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California man convicted of SBA EIDL fraud after gambling $442K and paying a $100K kickback. The case raises questions about loan oversight.

FedEx Dataworks and Stripe will partner to use shipping and supply-chain data to help expand small business financing through Stripe Capital.

Capital After Hours returns Dec. 3 at Sixty Vines in Fort Lauderdale with three hours of networking, food, drinks and Thursday Night Football.

Block, Enova, Shopify and PayPal originated $5.6B in small-business financing in Q1 2026, up 69% in two years. Funder Intel's new working capital tracker charts every quarter.

Stripe's Parafin acquisition puts embedded lending in front of 5M+ businesses. What it means for brokers, lead buyers, and anyone competing on the open market.

Stripe is buying Parafin, the embedded lender behind DoorDash and Amazon financing — $3B funded to 60,000 businesses. What the deal means for funders and brokers.

Newsom signed AB 2116: DFPI licenses required for MCA, factoring & commercial finance by July 2028. Plus: search 441 state registrations in our new member database.

Experian launched 500+ Cashflow Attributes for commercial lenders, built with Slope, claiming a 24% thin-file lift. Why cash flow data is king in business lending.

SEC charges 5G Funding and Jacob Garfinkel over an alleged $4.5M MCA investment fraud involving syndication, investor reporting and diverted funds.

Valley National Bancorp is buying small business fintech Bluevine for ~$340M. What the deal means for its line of credit, term loans, and the fintech-bank M&A wave.

How the Life Surge seminar funnel headlined by Tim Tebow uses credit card stacking and HELOCs to fund $40K upsells—and why the FTC is cracking down.

Two nonbank SBA lenders drove most SBLC defaults as OIG found repeated deficiencies and weaknesses in SBA oversight.

KKR is backing Akrapoint Commercial Capital with $350 million to finance vocational, industrial and specialty equipment for U.S. businesses.

Cashera consolidated its US and UK operations under one brand, citing 1,000% growth in its Instant product, with a flexible line of capital planned for 2027.

NMI added term loans and starter offers to Business Capital, its Parafin-powered embedded lending program, putting merchant financing in the hands of 6,000 platform partners and ISOs.

Angela Lipps spent 163 days in custody after a facial recognition lead and investigative errors. Her case raises serious questions about AI oversight.

BNCCORP stockholders approved the $130M sale to OppFi days after Enova killed its own bank deal. Regulatory approval is now the test for fintech bank charters.

OnDeck parent Enova pulled its OCC and Fed applications to buy Grasshopper Bank after state AG pressure. Shares fell 25%. What it means for SMB lending.

Vance announced 870,000 pandemic-loan borrowers barred from federal credit. The surge behind it charged 160.

Capital After Hours at Sixty Vines was our biggest yet. View event photos and get tickets now for the next event on December 3 in Fort Lauderdale.

A New Jersey childcare operator got a year and a day for a $535,000 PPP loan. Her own EIDL file convicted her.

Small business optimism dipped 1.1 points to 98.7 in August as sales fell to a 10-month low, but expectations for credit conditions reached their best level since 2024.

Capital After Hours is tonight at Sixty Vines on Las Olas. Join business lending, fintech and commercial finance professionals for networking, food, drinks and football.

SBA SOP 50 10 8.1 takes effect October 1, 2026. What changes for 7(a) acquisition deals: 1.25x DSC, mandatory Quality of Earnings at $3M, capped investor equity, and the seller note myth.