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Small-business financing, measured and sourced.
Reports and data tracking merchant cash advances and the wider small-business credit market. Every figure carries the source, period and sample behind it, so it can be checked and cited.
The first report is in preparation. Its figures will be charted here, each carrying a date and its sources.
§ 01 · Reports
Published reports
The first report is in preparation. New reports will show up here, with a date, the sources, the method and a citation block.
Method
How the figures are produced
Every benchmark states the variable it reports (factor rate, advance size, term, holdback), its unit, the period covered and the sample it was drawn from. Any figure that has no stated sample is labeled illustrative and should not be read as a measurement.