U.S. franchise brands are increasingly providing financial performance data to prospective investors and lenders, helping create more transparency for prospective franchise owners and greater access to capital from lenders, according to a new report by FRANdata conducted for the Franchise Education and Research Foundation. The report shows franchise companies are increasingly seeing the value of disclosing certain financial information to prospective investors and lenders under “Item 19” in their Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), without the regulatory requirement to do so.