LendingTree allows borrowers to shop and compare competitive rates and terms across an array of financial products.

Lebda subsequently started CreditSource USA in late 1996; a year later the new company was rebranded as LendingTree.

[7] After five years, LendingTree spun off from IAC to join newly established Tree.com, Inc. Tree.com was the parent company of several brands and businesses in the financial services and real estate industries including LendingTree.com; GetSmart.com; DegreeTree.com; LendingTreeAutos.com; and DoneRight.com.

[11] Subsequent acquisitions include CompareCards (2016),[12] DepositAccounts.com (2017),[13] MagnifyMoney (2017),[14] SnapCap (2017),[15] Student Loan Hero (2018),[16] QuoteWizard (2018),[17] and ValuePenguin (2018).

[18] In 2024, the Lending Tree platform QuoteWizard suffered a data breach and extortion attempt as part of the 2024 Snowflake mass hacking campaign.