With uncertainty clouding markets and customer demands evolving fast, top vendor finance leaders share how they’re adapting — balancing risk, embracing digital and unlocking new value for partners.... read more

May/June 2025

As the equipment finance industry navigates an evolving financial landscape, funding source executives provide their insights on the funding climate, credit appetite, macroeconomic influences and best practices for brokers and independent finance companies.... read more

March/April 2025

Equipment finance leaders from Amur, Verdant and Stonebriar reveal how technology-driven service models and specialized capital flows are giving independents a competitive edge against traditional banks. As AI infrastructure, construction and energy sectors top their ‘hot lists’ for 2025, these executives share an optimistic outlook despite economic uncertainties.... read more

March/April 2025

As all angles of innovation and technology continue to dominate industry conversations, Monitor sat down with three leaders of technology companies to discuss best practices for staying up to date with and implementing emerging tech to drive innovation in equipment finance.... read more

July/August 2024

Four Monitor 101+ leaders reflect on the past 18 months in a discussion about prominent industry concerns, sharing their perspectives on originations activity, the interest rate environment, credit quality and delinquencies.... read more

July/August 2024

Monitor checks in with four vendor finance leaders on the state of the market today and how it continues to evolve. They discuss the top challenges faced by their vendor partners and share their outlooks for the year ahead.... read more

May/June 2024

A sample of Monitor’s NextGen honorees outline their perspectives on personal and professional development, talent acquisition and the current push for automation, artificial intelligence and other technologies.... read more

May/June 2024

Equipment finance is in dire need of fresh perspectives, and who better to turn to for this essential, out-of- the-box thinking than the next generation of leaders? Matt Diehl caught up with NextGen attendees of Monitor’s Converge 2024 conference to discuss what they need from senior leaders to be successful, as well as their thoughts on what is currently — and what will soon be — important for the industry.... read more

May/June 2024

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