Equify Financial added Dan Krajewski to its executive team as executive vice president. Krajewski will implement the expansion of Equify’s small-ticket dealer/vendor channel equipment finance business and the company’s capital markets development. read more

SEP 13, 2022 - 7:44 am

Great American Insurance Group added the power of API technology to its insurance programs for commercial equipment finance. read more

SEP 9, 2022 - 7:39 am

First Citizens Bank launched a middle-market banking unit to support the financial needs and goals of midsized businesses across the Southeast. read more

SEP 7, 2022 - 7:35 am

Manufactured, a manufacturing, finance and distribution company, raised $13 million from Tenacity Venture Capital and TriplePoint Capital to expand its inventory financing solution for consumer brands. Zara Ivanova, newly hired head of finance at Manufactured, is spearheading this new initiative. read more

SEP 2, 2022 - 7:19 am

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL) partnered with Interstate Online Software (also known as SOARR), a provider of inventory management and digital marketing solutions for the commercial truck industry, to launch an online inventory remarketing website. read more

SEP 1, 2022 - 7:38 am

Trustmark National Bank introduced a new line of business, equipment finance, in its specialty banking division based in Atlanta. Trustmark’s equipment finance team will be led by Joe Hines, who joined Trustmark in June as managing director of equipment finance. read more

AUG 26, 2022 - 7:36 am

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) launched a direct lending group that will focus on providing loans to the bank's private equity sponsor clients to support their portfolio company LBO and recapitalization transactions. Matt Maley will lead the team. read more

AUG 12, 2022 - 7:23 am

Today, Monitor officially launched Monitor Suite, the preeminent subscription platform for exclusive premium equipment finance industry content. Upon launch, Monitor Suite subscribers gain immediate access to the 2022 Monitor 100, Monitor’s library of data reports and the first three episodes of Three Minutes, Monitor Suite’s first exclusive video series. read more

AUG 9, 2022 - 7:34 am

Citadel Credit Union has officially launched its new business banking division – complete with a full suite of products, a new team and the kickoff of a multichannel marketing campaign – "Better Business Banking Has Arrived." read more

AUG 5, 2022 - 7:01 am

United Rentals launched a new data-driven solution in its cloud-based Total Control fleet management platform, which helps to provide information customers can use as part of their programs to monitor and manage their environmental impact. read more

AUG 4, 2022 - 7:12 am

Certain of Owl Rock’s funds made an initial equity commitment to Amergin Asset Management, a newly formed portfolio company created to invest in a leasing platform focused on railcar and aviation assets. Mark McGreenery will lead the new company. read more

AUG 3, 2022 - 7:15 am

Castlelake and Aequum Capital entered a partnership to establish a new commercial lending platform for the origination and servicing of senior asset-backed loans to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. read more

JUL 29, 2022 - 7:26 am

Customers Commercial Finance launched a SMB vertical and hired Jason Adler as head of sales, Mike O’Connell as head of credit and portfolio management, Scott Keenan as head of product innovation and Jennifer Oleniak as senior operations manager to support the new division. read more

JUL 27, 2022 - 7:35 am

Monitor introduced Monitor Suite, the preeminent subscription platform for exclusive premium equipment finance industry content, which will launch Aug. 9. Featuring high quality streaming video series, a library of in-depth data reports, members-only events and livestreams and much more, Monitor Suite is open for pre-registration at a special introductory annual rate of $99 for a limited time. read more

JUL 26, 2022 - 7:32 am

Fisker, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, launched Fisker Finance, a digital financing platform offering loan purchase options to Fisker customers. Fisker Finance plans to begin offering financing in Q4/22. read more

JUL 11, 2022 - 7:21 am