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Shela Heramis

August 1, 2026

July 31, 2026

9 Minutes Read

Open Lending's Only Bidder Cut Its Offer From $3.50 to $3.15

Eight buyers were contacted and one bid. While the two sides negotiated, certified loan volume kept falling, and the offer followed it down.

News

Shela Heramis

July 31, 2026

July 29, 2026

8 Minutes Read

Fortress Will Buy $1.5B of Merchant Advances

A three-year forward flow for 5-to-10% fixed-fee paper, terms undisclosed

Business Verification

Shela Heramis

July 31, 2026

10 Minutes Read

Business Monitoring: Automated Secretary of State Change Detection for Lenders

Cobalt Business Monitoring re-checks a business's Secretary of State record on your schedule and sends every change to your webhook. One credit per check.

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

July 30, 2026

July 29, 2026

18 Minutes Read

Court Records for Distressed-Debt Acquisition Due Diligence

Buying defaulted paper turns on whether the judgment behind it is real, unsatisfied and still enforceable. How to size the verifiable share of a portfolio.

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

July 30, 2026

July 29, 2026

20 Minutes Read

Court Records for Distressed Asset Lending Decisions

When you lend into distress, litigation is expected. The question is whether it changes your recovery position, and who already holds a perfected lien ahead of you.

Business Verification

Shela Heramis

July 30, 2026

July 29, 2026

19 Minutes Read

Court Case Data for Manufacturer Lending Underwriting

In manufacturing, a contract dispute names the counterparty your borrower's revenue depends on. How litigation reveals customer concentration the financials obscure.

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

July 30, 2026

July 29, 2026

20 Minutes Read

Court Records for Restaurant Industry Lending

A landlord nonpayment proceeding is usually the earliest hard signal a restaurant is failing. Which case types predict distress and which ones are just noise.

Business Verification

Shela Heramis

July 30, 2026

July 29, 2026

20 Minutes Read

Court Case API for Franchise Lending Risk Checks

Franchise lending has a two-entity problem. Why the franchisor's litigation posture matters to your franchisee borrower, and how to resolve the legal name before searching.

Business Verification

Shela Heramis

July 30, 2026

July 29, 2026

21 Minutes Read

Court Records Monitoring for Portfolio Defaults

A borrower clean at funding can be sued in month three. How to build a portfolio re-screening cadence on a request/response API, and diff results to catch new filings.

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