Monitor sat down with four notable leaders to assess the state of the funding source space, as Paul Fogle, Dave Lyder, Deborah Monosson and Adam Peterson check in on current deal flow, challenges lenders are facing, concerns about credit quality and the rise of fraud, and how geopolitical and banking turmoil are impacting their businesses.... read more

Mar/Apr 2024

With banks pulling back from equipment finance, what does the landscape look like for independents? Brian Holland, Steve O’Leary and Bill Stephenson weigh in on the cost of capital and the rise of private credit and provide an outlook for the year ahead.... read more

Mar/Apr 24

Monitor checked in with four technology leaders to learn more about how AI is impacting the industry and which technology is table stakes today. They also share one vital message for equipment finance leaders.... read more

Sept/Oct 2023

The Monitor checked in with representatives from Mitsubishi HC Capital America about their thoughts on the current state of the economy, how equipment finance companies can navigate through uncertainty and more.... read more

Monitor 100+ 2023

Representatives from Amur Equipment Finance, NFS Leasing and SLR Equipment Finance share their thoughts on how a rising rate environment, geopolitical events and other factors are affecting deal flow, the cost and availability of capital and more. ... read more

Mar/Apr 2023

Over the last few years, a global pandemic, geopolitical atrocities, rising inflation and many other factors have made the equipment finance landscape even more difficult to traverse, particularly for independents. However, companies like Auxilior Capital Partners, Dext Capital, North Mill Equipment Finance and SLR Equipment Finance have shown what it takes to do more than survive. ... read more

Monitor 100 2022

Ten industry leaders sat down with Monitor to discuss the emerging and necessary changes that will be made in the equipment finance industry and how great leadership can contribute to, respond to and implement those changes.... read more

Monitor 100 2022

A sufficient cybersecurity response to threats is on everybody’s radar, and rightly so, but as with many things in life, it’s a task easier said than done. Monitor caught up with three technology leaders to discuss what their companies are doing to answer the call for solid cybersecurity in their product offerings and beyond. ... read more

May/June 2022

In a Q&A, Michael Baez of Leasepath, Diane Croessmann of The Alta Group, Scott Nelson of Tamarack Technology, Sean Scampton of Leasepath and William Verhelle of Innovation Finance USA give their take on why companies are hesitant to embrace new technology tools in the U.S. equipment finance marketplace. ... read more

May/June 2022

The vendor finance world has been shaken up by many challenges over the last couple years, including supply chain shortages, inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic, a continually evolving market and increasing interest rates. Monitor spoke with vendor finance leaders to get some perspective on these unprecedented fluctuations.... read more

May/June 2022

Independents have more freedom than their regulated counterparts, but that doesn’t mean they are immune to the fluctuations of the marketplace. In an exclusive Q&A with Monitor, leaders from Liberty Commercial Finance, GreatAmerica Financial Services, Financial Partners Group and Verdant Commercial Capital discuss how they’re navigating toward success in today’s environment.... read more

Mar/Apr 2022

Carl Chrappa of The Alta Group sits down with colleagues Ian Robertson from Europe and Juan Neil Dodds from Latin America to discuss the forces asset managers will face in 2022 across the globe, including supply chain disruption, inflation and secondary market considerations and the rapid development of technology.... read more

Jan/Feb 2022

Equipment finance companies, for the most part, are only scratching the surface of innovating with digital technology. Leaders from several members of Monitor’s Most Innovative Companies list discuss how advancing the industry will require changing the way we think about and lead our businesses.... read more

Jan/Feb 2022

Ellen Comeaux of TIAA Bank, Chris Craft of 1st Source Bank, David A. Normandin of Wintrust Specialty Finance and John Wolfe of M&T Bank sifted through the challenges and opportunities of 2021 to provide the bank perspective on the equipment finance industry. ... read more

Vol. 48 No. 7 2021

Mike Applegate of TimeValue Software, Jay Mehra of Odessa and Ryan Pereira of TAO Solutions joined Monitor for a roundtable discussion about remote/hybrid working conditions, cyber security and what innovations the near-future may hold. ... read more

Vol. 48 No. 6 2021