Career moves

Prosper Marketplace, a pioneering online lender that has struggled recently, has hired a former USAA executive as its chief financial officer.

Semper Capital Management, a boutique fixed-income investment manager, has hired Christopher Mendez as its general counsel and chief compliance officer.

The Trump administration gave the first clear sign Thursday that it intends to dismiss Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.

DBRS, which recently expanded its scope of ratings coverage to include European corporates, has filled a new managing director role over its European structured finance team with the veteran analyst in commercial mortgage structured finance.

The administrators selected by the president-elect have been grouped into "landing teams" who will collect information on each agency, ranging from the agency's budget and policies to the status of various rulemakings and the current administration's priorities.

Lending Club founder and online-lending pioneer Renaud Laplanche is seeking a second act in a new company.

Aaron Vermut has resigned as chief executive of Prosper Marketplace, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Structured credit firm ZAIS Group has hired two new executives to spearhead its collateralized loans obligation and other asset-backed businesses out of London.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of Cleveland-based KeyCorp, has expanded its fixed income platform with the addition of a five-person asset-backed team from BB&T Capital Markets.

Amherst Pierpont Securities has named former Jefferies executive Erez Biala to form and direct a new collateralized loan obligation trading and origination platform at the fixed-income broker-dealer.