financial services founded 1997 founder janina pawlowski and chris larsen headquarters rosemont illinois usa key people richard carri n ceo ; camille burckhart cio ; mariel arraiza svp products savings accounts & cds ; referral to partners for loan products number of employees part of popular inc. which has 8 000 employees parent popular inc. slogan radically simple website www.eloan.com e loan s former headquarters in pleasanton california now occupied by workday inc. e loan inc. is a rosemont illinois based financial services company that offers savings accounts and certificates of deposit cds and access to partners that may be able to assist customers in obtaining loans . in october 2008 e loan s parent company popular inc. said e loan would no longer operate as a direct mortgage lender in 2009 but would continue to provide certificates of deposit and savings accounts . operational general and administrative support functions would be transferred to other popular subsidiaries . 1 2 the company subsequently moved its headquarters in 2009 from pleasanton california to rosemont illinois . company officials said customers who have already obtained loans through e loan would not be affected . 3 contents 1 history 2 company layoffs 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit e loan was founded by janina pawlowski and chris larsen in 1997 to provide customers with access to mortgage loans over the internet . in 1998 the company received venture capital funding from sequoia capital . 4 company layoffs edit the company cut over 500 jobs as part of a restructuring plan in november 2007 . 5 awards edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message since its inception e loan has garnered various awards for privacy and ease of use web marketing association s web awards financial services standard of excellence award 2013 new media awards standard of excellence award 2013 interactive media award s ima best in class in the banking category october 2013 top financial company for privacy by truste and the ponemon institute april 2007 ranked 3 in privacy by the customer respect group august 2005 e loan was the only financial services company and the highest ranking online company to make the top ten . safest places on the web . computer world references edit e loan restructuring plan . e loan to stop direct mortgage lending . e loan will stop issuing new loans . sequoia capital funds e loan . retrieved 2007 12 11 . e loan announces layoffs . external links edit homepage coordinates 41 58 51 n 87 51 51 w 41.980866 n 87.864031 w 41.980866 ; 87.864031 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title e loan & oldid 725500931 categories mortgage lendersfinancial services companies of the united statesbanks of the united statescompanies based in pleasanton californiacompanies based in cook county illinoisrosemont illinoishidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2015all articles needing additional referencescoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 june 2016 at 01 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view