Except as the context requires otherwise, as used herein, “Registrants” refers to Prosper Marketplace, Inc. (“PMI”), a Delaware corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Prosper Funding LLC (“PFL”), a Delaware limited liability company; “we,” “us,” “our,” “Prosper,” and the “Company” refer to PMI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, PFL, BillGuard, Inc. (“BillGuard”), a Delaware corporation, Prosper Warehouse I Trust (“PWIT”), a Delaware statutory trust, and Prosper Healthcare Lending LLC (“PHL”), a Delaware limited liability company, Prosper Warehouse I Trust (“PWIT”), a Delaware statutory trust, Prosper Warehouse II Trust (“PWIIT”), a Delaware statutory trust, Prosper Marketplace Issuance Trust, Series 2019-1 (“PMIT 2019-1”, deconsolidated on September 27, 2021), a Delaware statutory trust, Prosper Marketplace Issuance Trust, Series 2019-2 (“PMIT 2019-2”, deconsolidated on September 27, 2021), a Delaware statutory trust and Prosper Marketplace Issuance Trust, Series 2019-4 (“PMIT 2019-4”, deconsolidated on September 27, 2021), a Delaware statutory trust, and Prosper Grantor Trust (“PGT”), a Delaware statutory trust, on a consolidated basis; and “Prosper Funding” refers to PFL and its wholly owned subsidiaries,subsidiary, Prosper Depositor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on a consolidated basis. Prosper Asset Holdings LLC (“PAH”), a Delaware limited liability company andwas dissolved on November 28, 2018. As a result, references to Prosper Depositor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on a consolidated basis.Funding do not include PAH for periods subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, the unsecured, consumerpersonal loans originated through our marketplace are referred to as “Borrower Loans,” and the borrower payment dependent notes issued through our marketplace, whether issued by PMI or PFL, are referred to as “Notes.” Investors currently invest in Borrower Loans through two channels: (i) the “Note Channel,” which allows investors to purchase Notes from PFL, the payments of which are dependent on the payments made on the corresponding Borrower Loan; and (ii) the “Whole Loan Channel,” which allows accredited and institutional investors to purchase Borrower Loans in their entirety directly from PFL. The Notes available to Note Channel investors are distinguishable from notes held by certain third party investors pursuant to Prosper’s securitization transactions, which are referred to herein as “Notes Issued by Securitization Trust.” Finally, although historically we havethe Company has referred to investors as “lender members,” we callPFL calls them “investors” herein to avoid confusion since WebBank is the lender for Borrower Loans originated through our marketplace.  All share and per share numbers presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been adjusted to reflect a 5-for-1 forward stock split effected by PMI on February 16, 2016.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “continue” or similar expressions. These statements may appear throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the sections titled “Business,” “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Forward-looking statements inherently involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these statements. Where, in any forward-looking statement, PMI or PFL expresses an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is based on the current plans and expectations of our respective managements, is expressed in good faith, and is believed to have a reasonable basis. Nevertheless, wemanagement can give no assurances that any of the events anticipated by these forward-looking statements will occur or, if any of them does occur, what impact they will have on Prosper or Prosper Funding’s results of operations and financial condition.

There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things:

There may also be other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. You should carefully read the factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of certain risks that could, among other things, cause PMI or PFL’s actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements included in this report speak only as of the date hereof and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. PMI and PFL undertake no obligation to update or revise such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, other than as required by law.

We are a pioneer of online marketplace lending.peer-to-peer lending in the U.S. and first launched our personal loan lending product in 2006. Our goal is to enable borrowers to access credit at affordable rates and provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted rates of return. Ourpersonal loan marketplace facilitated $2.8$1.9 billion in Borrower Loan originations during 20182021 and $14.0$20.1 billion in Borrower Loan originations since it first launched in 2006.launch.

We believe our online marketplacebusiness model has key advantages relative to traditional bank lending, includingbanks, including: (i) an innovative marketplace model that efficiently connects qualified supply and demand of capital, (ii) online operations that substantially reduce the need for physical infrastructure and improve convenience, and (iii) datause of advanced technology and technology driven automationartificial intelligence to deliver simple, fast, personalized, and transparent solutions that increases efficiency, and improvescan improve consumers’ financial health as they move across the borrower and investor experience.credit spectrum. We do not operate physical branches or incur expenses related to that infrastructure; instead, we use data and technology to drive automation and efficiency in our operations.infrastructure like traditional banks or consumer finance institutions. As part of operating our marketplace, we verify the identity of borrowers and assess borrowers’ credit risk profile using a combination of public and proprietary data. Our proprietary technology automates several loan origination and servicing functions, including the borrower application process, data gathering, underwriting, credit scoring, loan funding, investing and servicing, regulatory compliance and fraud detection.

WeTo consumer borrowers, we believe that we offer many consumers access togenerally better pricing, on average, than the pricing that theythose loan borrowers would pay on outstanding credit card balances or unsecured installment loans from a traditional bank or finance company. We also believe that we offer faster decisions and loan originations, and greater transparency, resulting in a better customer experience than that provided by traditional consumer finance institutions.

Our personal loan marketplace offers fixed rate, fully amortizing, unsecured consumerpersonal loans ranging from $2,000 to $40,000 with no prepayment penalty. Loan terms of three and five years are available, depending in large part upon the ratingProsper Rating assigned to the borrower at issuance and loan amount being sought. All Borrower Loans are originated and funded by WebBank, an FDIC-insured, state chartered industrial bank organized under the laws of Utah. WebBank retains certain loans, which are not available for investment through the marketplace. After origination, WebBank sells the Borrower Loans to PFL, which either holds them or sells them to accredited institutional investors.

Investors invest in Borrower Loans through two channels – (i) the “Note Channel,” which allows investors to purchase Notes from PFL, the payments of which are dependent on PFL’s receipt of payments made on the corresponding Borrower Loan; and (ii) the “Whole Loan Channel,” which allows accredited institutional investors to purchase a Borrower Loan in its entirety directly from PFL. PFL continues to own the Borrower Loans originated through the Note Channel. Prosper servicesWe service all of the Borrower Loans made through our marketplace.

PMI was incorporated in the state of Delaware on March 22, 2005. PFL was formed as a limited liability company in the state of Delaware on February 17, 2012, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PMI.

PMI developed our personal loan marketplace and, until February 1, 2013, owned the proprietary technology that makes operation of our personal loan marketplace possible. On February 1, 2013, PMI transferred the personal loan marketplace to PFL. PFL has been organized and is operated in a manner that is intended (i) to minimize the likelihood that it will become subject to a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or similar proceeding, and (ii) to minimize the likelihood that, in the event of PMI’s bankruptcy, PFL would be substantively consolidated with PMI and thus have its assets subjected to claims of PMI’s creditors. We believe we have achieved this by imposing through PFL’s organizational documents and covenants in the Amended and Restated Indenture (as defined below in Item 13, "Certain“Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence”) certain restrictions on PFL’s activities and certain formalities designed to reinforce PFL’s status as a distinct entity from PMI. In addition, under the Administration Agreement, dated February 1, 2013, between PMI and PFL (as amended to date, the “Administration Agreement”), PMI has agreed, in its dealings with PFL and with third parties, to observe certain “separateness covenants”

PFL has retained PMI, pursuant to the Administration Agreement, to provide certain administrative services relating to our personal loan marketplace. Specifically, the Administration Agreement contains a license granted by PFL to PMI that entitles PMI to use the marketplace for and in relation to: (i) PMI’s performance of its duties and obligations under the Administration Agreement relating to corporate administration, loan platform services, loan and Note servicing, and marketing, and (ii) PMI’s performance of its duties and obligations to WebBank in relation to loan origination and funding. The license is terminable in whole or in part upon the failure by PMI to pay PFL the licensing fee, or upon PMI’s termination as the provider of some or all of the aforementioned services. See Item 13, "Certain“Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Prosper Marketplace, Inc.—Agreements with PFL” for more information.

