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Randon Williams of West Bloomfield, Michigan, faces federal charges after allegedly pocketing over $5.2 million in PPP loans across multiple businesses.

Recent top stories: Bolt cuts 30% of staff citing AI, Pipe raises $16M to expand embedded financing for small businesses, and a Buffalo man faces 10 federal counts for PPP loan fraud.

Federal regulators just proposed cutting risk weights on small business loans by 25–35%. For small business lending, it's worth understanding exactly what this could mean.

Explore SBA 7(a) and 504 loan market data including annual volume, average interest rates, default rates, and program trends from FY2022 through FY2024. Interactive dashboard updated April 2026.

Watch this video to get more insight into some of the very mind-blowing details of the Kris Roglieri sentencing hearing as he learned his fate.

Fintech Meetup took place this past week, from March 30th to April 1st, in Las Vegas. It's a large conference, thousands of people, among them the who's who in Fintech...

Amex just launched its biggest commercial card bet in years, and it landed the week Brex's Capital One acquisition creates product uncertainty. Here's how the two platforms compare.

After the session, Funder Intel had the opportunity to catch up with Daniel David behind the scenes to talk about how he developed his unique observational abilities and why those skills are increasingly valuable in the modern business environment.

On March 4, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration initiated termination proceedings against 628 companies participating in the federal government’s 8(a) Business Development Program.

Newtek Bank launches a 7-day term loan up to $350K, explicitly challenging merchant cash advances and undercutting SBA Express on speed.

In this week's podcast, we catch up on the new SBA policies that are preventing non-citizens from obtaining SBA 7 (a) and 504 loans, with Chris Tomlinson from Optimum Bank.

Visa has launched a $100 million working capital facility for small businesses, with Lendistry as its distribution partner.

From a $40 million Houston bank fraud scheme to a South Florida deputy's PPP loan scam, two new cases show how financial fraud is being prosecuted.

Discover how Funder Intel connects brokers, lenders, and fintech professionals through media, networking, introductions, tools, and exclusive content.

Four defendants sentenced to federal prison for a massive $11.5M PPP and EIDL fraud involving 120 pandemic loans. Get the full case breakdown and analysis.

The SBA suspended over 111,000 California borrowers tied to suspected PPP and EIDL fraud. Here’s what the agency claims and how it compares to documented federal enforcement.