Business

A closer look at how Pipedrive organizes deals, conversations and follow-up for brokers and other small businesses, with practical examples and buying considerations.

See how GoHighLevel helps small businesses manage leads, automate follow-up, schedule appointments and combine CRM and marketing tools in one platform.

A California man admitted drawing $4.6 million from a New Jersey factoring company against invoices his customers never owed. The structural gap that allowed it.

MidOcean and Idea Financial just launched a $225M push into $1M term loans. We break down the massive market hole for non-bank lines of credit and middle SMB debt.

Capchase launches Mila, a 24/7 AI deal desk agent approving deals in 30 second, advancing Shane Mahabir's A2A lending prediction despite bank AI blocks.

Chloe, the AI sales teammate built into Close, has already made more than a million calls to real leads in real pipelines.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

DOJ alleges SIMAD owner Michael Shabsels and related companies improperly obtained over $13 million in PPP loans before their 2026 collapse.

An updated Porter's Five Forces analysis of alternative business lending, capital supplier power collapsed, embedded platforms reshaped rivalry, and consolidation arrived.