Our personal loan marketplace is an online marketplace that matches individuals who wish to obtain unsecured consumerpersonal loans with individuals and institutions who are willing to commit funds to those loans. A borrower who wishes to obtain a loan through our marketplace must apply and, if accepted, post a loan listing to our marketplace. Each time we post a group of listings on our personal loan marketplace, we determine the relative proportions of such listings that will be allocated to the Note Channel and the Whole Loan Channel, respectively, based on our estimate of the relative overall demand in each channel. We then use a random allocation methodology to allocate individual listings between the two channels based on those proportions. If a listing receives enough investor commitments, WebBank will originate the Borrower Loan requested and then sell it to PFL.  

Any natural person at least 18 years of age who is a U.S. resident in a state where loans through our marketplace are available with a U.S. bank account and a social security number may apply to become a borrower. All potential borrowers are subject to anti-fraud, anti-terrorism and identity verification processes and a potential borrower cannot obtain a loan without passing those processes.

When a borrower requests a loan, we first evaluate whether the borrower meets the underwriting criteria required by WebBank. The underwriting criteria apply to all loans originated through our marketplace and may not be changed without WebBank's consent. For the Note Channel, all borrowers who request a loan are subject to the following minimum eligibility criteria: (1) have at least a 640 creditFICO08 score, (2) have fewer than five credit bureau inquiries (after excluding duplicate inquiries) within the last 6 months, (3) have an annual income greater than $0, (4) have a debt-to-income ratio of no more than 50%, (5) have at least three open trades reported on their credit report, and (6) have not filed for bankruptcy within the last 12 months. Borrowers

In addition, a borrower may have up to two loans through Prosper outstanding at one time, provided that (1) the first loan is current, (2) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of both loans does not exceed the then-current maximum allowable loan amount for loans (currently $40,000), (3) the borrower’s first loan has been outstanding for at least 6 months, and (3)(4) the borrower complies with the prior-borrower constraints above. below. For co-borrower loans, the foregoing additional requirements will apply if either the primary or secondary borrower has a currently outstanding loan.

From time to time, we have, with WebBank’s consent, tested new products that include features which are outside the standard eligibility criteria discussed above. These products are available on a limited basis, exclusively through our Whole Loan Channel and did not have a material impact on our business or our financial statements during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.Channel.    

Investors are individuals and institutions that have the opportunity to buy Notes or Borrower Loans.Loans after registering on our personal loan marketplace. However, investors do not have the ability to invest in the Credit Card and HELOC products on our personal loan marketplace. An individual investor must be a natural person at least 18 years of age and a U.S. resident, must provide his or her social security number, and may be required to provide his or her state driver’s license or state identification card number. An institutional investor must provide its taxpayer identification number and entity formation documentation. All potential investors are subject to anti-fraud, anti-terrorism and identity verification processes and a potential investor cannot invest in Notes or Borrower Loans without passing those processes.  

At the time an individual investor registers to participate in the Note Channel, such investor must satisfy any minimum financial suitability standards established for the Note Channel by the state in which the investor resides. Investors who participate in the Note Channel must enter into an investor registration agreement, which agreement governs all sales of Notes to such investors.

WebBank is an FDIC-insured, Utah-chartered industrial bank that originates all Borrower Loans made through our personal loan marketplace. WebBank and PMI are parties to an agreement under which PMI manages the operations of our marketplace that relate to the submission of loan applications by borrowers and the making of related Borrower Loans by WebBank in exchange for a fee. WebBank makes each Borrower Loan with its own funds. A joint WebBank-Prosper Credit Policy, which can be changed only with WebBank’s approval, constitutes the policy Prosperwe must follow in reviewing, approving and administering Borrower Loans made by WebBank through the marketplace. WebBank, PMI and PFL are parties to a Loan Sale Agreement, under which WebBank sells and assigns the promissory notes evidencing the Borrower Loans to PFL. As consideration for WebBank's agreement to sell and assign the promissory notes, PFL pays WebBank the purchase price of the promissory notes, as well as a monthly fee, which is partially tied to the terms and performance of the loans. PMI receives payments from WebBank as compensation for the activities it undertakes on WebBank's behalf.

Each loan listing is assigned a Prosper Rating, which is a letter grade that indicates the expected level of risk associated with the listing.listing, which we refer to as a Prosper Rating. Each letter gradeProsper Rating corresponds to an estimated average annualized loss rate range. The Prosper Rating associated with a loan listing reflects the loss expectations for that listing as of the time the rating is given. This means

The estimated average annualized loss rate for each loan listing is based primarily on the historical performance of Borrower Loans with similar characteristics and is primarily determined by twothe following scores: (i) aone or more custom Prosper Score,scores (“Prosper Score”), as may be supplemented by additional proprietary scoring models, and (ii) a credit score obtained from a credit reporting agency. The customA Prosper Score is also updated periodically to include new information that is predictive of borrower risk as such information becomes available or as the evidence supporting a particular datumvariable becomes strong enough to merit its inclusion in the customa Prosper Score.

The Prosper Score predicts the probability of a Borrower Loan going “bad,” where “bad” is defined as going more than 60 days past due within twelve months of the application date. To create thea Prosper Score, we have developed and refined a custom, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-driven risk modelmodels using our historical data as well as a data archive from a consumer credit bureau. We built the modelProsper Score models on our borrower population, and included as variables information provided directly by the borrowers as well as included ininformation from their credit reports and other data sources, so that the modelmodels would incorporate behavior that is unique to that population. In addition to thea Prosper Score, another major element used to determine the Prosper Rating for a loan listing is a credit score from a consumer reporting agency. We currently use either or both of TransUnion’s FICO08 score.score and VantageScore. We obtain a borrower’s credit score at the time the loan listing is created, unless we already have a credit score on file that is not more than thirty days old.

If an investor successfully bids on a loan listing, the principal amount of the loan will be set aside in the investor’s account and may not be used for other bids. In the event a listing does not result in a loan being originated, the funds are made available for bidding by the investor.

For loan listings allocated to the Note Channel, a bid on a listing is an investor’s commitment to purchase a Note from PFL. PFL generally issues and sells a series of Notes for each Borrower Loan that is originated through the Note Channel. The Notes are sold to the investors who successfully bid on the corresponding loan listing in the principal amounts of their respective bids. Each series of Notes is dependent for payment on PFL’s receipt of payments on the corresponding Borrower Loan. PFL uses the proceeds of each series of Notes to purchase the corresponding Borrower Loan from WebBank on the second business day after WebBank has originated the Borrower Loan. Each Note comes attached with an inseparable PMI Management Right issued by PMI. Each PMI Management Right constitutes an "investment contract," a concept under federal securities law that refers to an arrangement where investors invest money in a common enterprise with the expectation of profits, primarily from the efforts of others.

We are responsible for servicing the Borrower Loans made through our personal loan marketplace. We will pay each Note holder principal and interest on the Note in an amount equal to each such Note’s pro-rata portion of the principal and interest payments, if any, which we receive on the corresponding Borrower Loan, net of our servicing fee. We will also pay Note holders their pro ratapro-rata portion of any other amounts we receive on the corresponding Borrower Loans, including late fees and prepayments, subject to our servicing fee; provided, that we will not pay Note holders any non-sufficient funds fees we receive for failed borrower payments. In addition, the funds available for payment on the Notes will be reduced by the amount of any attorneys’ fees or collection fees we, a third-party servicer or a collection agency imposes in connection with collection efforts related to the corresponding Borrower Loan. NoWe will have no further obligation to make payments will be made on any Note after its final maturity date.

