Prosper, a pioneer in consumer lending, has held talks to sound out potential buyers

Prosper Marketplace, the first peer-to-peer lender in what later became an entirely new industry, has been exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the process.

November 15, 2019   |   View Online »

Prosper, a pioneer in consumer lending, has held talks to sound out potential buyers Dakin Campbell,Shannen Balogh | Prosper Marketplace, the first peer-to-peer lender in what later became an entirely new industry, has been exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the process. Read More »

TD Ameritrade is exploring ways to tap into the red-hot world of sports gambling after it slashed stock-trading commissions to zero Dan DeFrancesco,Rebecca Ungarino | The $1.3 trillion brokerage has already conducted focus-group experiments to understand the market, the firm's chief information officer told us. Read More »

Neuberger Berman is rolling out adviser-client portals, a new app, and a client data hub across the 80-year-old firm by the end of 2020 Rebecca Ungarino | Stephanie Luedke, head of private wealth management, told us the firm is "developing and rolling out a whole new suite of capabilities" for advisers. Read More »

The CEO of North Carolina-based Spreedly says the payments software startup is eyeing a push into Latin America after a $75 million fundraise Shannen Balogh | Spreedly works with merchants like SeatGeek to help them accept transactions from multiple payments providers like Stripe and PayPal. Read More »

Google is ramping up its pitch for a measurement tool that claims to break down walled gardens but agencies worry that it could make the tech giant more powerful Lauren Johnson | Google is adding new features to Ads Data Hub and says that it includes data from 10,000 advertisers, up from 4,000 advertisers last year. Read More »

10 tricks for remembering everything you read Shana Lebowitz,Sherin Shibu | Becoming an active reader requires developing key habits. Here's how to remember everything you read — and use what you learn for deeper connections. Read More »

One of Uber's top marketers has left the company to lead global marketing at meditation app Headspace Tanya Dua | Deborah Hyun, Uber's director of performance marketing, left to become vice president of global marketing at the meditation app Headspace. Read More »

Google Cloud could lose its third-place spot in the cloud wars to Chinese giant Alibaba, a new report says Rosalie Chan | Alibaba could edge out Google Cloud in the cloud race against Amazon and Microsoft, a Forrester report says, but Google has a shot at winning it back. Read More »

P&G just launched a new direct-to-consumer brand for women going through menopause called Kindra, as it tries yet another response to the DTC threat Tanya Dua | Kindra is the first brand to come out of Launchpad, the innovation studio formed by P&G Ventures and venture firm M13, and will operate independently. Read More »

Read the internal memo where the Publicis Groupe CEO encourages staff after a disastrous 3rd quarter Patrick Coffee | Arthur Sadoun, the CEO of the holding-company giant, wrote 2020 needs to be the year the company turns new-client wins into organic revenue growth. Read More »

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