Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Related Party TransactionsRelated party transactions must be reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors when not conducted in the ordinary course of business subject to the standard terms of the Company’s lending marketplace or certificate investment program. Any material amendment or modification to an existing

related party transaction is also subject to the review and approval of the Audit Committee. Related party transactions may include any transaction between entities under common control or with a related person that has occurred since the beginning of the Company’s latest fiscal year or is currently proposed. The Company has defined related persons as members of the board of directors, executive officers, principal owners of the Company’s outstanding stock and any immediate family members of each such related person, as well as any other person or entity with significant influence over the Company’s management or operations.

Several of the Company’s executive officers and directors (including immediate family members) have made deposits and withdrawals to their investor accounts and purchased loans or interests therein. The Company believes all such transactions by related persons were made in the ordinary course of business and were transacted on terms and conditions that were not more favorable than those obtained by similarly situated third-party investors.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company had a $7.7 million investment and an approximate 21% ownership interest in an Investment Fund, a private fund that participates in a family of funds with other unrelated third parties. This family of funds purchases assets from third parties unrelated to the Company and, prior to 2020, purchased whole loans and interests in loans from the Company. The Company has requested a full redemption of its investment in the Investment Fund. The Company’s investment in the Investment Fund is recorded in “Other assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company believes all arrangements were on terms and conditions that were not more favorable than those obtained by other third-party investors. The Investment Fund provides audited financial statements annually and periodic investment statements throughout each calendar year on a delayed basis, which are used by the Company to evaluate performance and recoverability of its investment.