We will pay each investor thatwho has purchased a Borrower Loan through the Whole Loan Channel principal and interest on the Borrower Loan purchased in an amount equal to the principal and interest payments, if any, that we receive, net of our servicing fee. We will also pay these investors any other amounts we receive on the Borrower Loans, including late fees and prepayments, subject to our servicing fee, provided that we will not pay these investors any non-sufficient funds fees we receive for failed borrower payments or any payment processing fees we may collect. In addition, the funds available for payment on the Borrower Loans will be reduced by the amount of any attorneys' fees or collection fees we, a third-party servicer or a collection agency imposes in connection with collection efforts related to the Borrower Loan.

If a Borrower Loan becomes past due, we may collect on it directly or refer it to a third-party collection agency. Our in-house collections department and third-party collection agencies are compensated by keeping a portion of the payments they collect based on a predetermined schedule.  

A relatively small number of investors provide the funding commitments for a large percentage of all listings that result in Borrower Loans originated through our personal loan marketplace. Of all Borrower Loans originated in the year ended December 31, 2018,2021, the largest party purchased a total of 44%26.7% of those loans.

The market for consumer lending is competitive and rapidly evolving, and there is an opportunity for the online marketplaceour business model to transform the traditional lending process. We believe our marketplace offers a superior solution for both borrowers and investors.

For borrowers, we believe our marketplace offers the following principal competitive factors: better pricingterms versus other alternatives; a simple, easy and intuitive customer experience; a fast and efficient process; and trust and transparency.

For investors, we believe our marketplace offers the following principal competitive factors: attractive risk adjustedrisk-adjusted returns; low duration risk; diversification from other asset classes; a simple, easy and intuitive customer experience; and trust and transparency.

We compete for borrowers and investors against other financial products and companies. For borrowers, our competition includes banking institutions, credit unions, credit card issuers, mortgage lenders, and other online consumer finance companies.lending companies, such as LendingClub Corporation, Social Finance Inc., and Upstart Holdings, Inc. For

We believe the following strengths differentiate us from our competitors and provide us with sustainable competitive advantages:

Our sales and marketing efforts are designed to attract individuals and institutions to our marketplace,products, encourage their enrollment and participation as users, and facilitate and enhance their understanding and utilization of the services for borrowing or investing.each product. We employ a wide range of marketing channels to reach potential customers and build our brand and value proposition. These channels include referrals, online marketing, direct mail, partner and affiliate introductions, and email. We are constantly seeking new methods to reach more potential members, while testing and optimizing the end to endend-to-end customer experience.

We have efficient and scalable systems for credit risk assessment, loan underwriting, and servicing. Our risk model takesmodels take borrowers’ supplied information and combinescombine that information with public and proprietary data to make real time decisions. Our verification agents use automatedseveral tools to confirm credit eligibility.efficiently verify borrower information. Our personal loan servicing platform calculates a loan’s amortization and processes payments received from borrowers and passes such payments on to investors. In addition, we have a back-up servicing agreement with Vervent, Inc. (“Vervent”) (f/k/a First Associates Loan Servicing, LLC (“First Associates”)LLC), a loan servicing company that is willing and able to assume servicing responsibilities in the event that we are no longer able to service the Borrower Loans and Notes. First AssociatesVervent is a financial services company that has entered into numerous successor loan servicing agreements.

We have made substantial investment in our customer acquisition capability, customer experience, and credit underwriting, loan servicing and payment systems. Our personal loan marketplace utilizes proprietary software to process electronic cash movements, record book entries and calculate cash balances in users’ funding accounts. Electronic deposits and payments are mostly done via Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) transactions. The technology platform allows us to economically acquire and service Borrower Loans and Notes, and allows WebBank to efficiently originate and fund Borrower Loans.

The system hardware for our personal loan marketplace is located in hosting facilities in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada.Nevada, The Dalles, Oregon and Council Bluffs, Iowa. We own the hardware deployed in support of our personal loan marketplace. We continuously monitor the performance and availability of our marketplace. The infrastructure is scalable and utilizes standard techniques such as load-balancing and redundancies.

Key aspects of our technology include:

We rely on a combination of copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and other rights, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions, to protect our proprietary technology, processes and other intellectual property. We enter into confidentiality and other written agreements with our employees, consultants and service providers, and through these and other written agreements, attempt to control access to and distribution of the software, documentation and other proprietary technology and information. We also utilize a robust multi-layered monitoring program, including third party domain monitoring services, web search engine alerts and our outside counsel, which we leverage to actively enforce our intellectual property rights. Despite these efforts to protect our proprietary rights, third parties may, in an authorized or unauthorized manner, attempt to use, copy or otherwise obtain and market or distribute our intellectual property rights or technology or otherwise develop a product with the same functionality. Policing all unauthorized use of intellectual property rights is nearly impossible. Therefore, we cannot be certain that the steps we have taken or will take in the future will prevent misappropriations of our technology or intellectual property rights.

We have invested in a research and other trademarks.development program and, as of December 31, 2021, we had two issued patents and six patent applications filed and pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. We may file additional patent applications or pursue additional patent protection in the future to the extent we believe it will be beneficial.

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other. None of our employees are represented by labor unions. We have not experienced any work stoppages, and we believe that our relations with our employees are good.

The Credit Card product operates under a similar bank partnership model as our personal loan marketplace, whereby through the application of Section 521 of DIDA, Section 85 of the NBA, and federal case law, Coastal may “export” the interest rate permitted under the laws of the State of Washington, where Coastal is located, regardless of the usury limitations imposed by the state law of the cardholder’s state of residence unless the state has chosen to time, various typesopt out of the exportation regime. State privacy and data security laws, including the CCPA, also apply to the Credit Card product.

The Credit Card product is subject to the same federal laws and state legislation are proposed and new regulations are introduced that could result in additional regulation of, and restrictions on, the business of consumer lending. We cannot predict whether any such legislation or regulations will be adopted or how this would affect our business or our important relationships with third parties. In addition, the interpretation of existing legislation may change or may prove different than anticipated when appliedapplicable to our novel business model. Compliancepersonal loan marketplace and as summarized above, including the Dodd-Frank Act, TILA, ECOA, FCRA, FDCPA, SCRA, MLA, EFTA, ESIGN, UETA, GLBA, BSA and OFAC. TILA and Regulation Z contain specific disclosure requirements for credit cards and

We do not permit non-U.S. based individuals to register as borrowers on our marketplace and the marketplace does not operate outside the United States. Therefore, we do not believe that our marketplace is subject to foreign laws or regulations.

Investors should be aware that the Notes offered through our marketplace are risky and speculative investments. The Notes are special, limited obligations of PFL and depend entirely for payment on PFL’s receipt of payments under the corresponding Borrower Loans. Notes are suitable only for investors of adequate financial means. If an investor cannot afford to lose the entire amount of such investor’s investment in the Notes, the investor should not invest in the Notes.

Borrower Loans are unsecured obligations of borrowers. They are not secured by any collateral, and they are not guaranteed or insured by PFL, PMI or any third party, or backed by any governmental authority in any way. We and our third-party collection agencies will, therefore, be limited in our ability to collect on Borrower Loans. Moreover, Borrower Loans are obligations of borrowers to PFL as successor to WebBank, not obligations to the holders of Notes. Holders of the Notes will

We obtain applicant credit information from consumer reporting agencies, and assign Prosper Ratings to listings based in part on the applicant’s credit score. A credit score that forms a part of the Prosper Rating assigned to a listing may not reflect the applicant’s actual creditworthiness because the credit score may be based on outdated, incomplete or inaccurate consumer reporting data. Similarly, the credit data taken from the applicant’s credit report and displayed in listings may also be based on outdated, incomplete or inaccurate consumer reporting data. We do not verify the information obtained from the applicant’s credit report. Moreover, investors do not, and will not, have access to financial statements of applicants or to other detailed financial information about applicants.

