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AdvanceIQ.ai integrated PortIQ with LendSaaS, giving MCA and RBF funders live portfolio intelligence, risk insights and analytics.

AI origination is cutting small-dollar SBA loan times from 90 days to 7. Casca now powers Live Oak, Huntington & Celtic, and the alt-finance speed moat narrows.

Groundfloor Launches SMB Growth Fund with Homegrown, giving investors access to small business private credit and revenue-based financing.

ByzFunder closed a $170M KBRA-rated asset-backed securitization backed by small business loans and MCAs, signaling growth in alternative finance.

Pipe, Parafin and Lili show how embedded lending is moving small business financing into platforms, banking apps and merchant workflows.

SBA suspended 27,486 Ohio borrowers tied to $1.1B in suspected PPP and EIDL fraud as pandemic loan prosecutions continue.

Embedded lending isn’t coming. It’s here. And it’s moving faster than anyone can keep up with. including me.

Shopify, Block, PayPal & Fiserv are turning lending into a merchant retention tool. We break down the Q1 2026 numbers. Watch now.

A Michigan man was sentenced to prison for PPP loan fraud and COVID rental assistance fraud, highlighting ongoing pandemic relief fraud enforcement.

Homegrown and Square launch a $24M expansion capital program for multi-location sellers, showing how revenue-based financing is becoming more specialized.

Capchase secures $200M to expand its vendor financing platform for enterprise tech vendors as demand for flexible B2B payment options grows.

CFPB Is Investigating Community Lenders: The CFPB is probing at least four CDFIs while $500M+ in approved funding sits frozen. What it means for community lending and...

USDA revokes approved lender status from its OneRD Guaranteed Lending Program after citing $620M in delinquent loans and significant noncompliance.

Palm Beach native Elaine Angene Escoe is on the run for a massive $34 million pandemic relief fraud scheme, making FBI history in the process.

Vermont H.648 would impose licensing, APR disclosures, contract restrictions, and new compliance rules on sales-based financing and factoring providers.

The SBA doubled the combined 7(a) and 504 loan limit from $5M to $10M, effective July 4, 2026. Here's what the rule actually changes, who benefits most, and what it means for the lending market.

FundCanna $60 million credit facility brings institutional capital into cannabis lending, helping expand funding access across the cannabis supply chain.

A San Antonio construction company is using Texas HB 700 to challenge $2.5M in merchant cash advances in one of the first lawsuits to test the state's new commercial financing law.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for another incredible Capital After Hours event at The Federal in Fort Lauderdale. From the energy in the room to the quality of the conversations, this one reminded us exactly why this community continues to grow.

Senators Markey and Wyden accuse the SBA of trapping small businesses in MCA debt after a June 2025 rule change eliminated SBA refinancing of merchant cash advances. But the $20B MCA industry, led by Square, PayPal, and Shopify, tells a different story.

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Credibly secured over $260 million in new financing shortly after partnering with Figure to bring SMB lending assets onto blockchain capital markets rails.

Ramp is in talks for a $750M round at a $40B+ valuation, a 25% jump in six months. Inside the AI-first fintech reshaping corporate finance.

Parker, a YC-backed fintech offering corporate credit cards for e-commerce businesses, filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy after raising $200M+.