On a June morning in midtown Manhattan, more than 300 investors cram into a conference room at the Convene Innovation Center, nibbling on pastries and waiting for Renaud Laplanche to take the stage. As founder and chief executive officer of LendingClub Corp., Laplanche has rock star status at this inaugural …

Inside INdiana Business (press release) LaOtto to open village post officeFort Wayne Journal GazetteLaOtto to open village post office. The Journal Gazette. A LaOtto gas station is the site of a new village post office, the U.S. Postal Service said today. The new office opens at the LaOtto Marathon at …

eBay users hit with disruption as maintenance overrunsComputer Business RevieweBay is the latest site facing technical issues followed by similar problems with Google, Amazon, Apple's iCloud and iMessage in addition to Microsoft's Outlook.com services, among several others. During Q1, eBay reported a 14% increase in its revenue …eBay Goes Down …

Ebay-Style Loans Lure Summers to Mack in Wall Street Asset CrazeBloombergLendingClub is one of a dozen firms in the U.S., Europe and Australia whose model is to create a marketplace for loans similar to EBay Inc. (EBAY)'s market for goods and services, with ordinary people lending money to other ordinary …

FAITH in the post will be rocked today by figures showing tens of millions of letters are being delivered late every year by the Royal Mail.         More: continued here

Jekyll Island working to keep its post office and zip codeFlorida Times-UnionRather than move mail delivery to another post office and thus another zip code, the Postal Service has agreed to keep the post office on Jekyll Island provided the authority can deliver an office with a central location, O'Donnell …

The Seattle Police Department made headlines this month when it decided to hand out bags of Doritos to attendees of the city's annual Hempfest.         More: continued here

QR Code Press eBay Inc (EBAY): Taking Aim At Pay Pal [Apple Inc., Google Inc, Facebook Inc]Seeking AlphaThe market for mobile payment transactions is predicted to rise 44% this year to over $235 billion, which includes merchant purchases, money transfers and bill payments. PayPal, owned by eBay Inc. (EBAY), is …

Post Office staff strike over payU.TVSome postal staff in Northern Ireland – those working in post offices, as opposed to delivery staff – will strike on Tuesday in industrial action over pay, job cuts and closures. Post Office staff strike over pay. This is the eleventh time staff have … …

There was good news for the Government today ahead of its planned £3bn privatisation of Royal Mail this autumn, as the postal operator’s latest service report reveals it hit its delivery targets.         More: continued here