The Prosper Rating assigned to a loan listing may not accurately reflect the risks of investing in the Notes, and is not a recommendation by us to buy sell or hold a Note. For example, the Prosper Rating for a listing could be inaccurate because the applicant’s credit report contained incorrect information. Similarly, although mostsome of the information provided by applicants that is relevant to the Prosper Rating is verified by us before calculating the Prosper Rating, we do not verify all such information. For example, we do not verify the income or employment information on all applications. Further, the Prosper Rating does not reflect PFL’s credit risk as a debtor (such credit risk exists even though, as the debtor on the Notes, PFL’s only obligation is to pay to the Note holders their pro ratapro-rata shares of collections received on the related Borrower Loans net of applicable fees). In addition, no assurances can be provided that actual loss rates for the Notes will fall within the expected loss rates indicated by the Prosper Rating. The interest rates on the Notes might not adequately compensate Note investors for these additional risks.

If we include in a listing a Prosper Rating that is different from the Prosper Rating calculated by us or calculate the Prosper Rating for a listing incorrectly, and such error materially and adversely affects a holder’s interest in the related Note, PFL will indemnify the holder or repurchase the Note. PFL will not, however, have any indemnity or repurchase obligation under the Amended and Restated Indenture, the Notes, the Investor Registration Agreement or any other agreement associated with the Note Channel as a result of any other inaccuracy with respect to a listing’s Prosper Score or Prosper Rating. PFL’s contractual repurchase obligations do not affect a Note holder’s rights under federal or state securities laws.

Since it was first implemented in July 2011 through December 31, 2018,2021, the Recurring Investment tool (formerly known as Auto Quick Invest) tool has experienced programming errors that affected 8,630 Notes and PMI Notes out of the 10,941,08511,999,556 Notes and PMI Notes purchased. The Auto Invest tool was first implemented on June 2, 2016. Since such time through December 31, 2018,2021, the Auto Invest tool has experienced programming errors that affected 2 Notes out of the 4,517,1908,583,286 Notes purchased.

In the event of any errors in Recurring Investment or Auto Invest that cause an investor to purchase a Note from PFL that such investor would not otherwise have purchased or that differs materially from the Note such investor would have purchased had there been no error, PFL will either repurchase the Note, indemnify the investor against losses suffered on that Note or cure such error. See "Risk Factors - “Risk Factors—Risks Related to PFL and PMI, Our Marketplace and Our Ability to Service the Notes"Notes” for more information.

We use identity and fraud checks with external databases to authenticate each borrower’s identity. There is a risk, however, that these checks could fail and fraud may occur. In addition, applicants may misrepresent their intentions regarding loan purpose or other information contained in listings, and we do not verify the majority of this information. While PFL will indemnify an investor or repurchase Notes in limited circumstances (including, e.g., a material payment default on the Borrower Loan resulting from verifiable identity theft), it is not obligated to indemnify an investor or repurchase a Note from an investor if the investment is not realized in whole or in part due to fraud (other than verifiable identity theft) in connection with a loan listing, or due to false or inaccurate statements or omissions of fact in a listing, whether in credit data, a borrower’s

We have the exclusive right to investigate claims of identity theft and determine, in our sole discretion, whether verifiable identity theft has occurred. Such a determination of verifiable identity theft may trigger an obligation by PFL to either repurchase the related Notes or Borrower Loans or indemnify the applicable Note holders. The denial of a claim under PFL’s identity theft guarantee would save PFL from its indemnification or repurchase obligation. Because investors rely solely on us to investigate incidents that might require PFL to indemnify the applicable Note holders or repurchase the related Notes or Borrower Loans, a conflict of interest exists between us and such investors.

We may refer Borrower Loans that become past due to a third party collection agency for collection or we may collect on such Borrower Loans directly. If a borrower fails to make a required payment on a Borrower Loan within 30 days of the due date, we will pursue reasonable collection efforts in respect of the Borrower Loan. Referral of a delinquent Borrower Loan to a collection agency within five business days after it becomes 30 days past due will be considered reasonable collection efforts. If payment amounts on a delinquent Borrower Loan are received from a borrower after the loan has been referred to our in-house collections department or an outside collection agency, we or that collection agency may retain a percentage of that payment as a fee before any principal or interest becomes payable to an investor. Collection fees may be up to 40% of recovered amounts, in addition to any legal fees and transaction fees associated with accepting payments incurred in the collection effort.

For some non-performing Borrower Loans, we may not be able to recover any of the unpaid loan balance and, as a result, an investor who has purchased a corresponding Note may receive little, if any, of the unpaid principal and interest payable under the Note. In all cases, investors must rely on our collection efforts or the applicable collection agency to which

Borrower Loan loss rates may be significantly affected by economic downturns or general economic conditions beyond our control and beyond the control of individual borrowers. In particular, loss rates on Borrower Loans may increase due to factors such as prevailing interest rates, the rate of unemployment, the level of consumer confidence, residential real estate values, the value of the U.S. dollar, energy prices, changes in consumer spending, the number of personal bankruptcies, disruptions in the credit markets, natural disasters, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other factors.

If a borrower incurs additional debt after the date a loan listing is posted, the additional debt may impair the ability of that borrower to make payments on his or her Borrower Loan and, as such, reduce the likelihood that an investor will receive the principal and interest payments that such investor expects to receive on a corresponding Note. Moreover, the additional debt may adversely affect the borrower’s creditworthiness generally, and could result in the financial distress, insolvency, or bankruptcy of the borrower. To the extent that the borrower has or incurs other indebtedness and cannot pay all of his or her indebtedness, the borrower may choose to make payments to other creditors, rather than to PFL.

To the extent borrowers incur other indebtedness that is secured, such as a mortgage, a home equity line or an auto loan, the ability of the secured creditors to exercise remedies against the assets of the borrower may impair the borrower’s ability to repay the Borrower Loan on which an investor’s Note is dependent for payment. Borrowers may also choose to repay obligations under secured indebtedness or other unsecured indebtedness before repaying Borrower Loans because there is no collateral securing the Borrower Loans. An investor will not be notified if a borrower incurs additional debt after the date a loan listing is posted.

The investment return on the Notes depends on borrowers fulfilling their payment obligations in a timely and complete manner under the corresponding Borrower Loan. Borrowers may not view marketplace lending obligations originated through our marketplace as having the same significance as other credit obligations arising under more traditional circumstances. If a borrower neglects his or her payment obligations on a Borrower Loan upon which payment of an investor’s Note is dependent or chooses not to repay his or her Borrower Loan entirely, such investor may not be able to recover any portion of the investment in a Note.

The Borrower Loans are subject to federal and state consumer protection laws. Our marketplace may not always be, and may not always have been, in compliance with these laws. Failure to comply with the laws and regulatory requirements applicable to our marketplace may, among other things, limit our or a collection agency's ability to collect all or part of the principal of or interest on Borrower Loans.

We regularly review the requirements of these laws and take measures aimed at ensuring that the Borrower Loans originated through our marketplace meet the requirements of all applicable laws. However, determining compliance with all applicable laws is a complex matter and it is possible that our determination may be inaccurate or incorrect. Also, changes in law, either due to court decisions, regulatory interpretations or rulings, or new legislation, may adversely affect the collectability of a Borrower Loan.

