Commercial borrowing by small- and medium-sized businesses in Canada declined 2% in Q3/14, marking the third straight quarter of loss, according to a PayNet data release. read more

NOV 19, 2014 - 7:17 am

Societe Generale Equipment Finance announced the appointment of Jochen Jehmlich as deputy chief executive officer, effective on November 1st, 2014. read more

NOV 5, 2014 - 7:10 am

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing went live with SunGard’s Ambit Asset Finance solution to support their service extension to clients in the U.S. read more

OCT 31, 2014 - 2:22 pm

A consortium of investors has reached an agreement to purchase Porterbrook Rail Finance, one of three major rolling stock leasing companies in the UK. read more

OCT 13, 2014 - 7:30 am

UK Green Investment Bank and De Lage Landen announced a new $82 million funding alliance to curb energy waste and reduce costs at British hospitals. read more

SEP 26, 2014 - 7:42 am

The National Business Review reported that GE Capital is selling its New Zealand and Australian consumer finance businesses. read more

SEP 12, 2014 - 7:29 am

PayNet releases AbsolutePD, for Canadian commercial lenders to provide forward looking probabilities of default on each borrower where financial statements or tax returns are unavailable. read more

SEP 9, 2014 - 2:35 pm

Reuters reported that Macquarie Group and Orix are among a group of companies exploring binding offers for the $5 billion aircraft portfolio being sold by lessor Awas. read more

SEP 5, 2014 - 7:14 am

Guyana Goldfields announced the signing of a $185 million financing agreement to support the construction of the Aurora Gold Project. Cat Financial was said to be a member of the syndicate of senior lenders that provided the financing. read more

SEP 4, 2014 - 7:13 am

Leaseurope and Invigors EMEA have published the results of their European Business Confidence Survey. The results confirm the optimism evident at the beginning of the year. read more

AUG 26, 2014 - 7:22 am

The Leasing Foundation announced it established the European CEO of the Year award to recognize the contributions of an outstanding leasing and asset finance leader. It named 11 nominees, to be awarded Oct. 3, 2014. read more

AUG 15, 2014 - 7:11 am

Reuters reported that aircraft leasing firm Avolon is in talks with China’s sovereign wealth fund about a possible takeover by the fund for $4 billion to $5 billion including debt. read more

AUG 12, 2014 - 7:20 am

The IASB issued IFRS 9 which forms part of the body’s response to the global financial crisis. The provision will require firms to recognize full lifetime expect losses at an earlier stage. read more

AUG 5, 2014 - 7:22 am

According to Bloomberg, China is encouraging financial institutions with aircraft-leasing businesses to look for opportunities overseas for expansion and fund raising. read more

JUL 29, 2014 - 7:00 am

According to Fitch Ratings, any U.S. congressional vote that winds down the Export Import Bank of the U.S. would be manageable for aircraft lessors given the availability of other financing alternatives. read more

JUL 16, 2014 - 7:02 am