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My Funder Says I Breached by Changing Bank Accounts. Is That Real?

Read, justify, pay, answer, fold in.

Yes, your contract probably requires a specified account. No, moving banks doesn't hand funders a blank check. Breach claims need damages, and documented moves with continued payment deflate fast.

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By SKA Law Group Updated September 2026 3 min read 4 firms reviewed
#1
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Delancey Street

Delancey Street does business debt and nothing else. Settled over $100M, most of it MCA. You pay zero until a deal exists.

Account-change breach claims are leverage mail, not litigation. Funders send them because owners panic and pay. Documented moves with continued fair payment turn the same letter into a negotiation footnote.

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Stories From Real People

I Deflate Account-Change Breach Claims Monthly.

Owners forward breach letters about changed bank accounts, frightened by acceleration threats. I explain the clause is real but the claim needs damages, and documented moves deflate fast. Letters threaten. Proof decides. Here's the deflation sequence.

The clause gets quoted first, exactly. Specified-account provisions, change-of-account notice requirements, consent language. I read what the contract actually demands versus what the letter claims. Letters overclaim routinely. Contracts gate narrowly. Quote precisely.

Breach elements get tested second. Valid clause, actual violation, resulting damages: funders prove the first two and skip the third. Changed accounts with continued payment cause no harm. I demand damage proof in writing. Demanded proof rarely arrives. No damages, no claim. Test all three.

Move reasons get documented third. Bank closures, fee spirals, frozen accounts, safety concerns: legitimate reasons memorialized with dates and records. I build the move timeline with supporting paper. Justified moves defend. Panicked moves explain. Documented reasons persuade. Write the timeline.

Prior notice gets proven fourth where it exists. Emails informing the funder, new account details offered, debit authorization extended to new rails. Noticed moves show good faith. Good faith defeats bad-faith narratives. I produce notice records. Produced notice calms judges. Prove notice.

Continued payment gets shown fifth. Fair sums tendered from new accounts, payment records compiled, reconciliation amounts offered. Owners who kept paying fairly owe little more. I compile tender histories. Histories prove performance. Performance defeats breach. Show the money.

Their duties get raised sixth. Reconciliation obligations, adjustment duties, good-faith requirements: funder breaches offset owner breaches. I plead their violations alongside denials. Offset realities discount claims. Mutual breach negotiates. Their dirt matters. Raise it.

Cure gets tendered seventh. New-account authorization offered, missed debits made up, going-forward compliance pledged in writing. Cured breaches legally vanish under most provisions. I tender cure formally. Formal cures close claims. Close them.

Acceleration gets challenged eighth. Full-balance demands over account changes are disproportionate remedies. I challenge the math and the proportionality. Courts trim overreaching remedies. Trimmed claims settle reasonably. Disproportion fails. Challenge always.

Absorption closes ninth. Breach claims fold into the global settlement: released with everything else, no separate premium paid. I refuse breach surcharges categorically. Refused surcharges vanish. Vanished claims close. Fold everything.

Breach claimed, deflate it: quote, test, document, prove, show, raise, tender, challenge, absorb. Defend your move before the letter becomes a lawsuit. One more thing: never confess breach in writing. Admissions arm funders. Denials force proof. Deny specifically.

The 2026 Rankings

So we looked at four firms that do this kind of work. Here's how they all stack up against each other, and what each one is realistically going to cost you.

2
Best for Asset-Heavy Restructuring

Second Wind Consultants

Second Wind doesn't negotiate. They reorganize. Different animal.

Their tool is the Article 9 sale. The law splits a good business off its killer debt. Legal and brutal both. Funders hate it, and that tells you plenty.

Fit runs narrow. Two advances, no assets, nothing to grip. They'll say so themselves.

Priced per deal. Numbers aren't published. Expect a talk, not a menu.

Strengths

  • Article 9 sales, the specialty
  • Not bankruptcy, if the business is sound
  • Long time in the game

Considerations

  • Overkill for a plain stack
  • No prices upfront
3
Longest Operating History

Corporate Turnaround

Corporate Turnaround opened in 1998. Older than the MCA industry. In a trade where firms vanish yearly, that run counts.

They do structured repayment plans. Good with vendor debt and trade debt both.