The Borrower Loans do not contain cross-default provisions. A cross-default provision makes a default under certain debt of a borrower an automatic default on other debt of that borrower. Because the Borrower Loans do not contain cross-default provisions, a Borrower Loan will not be placed automatically in default upon that borrower’s default on any of the borrower’s other debt obligations. If a borrower defaults on debt obligations owed to a third party and continues to satisfy the payment obligations under the Borrower Loan, the third party may seize the borrower’s assets or pursue other legal action against the borrower before the borrower defaults on the Borrower Loan, which may affect our ability to collect from the borrower when or if the Borrower Loan becomes delinquent.

Borrowers may seek protection under federal bankruptcy law or similar laws. If a borrower files for bankruptcy (or becomes the subject of an involuntary petition), a stay will go into effect that will automatically put any pending collection actions on the Borrower Loan on hold and prevent further collection action absent bankruptcy court approval. If we receive notice that a borrower has filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy laws, or has become the subject of an involuntary bankruptcy petition, we will put the borrower’s account into “bankruptcy status.” When this occurs, we terminate automatic monthly ACH debits on the Borrower Loan and we will not undertake collection activity without bankruptcy court approval. Whether any payment will ultimately be made or received on a Borrower Loan after a bankruptcy status is declared depends on the borrower’s particular financial situation. In most cases, however, unsecured creditors such as PFL receive nothing, or only a fraction of their outstanding debt and, as a result, an investor who has purchased a corresponding Note may receive none or very little of the unpaid principal and interest payable on the Note.

Federal law provides borrowers on active military service with rights that may delay or impair our ability to collect on a Borrower Loan corresponding to an investor’s Note. The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”) and other similar state laws require that the interest rate on preexisting debts, such as Borrower Loans, be set at no more than 6% while the qualified service member or reservist is on active duty. A holder of a Note that is dependent on such a Borrower Loan for payment will not receive the difference between 6% and the original stated interest rate for the Borrower Loan during any such period. The SCRA also permits courts to stay proceedings and the execution of judgments against service members and reservists on active duty, which may delay recovery on any Borrower Loans in default, and, accordingly, payments on the corresponding Notes.

Beginning October 3, 2016, the Military Lending Act (“MLA”) prohibits requiring covered borrowers, which include active military servicemembers and their dependents, to waive the right to legal recourse or to submit to arbitration. This may delay recovery on any relevant Borrower Loans in default, and, accordingly, payments on the corresponding Notes.

If there are any amounts under such a Borrower Loan still due and owing to PFL after the final maturity of the corresponding Notes, PFL will have no further obligation to make payments on such Notes, even if it receives payments on the Borrower Loan after the final maturity of such Notes. We do not take military service into account in assigning a Prosper Rating to loan listings. In addition, as part of the borrower registration process, we do not request borrowers to confirm if they are qualified service members or reservists within the meaning of the SCRA or the MLA. See Item 1, "Business—“Business—Government Regulation"Regulation” for more information.

As of December 31, 2018, 1012021, 76 Borrower Loans, with a total outstanding balance of $851 thousand$0.6 million are subject to the SCRA.

The Federal Trade Commission's Holder in Due Course Rule, which in certain circumstances permits borrowers to assert any claims and defenses that they would have had against a seller of goods or services obtained with the proceeds of a

If a borrower dies while his or herwith an outstanding Borrower Loan, PFL is still outstanding, generally,required, upon receiving notice of the death, to stop accepting automatic loan payments and to refund any payments that were automatically debited after the borrower's date of death. Though we willmay seek to work with the executor of the borrower’s estate to obtain repayment of the loan. However,loan, the borrower’s estate may not contain sufficient assets to repay the loan, or the relatedits executor or trustee may prioritize repayment of other creditors. In addition, if a borrower dies near the end of the term of his or her Borrower Loan, it is unlikely that any further payments will be made on the corresponding Notes because the time required for the probate of the borrower’s estate will probablylikely extend beyond the Notes’ final maturity date, ofafter which date PFL will cease to have any obligation to make payments on the Notes.

The Notes will not represent an obligation of borrowers, PMI or any other party except PFL, and are special, limited obligations of PFL. The Notes are not guaranteed or insured by PMI, any governmental agency or instrumentality, or any third party. Although PFL has granted the indenture trustee, for the benefit of the Note holders, a security interest in the Borrower Loans corresponding to the Notes, the payments and proceeds that PFL receives on such Borrower Loans, the bank account in which such Borrower Loan payments are deposited, and the accounts in which investors’ funding amounts are deposited, the Note holders do not themselves have a direct security interest in the Borrower Loans or the right to payment thereunder. If an event of default under the Amended and Restated Indenture were to occur, the Note holders would be dependent on the indenture trustee’s ability to realize on the collateral and make payments on the Notes in the manner contemplated by the Amended and Restated Indenture. In addition, although PFL will take all actions that it believes are required under applicable law to perfect the security interest of the indenture trustee in the collateral, if its analysis of the required actions is incorrect or if it fails to take any required action in a timely manner, the indenture trustee’s security interest may not be effective and holders of the Notes could be required to share the collateral (and any proceeds thereof) with PFL’s other creditors, or, if a bankruptcy court were to order the substantive consolidation of PMI and PFL (as described below), PMI’s creditors.

PFL is only obligated to repurchase Notes or indemnify holders of Notes in limited circumstances. These circumstances include if (i) a material payment default under the corresponding Borrower Loan occurs as a result of verifiable identify theft; (ii) we include a Prosper Rating in a listing that is different from the Prosper Rating we calculated, or we calculate the Prosper Rating incorrectly; or (iii) if any errors in Quick Invest, Recurring Investment, or Auto Invest cause an investor to purchase a Note from PFL that such investor would not otherwise have purchased or that differs materially from the Note, in which cases PFL also has the option to cure such error. PFL is not required to repurchase Notes or indemnify holders of Notes, however, if the Note holder’s investment is not realized in whole or in part due to fraud other than verified identity theft, or due to other false or inaccurate statements or omissions of fact in a listing, whether in credit data, borrower representations or similar indicia of borrower intent and ability to repay the loan. Further, PFL is under no obligation to repurchase a Note or indemnify any holder of Notes if a correctly-determinedcorrectly determined Prosper Rating fails to accurately predict the actual losses on a Borrower Loan.

PFL believes its liquidity will be sufficient to meet its reasonably anticipated indemnification and repurchase obligations. In determining its expected liquidity needs with respect to indemnification and repurchase obligations, PFL considers the history of such obligations incurred by it and PMI. Nonetheless, there can be no assurance that if PFL is obligated to repurchase a Note or indemnify a Note holder, that it will be able to meet its repurchase or indemnification obligations. If PFL is unable to meet its indemnification and repurchase obligations with respect to a Note, the investor in such Note may lose all of such investor’s investment in the Note.

Borrower Loan prepayment occurs when a borrower decides to pay some or all of the principal amount on a Borrower Loan earlier than originally scheduled. Borrowers may decide to prepay all or a portion of the remaining principal amount due under a Borrower Loan at any time without penalty. In the event of a prepayment of the entire remaining unpaid principal amount of a Borrower Loan, each of the holders of the Notes corresponding to the Borrower Loan will receive his or her share of such prepayment but further interest will not accrue on such Borrower Loan or on such Note after the date on which the payment is made. If the borrower prepays a portion of the remaining unpaid principal balance, the term of the Borrower Loan will not change, but interest will cease to accrue on the prepaid portion. If a borrower prepays a Borrower Loan in whole or in part, an investor will not receive all of the interest payments that such investor originally expected to receive on the Note corresponding to such Borrower Loan. In addition, such investor may not be able to find a similar rate of return on another investment at the time at which the Borrower Loan is prepaid. Prepayments are subject to PFL’s servicing fee, even if the prepayment occurs immediately after issuance of a Note.

