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
Paul Fogle of Quality Leasing, Terey Jennings of Financial Pacific Leasing and David Lee of North Mill Equipment Finance sit down for a roundtable discussion centered on brokers, providing insights into why they work with third-party originators and what it takes to be a top notch broker. ... read more
Vol. 48 No. 6 2021
Working from home has become the norm for a large portion of the U.S. population over the last 16 months. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to (hopefully) subside, companies now need to determine what the future of the workplace looks like. ... read more
Monitor 100 2021
How would the equipment finance industry look if NextGen leaders were running the show? In part two of a series, several NextGen leaders share the priorities that would top their lists as CEO and provide advice for the old guard on how to build the most diverse and inclusive leadership bench.... read more
Monitor 100 2021
The leaders of five top equipment finance companies have a conversation with Eric McGriff, founder and president of Pinnacle Advisory Services, regarding their respective leadership challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have emerged on the back-end of the crisis.... read more
Monitor 100 2021
Leaders of three top private independents share the biggest challenges their companies faced in 2020 and discuss how their cost and access to capital fared over the last year. As the economy emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic with pent-up demand and new infrastructure spending projects on the horizon, they agree 2021 looks bullish for the industry. ... read more
May 2021