Renaud Laplanche

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1. 2006 Company founded

   Happen Bank was founded in 2006 per the company profile source on file.

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2. 2006 Development

   2006: Renaud Laplanche founds LendingClub in San Francisco as an early peer-to-peer lending marketplace.

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3. 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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4. 2016 Leadership

   2016: Laplanche departs as CEO amid a loan-practices controversy; Scott Sanborn later becomes CEO.

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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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