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CHICAGO, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEWITY, a financial technology company transforming how small businesses access capital, today announced its $11M strategic investment led by CMT Digital. The capital will be used to scale its AI-driven lending infrastructure and to connect small business credit with blockchain-enabled capital markets.The move positions NEWITY to address a critical market failure: while small businesses represent 99.9% of U.S. firms and employ nearly half the nation's workforce, they face a $350 billion annual funding shortfall. By combining AI-powered underwriting with blockchain-ready capital market infrastructure, NEWITY aims to close that gap at scale while fully adhering to regulatory and compliance requirements.NEWITY has already empowered more than 125,000 businesses to secure $12 billion in SBA loans while slashing funding timelines to one-third of the national average. Their recent launch of Growth Term Loans expanded access across the small business spectrum. Now, the company is deploying breakthrough technology to scale its impact exponentially.Scaling AI‐Driven Origination and Expanding Capital AccessThe investment will expand two key capabilities: scaling NEWITY's AI-first underwriting platform to further streamline loan origination and building infrastructure to connect small business credit with blockchain-enabled capital ...Full story available on Benzinga.com