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The Equipment Lease Was the Last Easy Credit. It Is Not Any More

Small companies that could not get a bank line could always finance a machine, because the machine secured itself. Lenders are now discovering how thin that collateral is when a sector turns.

By Cory Chamberlain · August 19, 2026

Markets

Private Credit's Growth Is Slowing. Its Influence Is Not

The asset class that ate corporate lending is maturing. What it built while growing is now permanent market structure.

By Daniel Okafor · August 10, 2026

Money

Buy Now, Pay Later Grows Up and Gets Reported

Installment lending at the checkout spent years invisible to the credit system. As it becomes reportable, both the lenders and the borrowers are discovering what visibility costs.

By Daniel Okafor · August 6, 2026