By signing, each of the above listed business and business owners/officer(s) (individually and/or collectively, “you”) authorize Shield Funding Corp. (“Shield”) and each of its representatives, successors, assigns, designees and finance providers with whom Shield has, or may in the future enter into, brokerage relationships (“Recipients”), to: (1) obtain consumer, business and investigative reports and other information about you, including credit pulls (hard or soft), from one or more consumer reporting agencies, such as TransUnion, Experian and Equifax; (2) obtain credit card processor statements and bank statements from banks, creditors and other third parties; (3) obtain the release, by any creditor or financial institution, of any information relating to you, to any Recipients; (4) transmit this application form, along with any of the foregoing information obtained in connection with this application, to any Recipients; and (5) contact you via e-mail, call and/or text-message at the e-mail address and/or phone number provided above, or at any e-mail address and/or phone number reasonably identified as belonging to you, including wireless numbers (if applicable), even if listed on a Do-Not-Call registry, using an automated telephone dialing system or other similar system with respect to this application, future-related commercial-financing opportunities and/or other lawful telemarketing purposes.