by Ekrem Duman | Aug 24, 2026 | Business Loans & Financing
⚡ TL;DRSoftBank Group is planning a record ¥1 trillion (about $6.3 billion) retail bond sale in Japan — the largest ever by a Japanese company — to help fund its more than $60 billion in commitments to OpenAI. It is SoftBank’s third bond issuance this year, on...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 22, 2026 | Business Loans & Financing
⚡ TL;DRBroadcom is in talks with a lender group including Apollo and Blackstone to raise more than $60 billion — potentially up to $100 billion with a junior tranche — to finance AI chip capacity tied to Anthropic and other AI buyers. The deal is the latest sign that...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 21, 2026 | Business Loans & Financing
⚡ TL;DR Small business lending is quietly re-sorting itself in 2026: online and fintech lenders now handle 41% of loan volume, SBA lender participation just hit a 30-year low, and new SBA ownership and credit-score rules took effect this year. Overall approval rates...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 17, 2026 | Business Loans & Financing, Finance
Son Güncelleme / Last Updated: August 17, 2026 Private credit for SMEs has moved from a niche funding option to a mainstream alternative to the bank branch. As banks tighten underwriting and shrink approval rates for smaller, younger companies, private credit funds...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 28, 2026 | Startup, Startup Funding
Startup funding in 2026 is not simply “back” — it is concentrated. US startups have raised roughly $415 billion across more than 4,660 equity rounds so far this year, a 112.93% increase over the same period in 2025, but the capital is clustering into a...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 2, 2026 | Business Loans & Financing, Invoice Factoring
⚡ TL;DRIf a factored customer doesn’t pay under a recourse arrangement (the most common structure), the business must repurchase the invoice or accept a deduction from future advances — meaning the business absorbs the loss on cash it has likely already spent....
