National Funding expanded its Middle Market Lending team with the addition of Janice Ibey.

Ibey brings more than two decades of experience in commercial finance, advisory and management roles with financial services companies and regulated financial institutions. She will be responsible for developing new middle market lending relationships with bankers, ABL lenders and trusted advisors to lower and mid-market CEOs and CFOs located primarily in Orange County and Southern California. The middle market lending team targets medium-sized businesses that are in need of financing from $250,000 to $1 million.

Prior to joining National Funding, Ibey founded Cinergy Commercial Capital, a commercial finance advisory firm serving the lower middle market since 2009. Before Cinergy, she was co-founder and chief operating officer of Fortes Financial, a national residential lending platform. In addition, Ibey served as a capital markets executive with several financial institutions and a commercial loan portfolio credit risk executive with AMRESCO.

“Jan’s background and experience will allow her to make an immediate impact in our middle market lending group with her strong network of relationships in the commercial finance and banking community industry sectors that are very complementary to ours,” said Todd Stichler, director of middle market lending for National Funding.

National Funding is a financial technology company servicing small and medium-sized businesses by providing working capital loans, equipment financing, merchant cash advance and credit card processing. National Funding has provided more than $1 billion in capital for more than 20,000 businesses nationwide.