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Stripe-PayPal Acquisition: Stripe and Advent reportedly bid $60.50/share to take PayPal private at $53B. What the deal would mean for small business lending.

One interactive chart for commercial finance data: U.S. factoring volume, equipment finance originations, and ABL activity through Q1 2026

How Gary Topolewski used fake vendors and Ponzi-like payments to pull $39M in equipment loans from seven lenders over a decade, and the red flags to check.

Spartan Capital closed a $160M senior credit facility, $60M at closing plus a $100M accordion, structured entirely in-house. What it signals for RBF.

46 commercial finance apital raises and 9 acquisitions across MCA/RBF, embedded lending, factoring, ABL and equipment finance. See who got the money.

Vermont's new commercial financing law (Act 142) puts MCA, RBF, and factoring under lender licensing by July 2027. What funders and ISOs must do now.

Square, Shopify, Enova & PayPal originated $18.2B in small business financing in 2025. See the interactive quarterly data tracker for funding small businesses.

inKind financing repays in food, not cash, and the repayment brings customers. Inside Liberty Mutual's $320M bet and how the model beats MCA and bank loans.

SoFi small business loans launched: $2,500–$250,000, no fees, 24-hour funding. Why the real story is distribution — and what it means for the channel.

Texas HB 700 rules bring NMLS registration, stricter disclosures and debit limits to sales-based financing, impacting MCA and RBF providers.

CapWorks Funding Founder Abe Chen captured first place at the inaugural All In for a Cause Charity Poker Tournament. See the final hand, prizes, and event highlights.

The Supreme Court blocked Trump from removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, preserving a key line around Fed independence and monetary policy.

See highlights from Funder Intel's All In for a Cause Charity Poker Tournament benefiting Second Chance Society. Event photos are now live, with the tournament winner to be featured tomorrow.

Funder Intel launched five free SBA loan tools for brokers: a market data dashboard, rate tracker, lender intelligence database, deal qualification scorecard, and payment calculator. All built on real FOIA data.

Join lending, fintech and banking professionals for All In for a Cause, a charity poker tournament benefiting Second Chance Society on June 25 in Fort Lauderdale.

Siemens just became an SBA 7(a) lender — one of only 16 non-bank SBLCs. Why an industrial giant wants the license, and what vendor finance has to do with it.

Goldman Sachs Joins Parafin: The latest rung on Parafins capital ladder.

Fora Financial's securitization, its fourth ABS since 2019, closed at $130M with better terms than the last, signaling rising investor confidence.

AI in equipment finance just got real: Lendscape's MCP Server lets AI act inside lenders' live systems, with a wall between recommending and executing.

Wafra is buying Navitas Credit from United Community Bank for ~$1.9B. Wafra Navitas acquisition - what it signals.

Sen. Joni Ernst wants the SBA to probe lenders that the USDA expelled. Inside the government-guaranteed lending crackdown, and the due-process questions.

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.