Motors are coming in very close. Ford and GM are proving their concern on quality over the last few years resulting in better vehicles and fewer brands [...]
MySpace Revamps Site for Entertainment, Not Profiles
Today MySpace revealed its revamped site that now places a focus on content and entertainment instead of profiles of users. The site also uses social elements similar to Foursquare and Twitter rather than its competitor Facebook. The competition between MySpace and rival Facebook has been ongoing. MySpace claims a user-ship of 100 million users compared [...]
Lending Club Now Offering Peer to Peer Loans in Kansas
Lending Club, a company which operates a peer to peer lending process, has met all necessary regulatory obligations to issue loans in the Kansas, making it so that residents of the state can borrow loans through Lending Club’s website, starting at interest rates of 6.78%. “American families are waking up to the fact that they [...]
Peer to Peer Lending Company Lending Club Featured on CBS News
Lending Club, a company which operates a peer to peer lending marketplace, was recently featured on CBS affiliate WUSA-TV, based out of Washington D.C. The feature which was on the station’s evening news program featured a small business owner that borrowed money from investors through Lending Club’s platform. WUSA also interviewed Lending Club COO John [...]
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Continues its Market Domination
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released its report for the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter which ended on the 25th of September 2010 on October 18th 2010. This quarter produced the highest revenue and earnings so far in the company’s history due to record Mac, iPhone and iPad sales. Revenue was $20.34 billion with a net quarterly profit [...]
General Electric (NYSE: GE) Plans Wind Farm for Lake Erie
General Electric (NYSE: GE), in partnership with the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), is to develop the first freshwater offshore wind farm in the United States. The announcement was made at the American Wind Energy Association’s annual wind power conference held in Dallas, Texas in May 2010. The proposed wind farm is a result [...]
Citi (NYSE: C) to Launch Updated Credit Card
Citibank (NYSE: C)is a bank in the vanguard with credit card technology. A number of Citi cardholders, will be given access to an updated credit card during November 2010. This is the beginning of a marketing promotion to provide bank credit card holders with a more flexible service. Customer feedback from this selected group will [...]
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Street View Controversy
Not everyone likes Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Street View. Street View is part of Google Maps and Goggle Earth a free online mapping service. Launched in May 2007, Street View shows a 360 degree view of streets and buildings in many towns and cities throughout the world. Street View, Google Maps and Google Earth were developed [...]
Prosper.com Begins Offering 1-Year and 5-Year Peer to Peer Loans
Prosper.com, a company which operates a peer to peer lending market place, recently began offering 1-year and 5-year term loans to borrowers. The move comes several months after one of its competitors, Lending Club, began offering five year loans to borrowers. Previously both companies had only offered personal loans that are funded by members on [...]
Personal Loans From Lending Club Now Available in Kansas-Rates Starting at 6.78% APR
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Lending Club (http://www.lendingclub.com), the world’s leading platform for investing in personal loans, is now available to residents in the state of Kansas. Creditworthy borrowers in Kansas now have the opportunity to obtain unsecured loans with fixed rates with an annual percentage rate (APR) starting at 6.78 percent at [...]
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