Fleet Advantage was selected as a 2020 recipient of the Green Supply Chain Award by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. This is the second year that Fleet Advantage has received this award. read more

DEC 15, 2020 - 6:47 am

As Congress weighs renewed economic stimulus, CPA firms should be gearing up to assist small businesses whose survival depends on a new round of funding under the Paycheck Protection Program, according to the AICPA and its business and technology arm, CPA.com. read more

DEC 15, 2020 - 6:37 am

Fifth Third Bank launched the Greater Cincinnati COVID-19 Small Business Response and Recovery Initiative, providing businesses of 25 employees or fewer in low-to-moderate income areas with advice and access to capital through the initiative’s loan and grant programs. read more

DEC 14, 2020 - 7:32 am

CIT and its Pasadena, CA-based banking subsidiary CIT Bank will plant 50,000 trees in Angeles National Forest through a collaboration with One Tree Planted, a nonprofit organization focused on global reforestation. read more

DEC 14, 2020 - 7:24 am

Scorpio Bulkers entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Zumba, a Kamsarmax bulk carrier built in 2016, for approximately $20 million. Delivery of the vessel is expected to take place in Q1/21. read more

DEC 14, 2020 - 7:12 am

Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance acquired eOriginal, a provider of cloud-based digital lending software, for approximately €231 million ($280 million) in cash. read more

DEC 11, 2020 - 7:05 am

Matthew Wiedmeyer, director of fleet services for Fleet Advantage, earned the VMRS specialist certification from the American Trucking Association’s technology and maintenance council. Fewer than 300 individuals hold a VMRS certification in the United States. read more

DEC 11, 2020 - 6:52 am

Economic activity in the hospital subsector grew in November for the sixth consecutive month, according to the Hospital ISM Report On Business from the Institute for Supply Management. read more

DEC 10, 2020 - 7:23 am

Mostafiz ShahMohammed, chairman and CEO of Amur Equipment Finance, provided a $5 million gift for the endowment of Bard College. ShahMohammed is an alumnus and trustee of Bard College. read more

DEC 9, 2020 - 7:53 am

Commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 46% in November 2020 compared with November of last year, according to data provided by Epiq. read more

DEC 8, 2020 - 7:20 am

Bob Rinaldi, president of Rinaldi Advisory Services, added a video interview with Kirk Phillips, president and CEO of Wintrust Commercial Finance, to his Leasing Avenues blog. read more

DEC 8, 2020 - 7:10 am

Financing for restaurant franchise operators in the large and middle-tier segments has mostly bounced back to what it had been before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Brian Geraghty, head of restaurant finance at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. read more

DEC 7, 2020 - 7:46 am

Asset Control rebranded as Alveo to reflect the change within the business since moving to new ownership more than two years ago. Alveo is a provider of market data integration and analytics solutions for financial services. read more

DEC 7, 2020 - 7:35 am

Bombardier Transportation delivered the 200th BOMBARDIER TRAXX locomotive to Railpool, a European rail vehicle leasing company. The handover took place at Bombardier’s Kassel site in Germany. read more

DEC 3, 2020 - 6:52 am

Synovus Bank launched a new agriculture and timber team, with an initial focus on the production, agribusiness and timber segments of the industry south of the Fall Line in Georgia, and additional coverage in northwest Florida and southeast Alabama. read more

DEC 3, 2020 - 6:48 am