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December 3, 2025

December 5, 2025

Cobalt Intelligence Implementation Guide: From Sandbox to Production in <1 Week

Most third-party integrations in fintech are 6-week slogs involving extensive compliance reviews, complex OAuth flows, and opaque documentation.

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

December 3, 2025

December 4, 2025

4 Minutes Read

Performance & Reliability of Cobalt Intelligence API

What to Expect When You Scale to 10k Loan Applications Per Month?

News

Shela Heramis

December 5, 2025

December 04, 2025

6 Minutes Read

Seek Capital Banned from Business Financing by FTC

D&O insurance doesn't cover conduct bans. RCG, Yellowstone, Seek execs all named.

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

December 3, 2025

4 Minutes Read

The Competitive Advantages of the Cobalt Intelligence API (And Why "Good Enough" Data is Costing You Deals)

Most data providers build for "general business intelligence." They sell to sales teams looking for leads, marketing teams cleaning email lists, and procurement teams vetting vendors.

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

December 3, 2025

December 2, 2025

4 Minutes Read

Who should use the Cobalt Intelligence API?

There is a specific breaking point where manual processes go from "manageable" to "margin-killing."

News

Shela Heramis

December 3, 2025

December 02, 2025

6 Minutes Read

Gibraltar's $12.5MM ABL Workout: Starco Brands Unravels

What a $12.5MM forbearance structure looks like inside

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

December 3, 2025

December 1, 2025

4 Minutes Read

What is the Cobalt Intelligence SOS API?

You’re staring at a queue of 50 loan applications at 4:30 PM on a Friday. Your underwriting team is bottlenecked because the California Secretary of State

News

Shela Heramis

November 30, 2025

November 29, 2025

6 Minutes Read

Fed Report: $500B+ Warehouse Capacity for Lenders

30% YoY growth in bank commitments to securitization vehicles

News

Shela Heramis

November 28, 2025

November 27, 2025

6 Minutes Read

UMB Bank: First Brands Abandons $55M in Assets

SPE lenders say $55M collateral being pooled improperly

Alternative Financing

Shela Heramis

November 30, 2025

November 26, 2025

6 Minutes Read

How to Streamline Verifying Contractor Licenses Across Different States: A Risk Manager's Guide to Multi-State Compliance

Executive Summary: Risk managers face mounting pressure to verify contractor licenses across multiple state jurisdictions—a process that consumes time, increases liability exposure, and creates compliance gaps.