Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

On February 1, 2021, LendingClub Corporation (LendingClub) completed the acquisition (the Acquisition) of Radius Bancorp, Inc. (Radius), whereby LendingClub became a bank holding company and formed LendingClub Bank, National Association (LC Bank) as its wholly-owned subsidiary. The Company operates the vast majority of its business through LC Bank, as a lender and originator of loans and as a regulated bank in the United States.

All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information and, in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair statement of the results and financial position for the periods presented. These accounting principles require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts in the accompanying financial statements. These estimates and assumptions are inherently subjective in nature and actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions, and the differences could be material. Results reported in interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year or any other interim period. Certain prior period amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements and these related notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (Annual Report) filed on February 9, 2023.

Significant Accounting Policies

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company recognizes all derivative instruments at fair value, on a gross basis, as either “Other assets” or “Other liabilities” on the Balance Sheet. Changes in fair value of the derivative instruments are recognized in current period earnings.

For derivative instruments that qualify as hedges, the Company designates the hedging instrument based on the exposure being hedged. The Company’s existing hedging instruments are designated as fair value hedges under the portfolio layer method, whereby changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument are substantially offset by changes in the fair value of the hedged item, both of which are recognized in “Interest and fees on loans held for investment at amortized cost” on the Income Statement. Interest payments made and/or received related to these derivative instruments are presented within the “Operating activities” section on the Statements of Cash Flows.

To qualify for hedge accounting, the derivatives and related hedged items must be designated as a hedge at inception of the hedge relationship. In addition, a derivative must be highly effective at reducing the risk associated with the exposure being hedged. For accounting hedge relationships, the Company formally assesses, both at the inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis, if the derivatives are highly effective in offsetting designated changes in the fair value of the hedged item. The Company assesses effectiveness using a statistical regression analysis. Effectiveness may be assessed qualitatively where the critical terms of the derivative and hedged item match.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in “Part II – Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Annual Report. There have been

no other changes to these significant accounting policies for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023, except for the impact of the new adopted accounting standards noted below.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

The Company adopted the following new accounting standards during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023:

The FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2022-02, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, which eliminates the accounting guidance on troubled debt restructurings (TDRs) for creditors that have adopted the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) model and adds a requirement to disclose current period gross charge-offs by year of origination. The Company adopted ASU 2022-02 as of January 1, 2023, on a prospective basis. The ASU updates the requirements related to accounting for credit losses under Accounting Standards Codification 326, including removing anticipatory TDRs and requiring the use of the post-modified effective interest rate when a discounted cash flow method is used in the CECL calculation. The ASU updates disclosures for creditors with respect to loan refinancings and restructurings for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.

The FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, and ASU 2022-06, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848, which, if certain criteria are met, provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to transactions affected by reference rate reform. The provisions of this topic are elective and may be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the reporting period when the election is made through December 31, 2024. The Company adopted this standard as of April 1, 2023. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and disclosures.