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Secured Research and Data Solutions, a Monitor/ABF Journal joint venture, is pleased to present the 2024 Secured Finance Industry Technology Survey, sponsored by Solifi. We invite you to review the limited release of this research below and to access the... read more

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After 36 years, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) CEO and president, Ralph Petta has announced his retirement. Having seen nearly four decades at the ELFA, once known as the American Association of Equipment Lenders, Petta admits he hadn’t the... read more

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Supporting bank relationships is the centerpiece of Key Equipment Finance’s new go-to-market strategy, which fueled the bank’s recent decision to exit its commercial and municipal vendor finance business. “We had a very successful commercial vendor business that had been with... read more

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When building out the branding for Monitor’s two-day 50th anniversary celebration, the Monitor team wanted to make sure what the event was called reflected its purpose as well as the current moment in equipment finance. Converge emerged as the perfect... read more

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One of Martha Ahlers’ top priorities as president of United Leasing & Finance is the growth of the organization. But Ahlers doesn’t believe business growth comes from an unceasing obsession with hitting sales milestones. Rather, she says growth is a... read more

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Like most banks, Prime Alliance Bank sent an email to provide assurance to customers the week Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. However, Michael Ward, president and CEO of Prime Alliance, went a bit further, including his personal cell phone number and... read more

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Oakmont Capital Services has been a consistent force in the equipment finance industry since 1998, when Joe Leonard joined forces with Megan Zoba to start the company on a foundation of brokering transactions while building a portfolio. As a founding... read more

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Ever since Global Jet Capital acquired GE Capital’s business aviation financing portfolio in 2015, Vivek Kaushal has been instrumental in the growth of the business, becoming CEO in 2021 and leading the company to a spot on the Monitor 100... read more

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INTRODUCTION This is a new column for the Monitor and a new approach to Monitor articles. The premise is to present a slice in the life of a leasing sales person, so this column will feature common (yet fictional) conversations... read more

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The dominoes are beginning to fall. Late last year California and Virginia became the first states in the nation to implement commercial finance disclosure laws, with Utah following in January. Now it’s New York’s turn, with its version to take... read more

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Continuous learning is vital for thriving in our rapidly changing world, but not everyone learns the same way. With so many things changing, so much to learn and so many ways to learn, how might we innovate the adult learning... read more

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What do generational differences in the workplace look like? There are stereotypes about the baby boomer, millennial and Gen Z generations in the workplace and how they interact, with one labeled entitled and lazy and the other labeled stuck in... read more

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The transportation industry is in the midst of a significant technological shift with a variety of new powertrain options being vetted by fleets. Two of the most promising are battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell. As vehicles with these powertrains... read more

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The question is as old as the wheel — “How can technology augment or improve the customer experience?” The answer is just as old — “Solve a problem that matters.” Technology is a tool used by innovators, designers and product... read more

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Equipment and financing companies have always known that their customers are more than a number. There’s a story, a relationship and a reason customers are in business. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a surge of empathy... read more