The Borrower Loans on which the Notes are dependent for payment bear fixed, not floating, rates of interest. If prevailing interest rates increase, the interest rates on Notes investors purchase might be less than the rate of return they could earn if they had invested the purchase price in a different investment.

We set interest rates for all Borrower Loans based on Prosper Ratings, as well as additional factors such as Borrower Loan terms, the economic environment and competitive conditions. If we set interest rates for Borrower Loans too low, investors may not be compensated appropriately for the level of risk that they are assuming in purchasing Notes, while setting the interest rate too high may increase the risk of non-payment. In either case, a failure by us to set rates appropriately may adversely impact the ability of investors to receive returns on their Notes that are commensurate with the risks they have assumed in acquiring such Notes.

The Notes and PMI Management Rights will not be listed on any securities exchange and all Notes and PMI Management Rights must be held by registered Prosper investors. Further, in connection with Prosper’sthe termination of itsour relationship with FOLIOfnFOLIO Investments, Inc. in October 2016, a trading platform for the transfer of Notes and PMI Management Rights no longer exists. While we may, in our sole discretion, permit the establishment of another platform on which a secondary market may be made with respect to the Notes, there can be no assurance a trading platform for the Notes and PMI

There are no statutory provisions, regulations, published rulings or judicial decisions that directly address the characterization of the Notes or instruments similar to the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, although the matter is not free from doubt because payments on the Notes are dependent on payments on the corresponding Borrower Loan, PFL treats the Notes as debt instruments that have original issue discount (“OID”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Where required, PFL intends to file informationinformational returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)IRS in accordance with such treatment unless there is a change or clarification in the law, by regulation or otherwise, that would require a different characterization of the Notes. Investors should be aware, however, that the IRS is not bound by PFL’s characterization of the Notes and the IRS or a court may take a different position with respect to the Notes’ proper characterization. For example, the IRS could determine that, in substance, each investor owns a proportionate interest in the corresponding Borrower Loan for

Investors should be aware that PFL’s ability to pay principal and interest on a Note may be affected by its ability, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to match the timing of income it receives from a corresponding Borrower Loan that it holds and the timing of deductions that it may be entitled to in respect of payments made on the Notes that it issues. For example, if the Notes are treated as contingent payment debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes but the corresponding Borrower Loans are not, there could be a potential mismatch in the timing of PFL’s income and deductions for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and PFL’s resulting tax liabilities could affect its ability to make payments on the Notes.

As is the practice with other marketplace lending companies, from time to time, we may fund portions of qualified loan requests in our marketplace and hold any Notes purchased as a result of such funding for our own individual accounts. Even though we will participate in funding Borrower Loans listed in our marketplace under the same terms and conditions and through the use of the same information that is made available to other potential investors in our marketplace, such participation may be perceived as involving a conflict of interest. For example, our funding of a Borrower Loan may cause the loan to fund, and in some cases, fund faster, than it would fund in the absence of our participation, which could benefit us to the extent that it ensures that Prosper generateswe generate the revenue associated with the loan.

During the year ended December 31, 2018,2021, we purchased $71 thousand$0.1 million in Notes for investment.

In April 2017, we became aware of an error in the annualized net return and seasoned annualized net return numbers displayed to Note investors.investors, which resulted from errors in the code forming part of our calculation framework. On average, the error resulted in Note investors being shown annualized net return information that was approximately 260 basis points higher than the actual performance of Notes in their accounts. The error did not affect any other part of Note investors’ accounts, nor did it affect any other aspects of the platform, including the receipt and distribution of loan payments, deposits, monthly statements or tax documentation, or the Note and loan level information provided to investors. Following an SEC investigation, we entered into a settlement with the SEC to resolve the matter on April 19, 2019. Under the settlement, the SEC alleged a negligence-based violation of Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act and ordered PFL to cease and desist from any future violations of that provision. PFL neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing, and agreed to pay a civil monetary penalty of $3.0 million. PFL paid the penalty in full on April 24, 2019.

The error was the result of errors in the code forming part of our calculation framework and reveals a risk associated with the complex programs, algorithms and inputs that support our platform. We depend on these programs, algorithms and inputs to store, retrieve, process and manage data, as well as to provide marketplace features such as our credit assessments and underwriting, the Prosper Rating, historical returns, and individual Note, Note portfolio and platform-wide performance data. Errors or other design defects within these programs, algorithms and inputs may result in a negative experience for borrowers and investors, delay introductions of new features or enhancements, or impact the information displayed on our website. They could also result in negative publicity and unfavorable media coverage, harm to our reputation, litigation, regulatory inquiries or proceedings, loss of or damage to our relationships with borrowers or investors, or loss of revenue or liability for damages, any of which could adversely affect our business and financial results.

If the Administration Agreement (or the loan servicing provisions thereof) are terminated for any reason (whether as a result of PMI’s bankruptcy, non-performance or otherwise), PFL would attempt to transfer the loan servicing obligations on the Borrower Loans and Notes to a third party pursuant to its contractual agreements with investors.

PFL has entered into a back-up servicing agreement with a loan servicing company that is willing and able to transition servicing responsibilities from PMI. There can be no assurance, however, that this back-up servicer will be able to adequately perform the servicing of the outstanding Borrower Loans and Notes. If this back-up servicer assumes the servicing of the Borrower Loans and Notes, the back-up servicer may impose additional servicing fees (up to the maximums we have negotiated), reducing the amounts available for payments on the Notes. Additionally, transferring these servicing obligations to the back-up servicer may result in delays in the processing of collections on Borrower Loans and information with respect to amounts owed on Borrower Loans. If the back-up servicer is not able to service the Borrower Loans and Notes effectively, investors’ ability to receive principal and interest payments on their Notes may be substantially impaired, even if their portfolio of Notes is well diversified and the corresponding Borrower Loans are paying on schedule.

In addition, it is unlikely that the back-up servicer would be able to perform functions other than servicing the outstanding Borrower Loans and Notes, such as facilitating the creation of new Borrower Loans through our marketplace, or managing PFL’s marketing efforts. PFL believes that it could find one or more other parties who could perform these and any other functions necessary to fully operate our marketplace in the absence of PMI. However, this process, and any related onboarding of such party or parties, will take time. Any such delay or impairment that diddoes not affect existing Note holders, because PFL or its back-up servicer proves able to continue servicing outstanding Borrower Loans and Notes, could nonetheless delay PFL’s ability to facilitate the origination of new Borrower Loans and issue new Notes through our marketplace, which could adversely affect PFL’s finances and usercustomer relationships.

A relatively small number of investors provide the funding for a large percentage of all Borrower Loans originated through our marketplace. If these investors cease or significantly decrease their investment in Borrower Loans through our personal loan marketplace and PFL is unable to attract sufficient investor purchase commitments from new and existing investors, then our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

PFL is involved in the securitization market throughthrough: (i) its business of selling loans to investors who, in turn, sell asset backed securities based on accumulated loan portfolios.portfolios and (ii) securitization of loans retained by affiliates of PFL. If the market for asset backed securities based on consumer assets weakens, investors may cease or significantly decrease their funding of Borrower Loans through our marketplace and if PFL has been unable to attract sufficient investor purchase commitments from new and existing investors, then our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

Although PFL has been organized and is operated in a manner that is intended to minimize the likelihood that it will become subject to a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, if this were to occur, the recovery, if any, of a holder of a Note may be substantially delayed in time (for example, due to the imposition of a stay on payments by the bankruptcy court) and may be substantially less in amount than the principal and interest due and to become due on the Note even if a Note holder’s portfolio of Notes is well diversified and the Borrower Loans are paying on schedule. Further, although PFL has granted the indenture trustee, for the benefit of the Note holders, a security interest in all of the Borrower Loans, in all payments and proceeds it receives on the corresponding Borrower Loans and in the bank account in which the Borrower Loan payments are deposited, the holders of the Notes would still be subject to risks associated with PFL’s insolvency, bankruptcy or a similar proceeding.

