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Merit Business Funding vs Straight Line Source
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| Attribute | Merit Business Funding | Straight Line Source Partner |
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| Lender type | Direct funder | Direct funder |
| Products offered | MCA | MCA, Working capital, Term loan, Line of credit, SBA, Equipment, Invoice financing, Payroll, Card processing |
| Published amounts | Up to $500K | $10K – $2.5M |
| Pricing basis | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Published rate | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Disclosed fees | Not disclosed | No factor rate or fee schedule published. Site claims pricing is "fully transparent" and that all fees and rates are shown before commitment, but publishes no number. |
| Repayment frequency | Variable with revenue | Not disclosed |
| Term length | 3–12 months | Not disclosed |
| Minimum credit score | 575 | 500 |
| Minimum time in business | 1 yr | 6 mo |
| Minimum monthly revenue | $20K/mo | $10K/mo |
| Collateral required | No | No |
| Personal guarantee | No | Not disclosed |
| States excluded | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Industries excluded | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Speed to fund | Within one business day | ~24 hours |
| Speed conditions | 'of receipt of your application and supporting documents' | "Once approved, funds can hit your account within 24 hours—often the same business day." |
| Headquarters | Not disclosed | Uniondale, NY |
| Established | 2022 | Not disclosed |
| Next step | Enquire Review | Enquire Review |
Rates on this page are not directly comparable unless the pricing basis matches. A factor rate of 1.30 and an APR of 30% are different measures of different things — a factor rate is a multiple of the amount advanced with no time dimension, an APR is annualised. Read the pricing basis row before comparing the rate row.