Alternative Lending

June 23, 2026

EIN Verification + SOS Data: The Two-Source Pattern

How to pair IRS TIN matching with Secretary of State entity verification for a cleaner KYB workflow.

Business Verification

June 23, 2026

How to Integrate EIN Verification in Four Lines of Code

A compact integration pattern for sending business name and EIN to Cobalt's TIN/EIN verification endpoint.

June 23, 2026

Cobalt SOS API vs OpenCorporates: Primary-Source Verification for Lenders

A practical comparison rubric for primary-source SOS verification versus registry aggregation when lender match quality matters.

June 23, 2026

SOS Data Freshness: Real-Time vs Cached Records

A lender's guide to choosing live SOS lookups, cached pre-screening, and freshness rules for audit-ready verification.

June 23, 2026

SOS API + EIN + UCC Bundle: The 3-Layer Verification Stack

How lenders combine SOS entity data, EIN validation, and UCC liens into a three-layer pre-funding verification stack.

Business Verification

June 21, 2026

June 19, 2026

CFPB, FinCEN Flag ITIN Loans as Fraud Risk

Construction and hospitality files hit hardest

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June 19, 2026

June 17, 2026

Blackstone-Backed Insurer Buys Open Lending for $372M

Your credit-insurance backstop may now be your rival

June 17, 2026

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Build vs Buy SOS Verification: True Cost Analysis for CTOs

A true-cost framework for CTOs deciding whether to build SOS verification in-house across 50 states or buy it: labor, the maintenance tax, opportunity cost, and the decision math.

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