Crowdfund Insider provides a roundup of keynote speaker quotes from LendIt USA expressing sentiment from the event; a great deal of attention at LendIt USA 2017 was on the industry’s rebound from challenges faced in 2016 including a disturbance of platform confidence following the release of Lending Club’s CEO with economic uncertainty and increased defaults also factoring into the market landscape; Scott Sanborn began the conference with an opening keynote speech discussing the exponential market opportunity still ahead likening the market’s growth to Amazon’s initial market potential; Lending Club’s appointment of Sanborn appears to be a critical success factor for the firm and the industry overall; generally market leaders were confident about the industry’s current trajectory and government officials reported an increased presence as mainstream integration becomes even more prevalent. Source
