October 15, 2026 | Written by Lauren Ethridge

Four Business Risk Signals Standard KYB Vendors Miss

Our last piece covered the Confidence Gap: the distance between having data on a business and being ready to act on it. Closing the gap at approval was the subject then. Keeping it closed is the harder job, because every business you approve keeps changing.

September 8, 2026 | Written by Lauren Ethridge

What Is Business Monitoring? Moving Beyond One-Time KYB Checks

Our last piece covered the Confidence Gap: the distance between having data on a business and being ready to act on it. Closing the gap at approval was the subject then. Keeping it closed is the harder job, because every business you approve keeps changing.

July 15, 2026 | Written by Lauren Ethridge

Verdata Joins FICO Marketplace to Help Financial Institutions Strengthen Small Business Decisioning

ATLANTA, July 6, 2026 — Verdata, a provider of small- and medium-sized business (SMB) data and risk insights for financial institutions and fintechs, today announced a strategic partnership with FICO, a global analytics software leader, through which Verdata’s solutions will be available on FICO® Marketplace. As financial institutions, payment providers, and fintechs expand their SMB portfolios, […]