1 00:00:00.145 --> 00:00:02.805 Here's the latest from De Bank News in Texas. 2 00:00:03.245 --> 00:00:06.725 Governor Greg Abbott has signed HB 700, a new law 3 00:00:06.725 --> 00:00:09.285 that prohibits sales-based financing providers from 4 00:00:09.285 --> 00:00:11.405 automatically debiting any merchant's account 5 00:00:11.585 --> 00:00:13.245 unless they hold a perfected first 6 00:00:13.525 --> 00:00:14.645 position security interest. 7 00:00:14.835 --> 00:00:18.605 This law effective September 1st, 2025, applies 8 00:00:18.605 --> 00:00:21.645 to transactions where payments fluctuate with sales activity 9 00:00:21.905 --> 00:00:24.565 and exempt certain financial institutions like banks 10 00:00:24.825 --> 00:00:25.885 and credit unions. 11 00:00:26.035 --> 00:00:29.205 Meanwhile, de banked has successfully migrated the Lend 12 00:00:29.205 --> 00:00:31.885 Academy P two P lending forum to daily funder 13 00:00:31.975 --> 00:00:34.045 after acquiring it in 2021. 14 00:00:34.345 --> 00:00:38.485 The forum once the most popular in the US faced data loss 15 00:00:38.485 --> 00:00:41.485 issues, but Deb banked managed to restore much of it 16 00:00:41.485 --> 00:00:42.765 through forensic techniques, 17 00:00:42.785 --> 00:00:45.565 and it is now integrated into daily Funders platform. 18 00:00:45.665 --> 00:00:49.005 The leading small business finance forum in the US in a 19 00:00:49.005 --> 00:00:51.565 related development in the financial technology sector. 20 00:00:51.855 --> 00:00:54.045 Cloud Square has announced a new lender, 21 00:00:54.325 --> 00:00:56.525 API module in partnership 22 00:00:56.565 --> 00:00:59.925 with Loot Enhancing Its Merchant Cash Advance CRM 23 00:00:59.975 --> 00:01:01.085 built on Salesforce. 24 00:01:01.515 --> 00:01:03.205 This integration allows brokers 25 00:01:03.205 --> 00:01:06.005 to manage deals more efficiently with real-time tracking, 26 00:01:06.315 --> 00:01:07.845 automated offer generation 27 00:01:07.845 --> 00:01:09.245 and streamlined processes, 28 00:01:09.805 --> 00:01:11.365 reinforcing Cloud Square's position 29 00:01:11.585 --> 00:01:14.605 as a leader in Salesforce powered Lending solutions. 30 00:01:14.905 --> 00:01:15.925 That's all for now. 31 00:01:16.155 --> 00:01:18.085 Keep your ear to the ground with Deb banked 32 00:01:18.265 --> 00:01:21.285 and register for the next big industry conference this 33 00:01:21.285 --> 00:01:24.125 October in Las Vegas, B2B Finance Expo. 34 00:01:24.335 --> 00:01:25.045 We'll see you there.