Slow by design. A daily debit killing you this month won't wait on a 12-month plan.

MCA runs thin here next to the specialists above. Wrong room for a stack.

Strengths

  • Around since 1998
  • Vendor and trade debt, solid

Considerations

  • Plans take months
  • MCA is the sideline
4
Budget Option

CuraDebt Business

CuraDebt leads consumer, takes business on the side. Know it going in.

Reason they're listed: cheapest way in. Small balance, the price can make sense.

One small advance, no suit filed, could be all you need.

Served on a confession, scroll to number one. Different problem, different tool.

Strengths

  • Takes small balances
  • Easy to reach, been around

Considerations

  • Business is the side gig
  • Thin on MCA specifics

Side-By-Side Comparison

Company Best For MCA Expertise Fee Model Attorney Involvement
Second Wind Consultants Asset-heavy restructuring Article 9 only Transaction-based Through deal counsel
Corporate Turnaround Vendor & trade debt Thin Program fees No
CuraDebt Business Smaller debt loads Very thin Percentage of enrolled debt No

Fees vary by case. Confirm terms before you sign anything.

Changed Banks: The Short Version

Real clause, weak claim, documented defense.

  • Clause usually exists. Specified-account terms. Common.
  • Breach needs harm. No damages, no teeth. Read clauses.
  • Their duties remain. Reconciliation owed. Regardless.
  • Moves have reasons. Closures, fees, safety. Documented.
  • Notice cures much. Told them first. Good faith.
  • Payments continue. Fair amounts paid. New rails.
  • Claims negotiate. Breach folds in. Deals absorb.
  • Paper beats claims. Documented moves defend. Always.

The Breach Defense

Accused to absorbed.

Breach timeline SEVERITY INCREASES → 1 CLAUSE Read DAY 1 Quoted 2 WHY Justified DAYS Shown 3 TENDER Paid WEEKS Sent 4 DENY Answered WEEKS Denied 5 ABSORB Folded END Gone
Weeks of letters. Absorption at settlement.
  • Stage 1: Read. Clause quoted. Scope parsed.
  • Stage 2: Justified. Reasons documented. Notice shown.
  • Stage 3: Paid. Fair sums sent. New rails.
  • Stage 4: Answered. Breach denied. Defenses raised.
  • Stage 5: Folded. Claim absorbed. Deal closed.

Breach Claims Vs Law

Claims deflated.

Funder claimRealityYour answer
Material breach Needs damages proven Demand damage proof
Blocked debits New rails offered Show payment records
Bad faith move Reasons documented Produce the timeline
Full acceleration Disproportionate remedy Challenge the math
Default interest Contract-gated Audit the rate
No cure allowed Cure usually available Tender cure now

Breach without harm settles cheap.

Answer Vs Panic

$100K accelerated claim.

Breach cost Answered + settled ~$20-35K total Panicked full pay ~$70-100K Accelerated + sued $100K+ fees $0 $40K $80K $120K $160K
Ballpark on $100K claimed. Panic pays most.

Accused? Answer This

Five answers that work.

  1. 1
    Quote the clause.

    Exact language. Parsed.

  2. 2
    Document reasons.

    Timeline written. Filed.

  3. 3
    Keep paying fairly.

    Tenders sent. Recorded.

  4. 4
    Deny specifically.

    Written answer. Served.

  5. 5
    Fold into deal.

    Claim absorbed. Settled.

What We Keep Seeing

Breach-claim files, the patterns.

  • Clauses exist. Specified accounts. Standard.
  • Harm rarely shown. Damages demanded. Seldom proven.
  • Payment deflates. Tendered sums kill. Claims.
  • Deals absorb. Breach folds in. Always.

How Business Debt Settlement Works

01

Case Review

Someone reads the file before quoting anything. Contracts, statements, UCC filings. Built from documents, not your memory of signing.

02

Stop The Debits

Reconciliation goes in first, in writing, done right. The daily debit is killing the business, so it gets handled first.

03

Negotiate

Each position worked alone. Weak leverage on their end means low numbers on yours.

04

Paper It

Docs signed, liens killed, judgments handled. File the UCC-3. A deal without paperwork is a discount with a clock on it.

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