Funding partner (lender or MCA provider)
- Decides approval and pricing
- Writes the contract you sign
- Collects remittances or payments
- Owns underwriting risk rules
Trident (broker)
- Helps you apply and prepare documents
- Explains terms and comparison questions
- Matches you toward partners that fit the file
- Does not make credit decisions or extend capital itself
Compensation
How we get paid.
Merchants pay Trident no fee to apply or to receive matches. When a funding partner completes a transaction that we helped introduce, that partner typically compensates us. That model should be on the table from the first conversation.