{
  "id": 232049,
  "title": "Cash-strapped borrowers turn to scrip",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/cash-strapped-borrowers-turn-to-scrip",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T18:42:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
    "slug": "semafor",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/08/06/2026/cash-strapped-borrowers-turn-to-scrip"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Boston Fed found that over the past four years “pay-in-kind” arrangements rose from 6% to 10% of portfolios at the most common type of private-credit fund, known as a BDC.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}