From the future of banking in equipment finance and potential affects of the interest rate decrease to Lara Yocarini’s vision for DLL and the factors shaping equipment finance’s shift to subscriptions, these are the top 10 article posted to www.www.www.monitordaily.com in 2024:
- What Does the Future Hold for Banks in Equipment Finance?: Approach the anniversary of the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, Monitor explored how the resulting turmoil in the banking industry has impacted equipment finance. Will banks continue to dominate this industry or are their days numbered?
- 7 Ways the Interest Rate Decrease Will Affect Equipment Financing: The Fed cut interest rates by half a percentage point, which could have a significant impact on the equipment finance industry. Monitor explores seven potential shifts for leaders to keep their eyes on and how to prepare for them.
- Blending Critical Financing and Collaborative Leadership – Lara Yocarini Shares in the Future of DLL: Leveraging her extensive passion for finance, with an emphasis on collaborative leadership, Lara Yocarini, newly-appointed CEO of DLL and chair of the executive board, is already taking critical steps to lead the company into a future focused on enhanced digital capabilities and sustainable asset financing.
- Five Factors Shaping Equipment Finance’s Shift to Subscriptions: The subscription trend is finally coming to equipment finance. John Pearce of Odessa says five factors are shaping this shift, but why is it happening and, more specifically, why is it happening now?
- Equipment Leasing and the Passive Activity Loss Rules: Due to equipment leasing’s status as a per se passive enterprise in U.S. tax law, individuals who want to invest in leased equipment must carefully consider the most tax-efficient structure for their leasing operations.
- The Right Fit at the Right Time – Alerus Financial Adds Dedicated Equipment Finance Team: Looking to grow its commercial and industrial banking segment, leaders of Alerus Financial launched an equipment finance vertical in June 2024, representing the first, full-service equipment finance division in the bank’s history. Brian Scott, who is leading the vertical, has short- and long-term goals in place to establish its value proposition both within the bank and the broader equipment finance sector.
- Three Reasons Equipment Finance Companies Should Embrace Modern Technology: Equipment finance leaders are facing major decisions in the undertaking of modern technology to enhance the customer experience, improve employee retention and become more innovative overall. Though there are risks involved in implementing modern technology, failing to take on these risks will have a negative impact on the longevity and success of a leaders’ business.
- Phelan and Ripes Launch PrivateCap, a New Funding Source for Equipment Finance: Industry veterans Bill Phelan and Barry Ripes sit down with Monitor to discuss the launch of PrivateCap, a new funding platform designed to unlock capital for the equipment finance industry by connecting institutional investors with originators focused on small and mid-market leases and loans.
- Liability and the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge – Are You Protected?: Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, this article covers ways vessel owners or passive-financiers can limit liability in case of a disaster, including regulatory limitations and indemnity language in lease or loan documentation.
- Equipment Finance and Banking – Forever Together?: Scott Nelson, president and chief technology officer of Tamarack Technology, sat down with Bob Rinaldi, CLFP, CEO of Rinaldi Advisory Services, to discuss how banks can not only understand, but enter into and succeed within the equipment finance industry.
