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Fraud Prevention and Resilience in Secured Finance: Highlights of SFNet’s Fraud Task Force White Paper
This summary highlights the key findings, implications, and recommendations from the SFNet Fraud Task Force white paper, Systemic Resilience in Secured Finance, which covers asset-based lending, factoring and supply chain finance. Drawing on survey data from SFNet member organizations and real‑world case studies, the report provides a clear-eyed assessment of fraud risk in the secured finance ecosystem and a practical roadmap for strengthening controls without restricting access to capital.
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Finding White Space by Flipping Burgers: What Lenders Can Learn from Fast Food
Every few years the lending industry collectively declares that “spreads are tight,” “competition is irrational,” and “there’s no white space left.” And every few years, those same statements turn out to be both true and completely wrong.
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Kleinberg Kaplan Adds Experienced Corporate Finance Attorney Tiffanye Threadcraft
April 9, 2026Premier New York-based boutique law firm Kleinberg Kaplan announced the addition of Tiffanye S. Threadcraft as senior counsel in the corporate transactional & finance practice. She arrives from Akin Gump.
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Ansley Park Capital Strengthens Capital Markets Team with Senior Leadership Appointments
April 9, 2026Ansley Park Capital (“Ansley Park”), a leading lending and specialty finance platform, announced at ELFA’s Annual National Funding Conference the continued growth trajectory of its Capital Markets platform, detailing two new senior leadership appointments of Erick Berreondo and Nolan Stephenson, both in the role of Managing Director, Capital Markets.
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Winston Expands Leveraged Finance Team with Partner R. Lee Discher
April 9, 2026Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Lee Discher has joined the firm’s Transactions Department as a partner in the Finance Practice in Chicago.
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Chicago Atlantic Plans to Launch Emerging Markets Private Credit Platform
April 9, 2026Chicago Atlantic, an alternatives investment manager focused on niche markets, today announced the launch of its Emerging Markets Private Credit strategy, which is expected to expand the firm’s private credit capabilities into high-growth markets across Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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EBSC Lending Provides $21.3 Million in Construction Financing for 1,775-Unit Self-Storage Development in Stockton, California
April 9, 2026EBSC Lending announced that it has provided $21.3 million in construction financing for a 1,775-unit self-storage development in Stockton, California. The financing supports the ground-up development of a new self-storage project designed to serve growing demand in the Stockton market.
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KeyCorp Appoints Darrin Benhart as new Chief Risk Officer
April 8, 2026KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) announced that Darrin Benhart, Deputy Chief Risk Officer, has been named the bank's Chief Risk Officer, effective January 1, 2024. Darrin succeeds Mark Midkiff, whose long-planned retirement was announced in November and who will remain at the bank through a transition period.
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New Era Energy & Digital Closes Multi-Tranche $290 Million Senior Secured Term Loan Credit Facility with Macquarie Group to Finance Texas Critical Data Center Flagship Project
April 8, 2026New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAI) (“New Era” or the “Company”), a developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets in the Permian Basin, today announced that it, through its subsidiary, Texas Critical Data Centers LLC (the “Borrower”), has entered into a definitive Term Loan Agreement (the “Agreement”) establishing a senior secured term loan credit facility of up to $290 million (the “Term Loan”) with the Commodities and Global Markets business (“Macquarie”), a division of Macquarie Group.
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TradeCap Partners Provides $4 Million Purchase Order Funding Facility to Support Growth for Northeast Industrial Parts and Materials Distributor
April 8, 2026TradeCap Partners, LLC (“TradeCap”) is pleased to announce the closing of a $4 million purchase order (PO) funding facility for a distributor of industrial parts and materials. The company supplies a broad range of industrial products and parts to large US retailers, distributors, government agencies, and aerospace companies. TradeCap’s PO Funding facility was used to support high‑volume and time‑sensitive customer orders.
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Energy Finance Veteran Bob Marcum Joins BRG as Managing Director in Energy & Climate Practice
April 8, 2026BRG announced today that Bob Marcum, a former senior executive at the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (now EDF), has joined the firm as a managing director in its Energy & Climate practice. Based in Washington, DC, he will advise clients on complex energy and infrastructure investments, including project and corporate finance, restructurings, due diligence, and lender program design.
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NXT Capital Closes Senior Credit Facility in Support of CenterOak Partners’ Acquisition of Grismer Tire & Auto Service
April 8, 2026NXT Capital announced today that it closed a senior credit facility in support of CenterOak Partners’ acquisition of Grismer Tire & Auto Service (“Grismer” or the “Company”). NXT Capital acted as Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, and Administrative Agent on this transaction.
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Conduit Power and Eldridge Announce $200 Million Equipment Financing Facility
April 8, 2026Conduit Power, LLC (“Conduit”), a developer and operator of distributed power generation assets, today announced the closing of a $200 million equipment financing facility with Eldridge Capital Management (“Eldridge”). The facility will support the buildout of Conduit’s recently announced 200MW distributed generation portfolio in ERCOT.
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First Business Bank's Asset-Based Lending Team Funds $5.1 Million Credit Facility To Support Manufacturer Acquisition
April 8, 2026First Business Bank's Asset-Based Lending team announces a recently closed and funded $5,100,000 credit facility to support the acquisition of a New Jersey industrial packaging manufacturer.
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United Capital Funding Issues $15.45MM in Total Credit Facilities in Q1 2026
April 7, 2026United Capital Funding Group LLC, a Florida-based factoring firm, completed five transactions totaling $15.45 million in accounts receivable financing during the first quarter of 2026.
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United Capital Funding Issues $15.45MM in Total Credit Facilities in Q1 2026
April 7, 2026United Capital Funding Group LLC, a Florida-based factoring firm, completed five transactions totaling $15.45 million in accounts receivable financing during the first quarter of 2026.
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United Capital Funding Issues $15.45MM in Total Credit Facilities in Q1 2026
April 7, 2026United Capital Funding Group LLC, a Florida-based factoring firm, completed five transactions totaling $15.45 million in accounts receivable financing during the first quarter of 2026.
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United Capital Funding Issues $15.45MM in Total Credit Facilities in Q1 2026
April 7, 2026United Capital Funding Group LLC, a Florida-based factoring firm, completed five transactions totaling $15.45 million in accounts receivable financing during the first quarter of 2026.
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SFNet New Member Spotlight: Crowell & Moring
April 7, 2026Crowell & Moring is a global law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA and Asia, advising across key sectors including financial services, regulatory, litigation, government contracts, life sciences, technology and energy. Our finance and banking team advises financial institutions, alternative lenders, private credit funds and corporate borrowers.
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CPS Announces Credit Facility Capacity Increase
April 7, 2026Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSS) (“CPS” or the “Company”) today announced that on April 3, 2026, it amended its two-year revolving credit agreement with Capital One, N.A. to increase the capacity of the facility. The amendment applies to both Capital One, N.A. and the subordinate lender, and increases the capacity of the facility from $167.5 million to $390 million.
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Concord Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor for $13.75MM in Senior Credit Facilities for a Higher Education Institution
April 7, 2026Concord Financial Advisors announced it has served as Exclusive Financial Advisor for $13.75MM in senior credit facilities for a higher education institution based in Chicago, IL.
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Republic Business Credit Adds Jerry Friedrichs as Senior Vice President to Strengthen Underwriting Excellence
April 7, 2026Republic Business Credit announced the appointment of Jerry Friedrichs as Senior Vice President, Underwriter. In this role, Friedrichs will be responsible for credit analysis of prospective and existing clients, transaction structuring, leading due diligence efforts, and collaborating with senior Republic leaders to move deals to approval.
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