Lending & credit brokers

FinCEN MSB rows landed here — they are not money-transmitter licenses

Lending and credit is 15,083 rows in the 3 Oct 2026, 21:23 PKT snapshot (index 4,472,208). Many sample firms carry a FinCEN MSB badge because those registrants were filed in this category. There is no dedicated money-services URL, and this page does not create one.

Two MSB files are loaded, and they are not the same extract. The FinCEN MSB Registrant Search public export is 32,360 rows. The OpenSanctions MSB extract is 16,610 rows. The loan-broker table (15,044) is mostly that OpenSanctions file. FinCEN states that inclusion in the MSB Registrant Search is not a recommendation, a certification of legitimacy, or an endorsement.

Confirm a registration number at https://msb.fincen.gov/. State money-transmitter licenses are a different regime and are not this list. A U.S. mortgage license is checked at https://www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org/. The mortgage hub’s rendered table is Nova Scotia open data, not NMLS: https://brokermafia.com/mortgage-broker/.

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Verticals in this category

Offline firm-page counts by vertical (build-time). Only hubs with indexed firms are linked — per BrokerMafia silo rules.

• Loan Broker — General loan brokerage across consumer and commercial credit. (15,044 indexed)
• Reverse Mortgage Broker — HECM and reverse-mortgage brokerage for seniors. (250 indexed)
• Business Loan Broker — SME and business-term loan brokerage. (250 indexed)
• Equipment Financing Broker — Equipment lease and loan brokerage. (250 indexed)
• Asset-Based Lending Broker — ABL and borrowing-base facility brokerage. (250 indexed)
• Aircraft Finance Broker — Aircraft loan and lease brokerage. (250 indexed)
• Marine Finance Broker — Yacht and vessel finance brokerage. (250 indexed)
• Debt Settlement Broker — Debt settlement and restructuring brokerage. (250 indexed)
• Venture Debt Broker — Venture debt and growth-credit brokerage for startups. (250 indexed)
• Equipment Lease Broker — Equipment Lease Broker desks indexed from public registry remaps and name signals. (250 indexed)
• Mortgage Broker — Residential mortgage brokers connecting borrowers to wholesale lenders. (181 indexed)
• Merchant Cash Advance Broker — MCA and revenue-based advance brokerage. (80 indexed)
• Floorplan Finance Broker — Floorplan Finance Broker desks indexed from public registry remaps and name signals. (80 indexed)
• HELOC Broker — HELOC Broker desks indexed from public registry remaps and name signals. (80 indexed)
• Hard Money Broker — Hard-money and private-money lending brokerage. (40 indexed)
• Bridge Loan Broker — Short-term bridge and transitional loan brokerage. (40 indexed)
• Auto Loan Broker — Auto and vehicle loan brokerage. (40 indexed)
• Student Loan Broker — Student and education loan brokerage. (40 indexed)
• Personal Loan Broker — Unsecured personal loan brokerage networks. (40 indexed)
• Private Credit Broker — Private Credit Broker desks indexed from public registry remaps and name signals. (34 indexed)
• SBA Loan Broker — SBA and government-guaranteed loan brokerage. (15 indexed)
• Commercial Mortgage Broker — Commercial real-estate mortgage and CMBS brokerage. (12 indexed)
• Mezzanine Finance Broker — Mezzanine and subordinated debt brokerage. (9 indexed)
• Invoice Factoring Broker — Factoring and invoice-finance brokerage. (4 indexed)
• Syndicated Loan Broker — Syndicated loan arrangement and secondary brokerage. (2 indexed)
• Trade Credit Broker — Trade credit insurance and receivable finance brokerage. (1 indexed)
• Construction Loan Broker — Construction Loan Broker desks indexed from public registry remaps and name signals. (1 indexed)
• Fix-and-Flip Loan Broker — Fix-and-Flip Loan Broker desks indexed from public registry remaps and name signals. (1 indexed)

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Brokers in this category (36)

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How this category fits the index

Lending & credit on BrokerMafia covers mortgage, commercial credit, hard money, equipment finance, and specialty lending brokers indexed from public registrant lists. BrokerMafia groups verticals so buyers can move from market → desk type → firm profile → compare, without mistaking a directory row for a license certificate. Offline firm totals on this page refresh when stats are rebuilt — never via live SQL on page hit.

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Mortgage versus commercial credit

Mortgage and commercial mortgage hubs emphasize residential or commercial origination desks. Broader loan-broker tags often come from FinCEN MSB extracts — confirm activity scope on the register.

What a listing does not prove

Index presence is not a lending license, NMLS confirmation, credit decision, or recommendation. Match the legal name and re-check the issuing authority for your product and state.

Regional coverage

Coverage follows ingested public extracts (including archived Nova Scotia mortgage open data where present). Gaps are honest: paid or lookup-only regimes are not invented.

Buyer workflow

Decide whether you need residential mortgage, commercial mortgage, equipment finance, or broader loan-broker tagging. Open the matching vertical, shortlist two or three firms, and re-check NMLS or state lender/broker licenses where applicable. FinCEN MSB presence is not a mortgage license.

Honest product boundaries

Merchant cash advance, hard money, and invoice factoring desks may sit beside traditional mortgage brokers in this category group. Tags help navigation; they do not collapse different consumer-protection regimes into one approval.

Consumer protection reminder

Lending intermediaries sit under state and federal consumer-protection regimes that BrokerMafia does not administer. A directory hit is a starting point for license re-check — never a credit decision, APR quote, or ability-to-repay analysis.

How to shortlist in lending & credit

Separate residential mortgage, commercial mortgage, equipment finance, and broader loan-broker tags before you shortlist. Compare two or three firms, then re-check NMLS or state lender/broker licenses where your product requires them. FinCEN MSB presence alone is not a mortgage license.

Related verticals deep-dive

Mortgage and reverse-mortgage hubs emphasize origination desks. Equipment financing, asset-based lending, and merchant-cash-advance tags sit beside traditional mortgage brokers in this category — useful for navigation, not for collapsing different consumer-protection regimes.

Geography and source notes

Coverage follows ingested public extracts, including archived regional mortgage open data where present. State gaps are honest: paid or lookup-only regimes are not invented as directory depth.

Expected filters

Name, region/state, source, vertical, product type (mortgage / commercial / equipment).

Primary data sources

• FinCEN MSB registrant list
• Nova Scotia Mortgage Broker/Lender Open Data (archived)

BrokerMafia is an index layer. The named authority remains the source of truth.

What this does not prove

BrokerMafia does not prove that a firm is currently authorized, solvent, insured for your load or account, or suitable for your risk. We do not provide legal, financial, insurance, or investment advice. Presence in the index is not a recommendation.

Customer journey

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