Tony Cracchiolo, president and CEO of U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, announced that he will retire in July. According to a U.S. Bank spokesperson, the bank will begin a search for a new leader of its equipment finance business in the coming months. read more

APR 11, 2024 - 6:50 am

Patricia Voorhees of The Alta Group will share insights about climate equipment finance at the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s 2023 Credit and Collections Management Conference, which will be held June 7 to June 9. read more

JUN 5, 2023 - 7:02 am

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Nov/Dec 2021

This year’s ranking of the Monitor’s top 40 players in the vendor channel illustrates an almost even split in performance, with 19 respondents reporting net gains and 21 posting declines. With collective vendor channel originations of $39,958.8 million, the group performed better than many anticipated this time last year with a net decline of 3.2%.... read more

Vol. 48 No. 3 2021

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association released a detailed agenda for Emergence2021 LIVE!, a virtual leadership program to be held on July 14 for emerging talent in the equipment finance industry. read more

JUL 1, 2021 - 6:48 am

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association unveiled details about ELFA Credit & Collections Management LIVE!, an interactive virtual conference that will be held June 7 to June 8 and focus on "managing risk in a new world.” read more

MAY 18, 2021 - 6:17 am

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association revealed plans for ELFA Legal Forum LIVE!, an interactive virtual event that will be held on May 4 and May 5. read more

APR 6, 2021 - 2:44 pm

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

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association named its new board of directors, with Kristine A. Snow, president of Cisco System Capital, as the association’s new board chair and Michael DiCecco, president of Huntington Equipment Finance, as its new chair-elect. read more

OCT 28, 2020 - 7:48 am

Monitor Live+ Beyond the Curve: The Great Reset from Collections to Repossessions offered valuable takeaways for the industry, offering a legal perspective on the topics of collection, litigation and recovery efforts in a post-pandemic climate.  read more

JUN 25, 2020 - 7:03 am

The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation added 30 new CLFPs through two online Academies for Lease & Finance Professionals, which were originally scheduled to be in-person events but were moved to a digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more

JUN 22, 2020 - 7:02 am

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association released information on two new webinars scheduled for June and July, including topics on managing sales tax and addressing unconscious bias.  read more

JUN 17, 2020 - 7:26 am

Statistical data provided by EDA showed the top 20 lenders in an industry group encompassing agriculture, construction, lift trucks, logging equipment, machine tools, office equipment, printing, trucking and woodworking, in the aggregate, filed financing statements covering a total of 23,811 equipment related filings during the month of September 2018. read more

NOV 1, 2018 - 6:55 am

Methods Machine Tools hired Matthew Sheehan as its director of financial services. Sheehan joined from U.S. Bank Equipment Finance where he was vice president and relationship manager. read more

AUG 9, 2018 - 7:00 am

In a Q&A with Monitor, top vendor finance leaders — Jeff Berg from DLL, Anthony Cracchiolo from U.S. Bank Equipment Finance and Jim Kelly from Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services — rate 2017 and provide an outlook for the year ahead. They examine how customer needs have changed over the last five years and share the innovative approaches their companies have employed to keep vendor partners, and end-users, satisfied.... read more

May/June 2018