But Mr. Lawee of Google was initially eager to discuss ways to collaborate, tapping into Lending Club's online loan market.
E-Loan, Dublin, Calif., to Pickett Advertising, San Francisco, to handle the account of the online loan company.
They are now in Shanghai, where Mr. Chin has started two companies — an online loan service for students and an incubator for technology start-ups.
"We have over 200 brokers and lenders associated with us," said Doug Lebda, founder of LendingTree, an online loan exchange based in Charlotte, N.C.
David Anderson, a senior vice president of online loan broker LendingTree, was charged Monday with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"All of a sudden, it's in vogue to want to buy distressed assets," said Kingsley Greenland, president of DebtX, the industry leader in online loan sales.
Google plans to begin offering online loan quotes as early as September, a lawsuit filed in federal court last week claimed.
LendingTree, an online loan broker, has experimented with aiming ads at some of the 300 categories of users in Yahoo's new system, like newlyweds and people who have just moved.