Borrowers may delay or suspend making payments to PFL because of the uncertainties associated with PFL becoming subject to a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, even if the borrowers have no legal right to do so, and such delay would reduce, at least for a time, the funds that might otherwise be available to pay the Notes corresponding to those Borrower Loans. In addition, the commencement of the bankruptcy or similar proceeding may, as a matter of law, prevent PFL from making regular payments on the Notes, even if the funds to make such payments are available. Because the Indenture trustee would be required to enforce its security interest in the Borrower Loans in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, the Indenture trustee's ability to make payments under the Notes would be delayed, which may effectively reduce the value of any recovery that a holder of a Note may receive (and no such recovery can be assured) by the time any recovery is available.

In a bankruptcy or similar proceeding forof PFL, interest accruing on the Notes during the proceeding may not be part of the allowed claim of a holder of a Note. If the Note holder receives a recovery on the Note (and no such recovery can be assured), any such recovery may be based on, and limited to, the Note holder’s claim for principal and for interest accrued up to the date of the bankruptcy or similar proceeding, but not thereafter. Because a bankruptcy or similar proceeding may take months or years to complete, a claim based on principal and on interest only up to the start of the bankruptcy or similar

In a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, if PFL has failed to perfect the security interest in Borrower Loans, investors may be required to share the proceeds of the Borrower Loans upon which their Notes are dependent for payment with PFL’s other creditors, including holders of other Notes or Borrower Loans. To the extent that proceeds of the Borrower Loans would be shared with PFL’s other creditors, any secured or priority rights of such other creditors may cause the proceeds to be distributed to such other creditors before any distribution is made to investors on the corresponding Notes.

If a payment is made on a Borrower Loan corresponding to a Note before PFL’s bankruptcy or similar proceeding is commenced, and those funds are held in the depositservicing account PFL maintains with Wells Fargo to collect borrower payments and have not been used by PFL to make payments on the Note as of the date the bankruptcy or similar proceeding is commenced, there can be no assurance that PFL will or will be able to use such funds to make payments on such Note. Other creditors of PFL (including holders of other Notes or Borrower Loans) may be deemed to have rights to such funds or interests in the depositapplicable servicing account and monies credited thereto that are equal to or greater than the rights of the holder of such Note.

In a bankruptcy or similar proceeding of PFL, any right of a Note holder to require PFL to repurchase the Note or indemnify such Note holder under the circumstances set forth in the Investor Registration Agreement or the Note might not be enforceable, and such holder’s claim for such repurchase may be treated less favorably than a general unsecured obligation of PFL.

Although PFL has been organized and is operated in a manner that is intended to prevent it from being substantively consolidated with PMI in the event of PMI’s bankruptcy, if PMI became subject to a bankruptcy or similar proceeding and PFL were substantively consolidated with PMI, the risks described in the immediately preceding risk factors regarding (i) payment delays, (ii) uncollectability of interest accrued during the bankruptcy proceeding, (iii) being subordinated to the interests of PFL’s other creditors, and (iv) the indenture trustee’s inability to access funds in the deposit account or the FBO Funding accounts, would all be present and, in addition, the same considerations would apply in relation to the claims of creditors of PMI, including that such creditors of PMI may be determined to have perfected security interests or unsecured claims that take precedence over or are at least equal in priority to those of creditors of PFL (including holders of Notes).

In addition, in the event of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding of PMI, (i) the implementation of back-up servicing arrangements may be delayed or prevented, and (ii) PMI’s ability to transfer its servicing obligations to a back-up servicer or to transfer its other corporate and marketplace administration services and marketing services to third parties may be limited and subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court or other presiding authority. The bankruptcy process may delay or prevent the implementation of back-up servicing, which may impair the collection on Borrower Loans to the detriment of holders of the Notes.Note holders.

PMI owns and did not transfer to PFL ownership of the computer hardware that it uses to host and maintain the website or agreements with third parties relating to the hosting and maintenance of the website. Although PMI’s retention of

There can be no assurance that PMI, in its capacity as servicer, will be able to collect the principal amount or interest rate agreed to and/or sell charged off Borrower Loans in the future as a result of business, regulatory or other considerations.

Prosper hasWe have incurred operating losses since its inceptionin prior years and it may continue to incur net losses in the future. For the years ended December 31, 20182021 and 2017, Prosper2020, we incurred lossesa loss of $39.9$138.3 million and $115.2generated income of $18.6 million, respectively. Additionally, from itsour inception through December 31, 2018, Prosper2021, we have had an accumulated deficit of $420.8$554.3 million.

Prosper hasWe have financed itsour operations to date primarily with proceeds from the sale of equity securities. At December 31, 2018, Prosper2021, we had approximately $57.9$67.7 million unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and $22.2 million available for sale investments at fair value.equivalents. PMI is dependent upon raising additional capital or debt financing to fund its current operating plan if it cannot generate sufficient positive cash flow from operations. Prosper'sPMI’s failure to achieve positive cash flow from operations or obtain sufficient debt and equity financing, could adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Administration Agreement and, in such event, PFL’s ability to continue to make payments on the Notes could be materially impaired.

As the number of borrowers, investors and Borrower Loans originated through our marketplace increases, PMI will need to increase its facilities, personnel and infrastructure in order to continue performing effectively its obligations under the Administration Agreement and to accommodate the effects that such growth will have on our servicing and marketplace needs. PMI must constantly add new hardware and update its software and our personal loan marketplace, expand customer support services, and add new employees to maintain the operations of our personal loan marketplace as well as to satisfy its servicing obligations on the Borrower Loans and the Notes and its other obligations under the Administration Agreement. If PMI is unable to increase the capacity of our marketplace and maintain the necessary infrastructure to perform its duties under the Administration Agreement, PFL, or one or more other third-party service providers engaged by PFL, will have to perform the duties otherwise performed by PMI, and investors may experience delays in receipt of payments on their Notes and periodic downtime of our marketplace.

PFL was formed in 2012 as a limited purpose vehicle. Under the Administration Agreement, PFL receives a license fee from PMI for granting PMI a non-exclusive, worldwide license to access and use our marketplace. In addition, PFL earns servicing fees in relation to the servicing of the Borrower Loans and Notes that it retains from collections on the Borrower Loans. PFL believes this fee income is sufficient to cover its reasonably anticipated obligations. While PFL believes that it is adequately capitalized to meet its foreseeable obligations, and that its fee income is sufficient to meet its ongoing operating costs, its financial resources are limited and could prove to be insufficient. In addition, PFL has no employees and relies on PMI, as servicer, or other third-party service providers, to perform most of its day-to-day operations. The lack of PFL’s own employees, its limited operating history, and capitalization that is less than that of PMI could make it difficult for PFL to operate at a level that will be sustainable. Absent the services to be provided to PFL by PMI pursuant to the Administration Agreement, PFL's risk management process, ability to predict loss rates and the general operation of our marketplace would have a thinnersmaller margin for error than does PMI.

The consumer lending market is competitive and rapidly changing. With the introduction of new technologies and the influx of new entrants, we expect competition to persist and intensify in the future, which could harm our ability to increase volume in our marketplace.

