Financing

January 13, 2026

January 12, 2026

Idea Financial Closes $20M Term Loan with EverBank

Level Esq plaintiff firm financing gains bank support

January 13, 2026

January 16, 2026

Automating the Manual Bottleneck: Stop "Throwing Bodies" at Verification

Every lending operation hits the same wall. Application volume grows, but verification capacity doesn't scale proportionally.

January 13, 2026

January 15, 2026

Navigating the Iowa and Louisiana Business Entity APIs

Iowa and Louisiana represent two fundamentally different approaches to providing business entity data to developers.

January 13, 2026

January 14, 2026

Guide to the California Secretary of State API Developer Portal

California's Secretary of State maintains one of the most sophisticated business entity databases in the country—over 17 million corporate, LLC, and LP records accessible through the bizfile Online system.

January 13, 2026

The Engineer's Nightmare: Integrating 50 State SOS Portals

One alternative lender's CTO described their attempt to build Secretary of State integrations in-house with a phrase that should give any engineering leader pause: "Obviously really complicated... maintenance nightmare."¹

January 13, 2026

January 12, 2026

4 Mnutes Read

Reducing the "15% Failure Rate" in Business Verification

When your verification system returns "no match" on a legitimate business, you've created a problem.

January 12, 2026

Januay 9, 2026

Is This Deal Dead on Arrival? Handling "Inactive" SOS Status

Every lender has processed an application that looked promising—decent financials, reasonable request, plausible story—only to discover the business was dissolved six months ago.

January 12, 2026

Januay 8, 2026

Speed vs. Risk: How to Onboard Borrowers in Seconds (Safely)

The borrower submits an application. Your system queues it for verification. And then—the "user waits for response."

January 12, 2026

January 7, 2026