Leaders of Monitor’s Best Companies in the Leadership category discuss how effective leaders contribute to the success and well-being of their teams, organizations and communities by fostering a positive and productive environment.... read more
Jan/Feb 2024
TIAA Bank’s vendor equipment finance team reported increased demand and growth for the first half of 2023, as from January to June, the team’s booked volume increased by 15%, following a 29% increase during the same time period in 2022. read more
AUG 8, 2023 - 6:50 am
TIAA Bank and GE HealthCare extended their vendor equipment finance agreement for at least the next two years. read more
MAR 9, 2023 - 7:16 am
TIAA Bank’s vendor equipment finance team reported a year-over-year jump in new business volume, as booked volume increased 29% from January to June compared with the same period in 2021. read more
AUG 5, 2022 - 7:08 am
As a disrupted supply chain complicates day-to-day operations across a multitude of industries, issues of order fulfillment are a growing concern for those of us in the equipment finance industry. The manufacturers and distributors my team and I work with... read more
February 2022
As the Delta variant threatens to prolong the COVID-19 pandemic era, Monitor asked leaders from four Monitor 100 companies to provide advice for smaller equipment finance players that will help them create resilient portfolios.... read more
Monitor 101 2021
Last spring, when the coronavirus first hit, dentists throughout the U.S. saw their practices devastated. Amid the lockdowns, 76% of dental offices shuttered for all but emergencies, while 19% halted patient visits altogether, according to a survey by the American Dental... read more
February 2021
Megan Sundmaker accepted the role of capital markets relationship manager for TIAA Bank. Sundmaker will oversee the platform’s participation in acquisitions for both small and large equipment portfolios and develop relationships with specialty and captive lessors and bank-owned finance companies. read more
DEC 4, 2020 - 7:33 am
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association revealed the results of its business council steering committee elections, naming the members of the five committees representing key business sectors of the association membership. read more
NOV 24, 2020 - 7:14 am
Jim Kelly, Chris Lemone and Justin Tabone sat down with Monitor for this year’s roundtable, where they discussed how COVID-19 has affected their team and vendor relationships, as well as the changes and predictions they have for the future of the industry in a post-pandemic world.... read more
May/June 2020
According to the ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, overall new business volume for June was $8.9 billion, down 10% year over year from new business volume in June 2019. However, June volume was up 33% from $6.7 billion in May. read more
JUL 24, 2020 - 7:25 am
TIAA Commercial Finance’s vendor equipment finance business will concentrate on its existing healthcare, industrial and capital markets platforms and no longer originate new business in its office products platform, a segment it paused in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. read more
JUN 17, 2020 - 7:35 am
The first decade or so of digital transformation in equipment leasing and financing companies has happened in bespoke fits and starts. But as that work continues into the next ten years, digital coordination with vendors and different industry partners will become even more important.... read more
Nov/Dec 2019
Kimberly Montgomery took over as the new VP/Healthcare Originations leader for TIAA Commercial Finance. She will report to SVP and Originations Group Leader Justin Tabone, who formerly oversaw the same division. read more
JUN 25, 2019 - 7:00 am