Most of our current or potential competitors have significantly more financial, technical, marketing and other resources than Prosper doeswe do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their marketplaces and distribution channels. Our potential competitors may also have longer operating histories, more extensive customer bases, greater brand recognition and broader customer relationships than we have. These competitors may be better able to develop new products, to respond quickly to new technologies and to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns. Our industry is driven by constant innovation. If we are unable to compete with such companies and meet the need for innovation, the use of our marketplace could stagnate or substantially decline.

To succeed, Prosperwe must increase transaction volumes in our marketplace by attracting a large number of borrowers and investors in a cost-effective manner, many of whom have not previously participated in marketplace lending.manner. If we are not able to attract qualified borrowers and sufficient investor purchase commitments, we will not be able to increase itsour transaction volumes. PFL believes that developing and maintaining awareness of its brand in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving widespread acceptance of our marketplace and attracting new borrower and investors. Furthermore, we believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase as competition in the marketplace lendingour industry increases. Successful promotion of our brand will depend largely on the effectiveness of marketing efforts and the user experience on our marketplace. These brand promotion activities may not yield increased revenues. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand, we may lose our existing users to competitors or be unable to attract new users, which would cause our revenue to decrease and may impair our ability to maintain our marketplace.

On February 1, 2013, PMI transferred ownership of the marketplace, including the proprietary technology and all of the rights related to the operation of the marketplace, to PFL. PFL’s ability to maintain our marketplace depends, in part, upon this proprietary technology. We intendhave taken steps to vigorously protect our proprietary interests in such technology.technology, including through patent filings, and intend to continue to vigorously protect these interests. Despite our best efforts, however, we may not protect the proprietary technology effectively, which would allow competitors to duplicate our products and adversely affect our ability to compete. A third party may attempt to reverse engineer or otherwise obtain and use the proprietary technology without PFL’s consent. In addition, our marketplace may infringe upon claims of third-party patents and PFL or PMI may face intellectual property challenges from such other parties. PFL or PMI may not be successful in defending against any such challenges or in obtaining licenses to avoid or resolve any intellectual property disputes. Furthermore, the technology may become obsolete, and there is no guarantee that PFL will be able to successfully develop, obtain or use new technologies to adapt our marketplace to compete with other marketplace lending companies. If PFL cannot protect the proprietary technology embodied in and used by our marketplace from intellectual property challenges, or if our marketplace becomes obsolete, PFL’s ability to maintain our marketplace and perform its servicing obligations could be adversely affected and, in such event, its ability to continue to make payments on the Notes could be materially impaired.

Because PFL is not a bank, it cannot belong to or directly access the Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment network. As a result, it currently relies on an FDIC-insured depository institution to process its transactions. If PFL cannot continue to obtain such services from this institution or elsewhere, or if it cannot transition to another processor quickly, its ability to process payments will suffer and investors’ ability to receive principal and interest payments on the Notes will be delayed or impaired.

As with any entity with a significant Internet presence, we and the third parties that Prosper useswe use for website hosting and mobile technologies occasionally have experienced cyber-attacks, breaches of our and their systems and other similar incidents, which to-date have not had a material effect on our business, operations or reputation. Future attacks are likely to occur. Our marketplace stores PFL’s investors’ and borrowers’ bank information and other personally-identifiablepersonally identifiable sensitive data. Any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access could cause users’ secure information to be stolen and used for criminal purposes. Security breaches or unauthorized access to secure information could also expose us to liability related to the loss of the information, time-consuming and expensive litigation and negative publicity. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee or contractor error, malfeasance, faulty password management or otherwise, or if design flaws in the relevant software are exposed and exploited, and, as a result, a third party or disaffected employee obtains unauthorized access to any investors’ or borrowers’ data, PFL’s relationships with its users could be severely damaged, and PFL (or PMI) could incur significant liability. Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, we and PMI’s third-party hosting facilities may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. In addition, many states have enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving their personal data. These mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach are costly to implement and often lead to widespread negative publicity, which may cause our users to lose confidence in the effectiveness of PFL’s and PMI’s data security measures. Further, California has recently enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act, a comprehensive bill that affords individuals in the state affected by data breaches a private right of action against companies that have allegedly been the target of such breaches due to a failure to implement and maintain appropriate cybersecurity policies and procedures. Any security breach, whether actual or perceived, would harm our reputations, and we could lose users.

PMI's ability to perform its obligations under the Administration Agreement could be materially and adversely affected by events outside of its control. The satisfactory performance, reliability and availability of PMI's technology and its

Our marketplace may be vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions. If a “hacker”hacker were able to infiltrate our marketplace, users would be subject to the increased risk of fraud or borrower identity theft and may experience losses on, or delays in the recoupment of amounts owed on, a fraudulently induced purchase of a Note. Additionally, if a hacker were able to access our secure files, he or shethey might be able to gain access to users’ personal

Competition for highly skilled technical and financial personnel is extremely intense. ProsperWe may not be able to hire and retain these personnel at compensation levels consistent with itsour existing compensation and salary structure. Many of the companies with which Prosper competeswe compete for experienced employees have greater resources than Prosper haswe do and may be able to offer more attractive terms of employment.

In addition, Prosper investswe invest significant time and expense in training itsour employees, which increases their value to competitors who may seek to recruit them. If Prosper failswe fail to retain itsour employees, itwe could incur significant expenses in hiring and training their replacements and the quality of our services and our ability to serve borrower and investors could diminish, resulting in a material adverse effect on PMI's ability to perform its obligations under the Administration Agreement and, in such event, PFL’s ability to continue to make payments on the Notes could be materially impaired. See Item 1, “Business—Human Capital Resources” for more information about Prosper’s employees.

PFL is not offering and will not offer equity interests in its company. Investors who purchase Notes offered through our marketplace will have no equity interest in either of us and no ability to vote on or influence our decisions. As a result, PMI, which owns all of PFL's outstanding equity interests, will continue to have sole control over PFL's governance matters, subject to the presence of PFL's independent directors, whose consent will be required before PFL can take certain extraordinary actions, and subject to the limitations specified in PFL's organizational documents and the Amended and Indenture.

If a catastrophic event resulted in a marketplace outage and physical data loss and/or affected our electronic data storage and back-up storage systems, PFL’s ability (and PMI’s ability as servicer under the Administration Agreement) to perform its servicing obligations would be materially and adversely affected. Such events include, but are not limited to, fires, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, computer viruses and telecommunications failures. In the event of any marketplace outage or physical data loss described in this paragraph, PFL cannot guarantee that investors would be able to recoup their investment in the Notes.

Our business is subject to the risk that external events, such as public health emergencies, natural disasters, or other catastrophic events, could disrupt our day-to-day operations and impair the activities of borrowers and investors on our marketplace. Unforeseen events, or the prospect of such events, including acts of war (including the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia), terrorism and other international conflicts, public health issues including health epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19, and natural disasters such as fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados or other adverse weather and climate conditions, whether occurring in the future PMI may continue to enter into acquisitions that may be difficult to integrate, fail to achieve their strategic objectives,United States or elsewhere, could disrupt our business or divert management attention.

For example, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many companies, including us, to adopt wide-scale remote work protocols in an attempt to protect workforce health and slow community spread of the disease. While we have business continuity procedures in place to guide our response to a crisis, our attention may be diverted away from normal operations and our resources may be constrained. Likewise, borrowers and investors living in areas impacted by COVID-19 or other crises may also experience work slowdowns or stoppages, diminishing their capacity to apply for loans or invest through our marketplace. For existing borrowers, work slowdowns or acquired strategic operating partners, users and customers following an acquisition; difficulties in integrating acquired technologies and products into our solutions and services; and unexpected costs and expenses resulting from the acquisition, and potential unknown liabilities associated with acquired businesses.