Renaud Laplanche is listed as a founder of Happen Bank on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.
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Renaud Laplanche
Founder
Renaud Laplanche is listed as a founder of Happen Bank on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.
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Quick Facts
- Role Founder
- Company Happen Bank
- Country United States
- Industry AI in Finance
- Founded 2006
- Known For Happen Bank — the institution most readers will still recognize as LendingClub — was the first…
- Status Active
- Last Reviewed Aug 2026
Executive Summary
Renaud Laplanche is listed as a founder of Happen Bank on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.
Career Timeline
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2006
Company founded
Happen Bank was founded in 2006 per the company profile source on file.
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2006
Development
2006: Renaud Laplanche founds LendingClub in San Francisco as an early peer-to-peer lending marketplace.
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2014
Development
December 2014: LendingClub completes its initial public offering on the NYSE under the ticker LC, at the time the largest U.S. tech IPO of the year.
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2016
Leadership
2016: Laplanche departs as CEO amid a loan-practices controversy; Scott Sanborn later becomes CEO.
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2020
Acquisition
February 2020: LendingClub announces an agreement to acquire Boston-based Radius Bancorp and its subsidiary, Radius Bank, for $185 million in cash and stock.
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2021
Acquisition
February 1, 2021: LendingClub completes the Radius acquisition, becoming a bank holding company and forming LendingClub Bank, National Association u2014 the first U.S. fintech to acquire a bank.
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2026
Development
June 22, 2026: LendingClub Corporation formally changes its name to Happen, Inc.; LendingClub Bank becomes Happen Bank, National Association; and the company transfers its stock listing from the NYSE to the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the new ticker HAPN.
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