Investing and loan servicing activities on the Prosper marketplace are subject to state and federal regulation.
Loans originated through the Prosper marketplace are made by WebBank, a Utah-chartered Industrial Bank, which is regulated by the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Prosper Funding LLC and its affiliate, Prosper Marketplace, Inc., are subject to examination, supervision, and potential regulatory investigations and enforcement actions by state agencies that regulate consumer credit, trade, and commerce; and federal agencies, such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, that administer the federal consumer protection laws, trade, and commerce.
Prosper Funding LLC and the loans originated through the Prosper marketplace must comply with applicable state and federal lending laws such as the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, including, as applicable, the Truth-in-Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Electronic Fund Transfer Act, as well as the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) and other federal and state laws governing privacy and data security and prohibiting unfair or deceptive business practices.