Hoopes Nat Hoopes, former executive director of $5M-revenue Financial Services Forum, has been tapped as the first executive director of the newly formed Marketplace Lending Association. Hoopes joined the Financial Services Forum in 2013, having previously worked as legislative director for former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.). He also spent six months as VP of government relations for the Fix the Debt Campaign, a nonpartisan group trying to call attention to the growing national debt. MLA was launched in April by three of the largest online lenders to represent the growing financial technology, or "fintech," industry. Online lending has come under increasing scrutiny by… Read More