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Former NYC Mayor to Speak at Broker Fair Read more Today: Greenspoon Marder & deBanked Webinar Starts at 3pm ET Read more The OppFi / BNC National Bank Deal and Bitty OppFi has agreed to acquire BNC National Bank for approximately $130 million in a cash-and-stock deal, combining OppFi's online lending platform with BNC's banking infrastructure to create a diversified financial services provider while retaining BNC's management and benefiting from its low-cost deposit base and SBA lending expertise. Read more Enova: $1.7B in Business Loans in Q1, New Record, Competition Hasn't Changed Enova's SMB business achieved record growth with a 42% increase in originations and a well-diversified, stable portfolio, supported by strong market conditions and competitive advantages that position the company for continued expansion. Read more How LendingClub (Happen Bank) Plans to Handle Customers Using AI Agents To Seek Out a Loan vs. Search Engines Like Google During the LendingClub Q1 earnings call, CEO Scott Sanborn explained that while AI-driven search is still a small but growing channel with high-intent users, the company is proactively expanding content and strategies to optimize for AI and traditional search alike, aiming to benefit from evolving consumer behaviors as they rebrand to Happen Bank. Read more Regents Capital Closes Inaugural $132.9M Securitization Regents Capital Corporation successfully closed its inaugural $132.9 million Asset-Backed Securitization (RCER 2026-1) transaction, attracting strong investor demand and establishing a new capital markets channel to support its growth. Read more Don't Get Sued in Merchant Cash Advance. Christopher Murray to Speak at Broker Fair 2026 Hear directly from one of the top litigators in the industry on June 1 in NYC Read more Approval Pathway, Aquamark Partner The partnership establishes an integration between Approval Pathway’s pre-underwriting and deal packaging platform and Aquamark’s proprietary watermarking technology. Read more Robert Cook to Keynote June 2026 AFBA Conference The Alternative Finance Bar Association will hold its 8th Annual Legal Conference in New York City on June 7-9, 2026. Robert Cook, co-founder and partner emeritus of Hudson Cook, LLP, will be the keynote speaker at this year's event. Hudson Cook partners Cathy Brennan, Trisha Cacciola, Kate Fisher, and Robert Gage also are scheduled speakers. Read more Industry Legal Updates The latest from Hudson Cook Read more Thanks to Our Email Newsletter Sponsors Big Think Capital TBF Financial Synergy Direct Solution Percent Merchant Financing Leads In Advance Capital 1st Alliance Group Heron Liquidity Access Dragin Accord Business Funding South End Capital Capital Domain The Smarter Merchant Meridian Leads Found this email in your junk folder? Make sure to specifically whitelist both sean@debanked.news and funded@debanked.deals :-)