Two financing-related startups announced new funding of their own today: Lending Club, a peer-to-peer loan company, closed a Series C round of $24.5 million from a series of venture groups and DebtGoal, which provides online debt-management tools, closed its own Series A round of $2 million. Read more »
Peer-to-peer lending services like Prosper got a new lease on life from the U.S. House of Representatives today, which included an amendment to move regulation of the space from the SEC to a new banking regulatory agency in a major financial reform bill. Read more »
