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Boeing Launches Longest-Range Business Jet Ever with BBJ 777X

Boeing Business Jets launched the BBJ 777X, a new Boeing Business Jet model that can fly more than halfway around the world without stopping, farther than any business jet ever built. read more

DEC 10, 2018 - 6:25 am

Brazilian Court Blocks Embraer-Boeing JV Deal

Reuters reported that a federal court in Brazil blocked a proposed joint venture deal between Boeing and Embraer. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 7:00 am

Transportation Equipment Drives Drop in October New Orders & Shipments

New orders for manufactured durable goods in October decreased $11.2 billion or 4.3% to $249.0 billion. Transportation equipment drove the decrease. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:55 am

Beneficial Bancorp Stockholders Approve Merger with WSFS Financial

Beneficial Bancorp stockholders approved the previously announced merger of Beneficial with and into WSFS Financial. The transaction is expected to close in Q1/19. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:50 am

Connelly Joins BMO Financial Board of Directors

BMO Financial announced the appointment of Kevin Connelly to the BMO Financial Board of Directors. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:45 am

Deloitte M&A Outlook: U.S. Dealmaker Optimism Hits Three-Year High

U.S. dealmaker optimism is at a three-year high. Most are anticipating more and bigger merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in 2019, according to Deloitte’s “The State of the Deal: M&A Trends 2019” survey. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:40 am

D&D Leasing Joins Forces With WE For Historic Partnership

D&D Leasing Group CEO Rev. Dr. K. Bill Dost announced a historic new partnership with humanitarian organization WE. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:35 am

Small Businesses Expanding, Competition for Talent Intensifies

The U.S. small business sector looks to end 2018 on a high note, with most entrepreneurs reporting anticipated year-over-year revenue growth and more indicating plans to hire and expand in 2019, according to the fall 2018 Bank of America Business Advantage Small Business Owner Report. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:30 am

Small Business Optimism Soars on Strong Revenues and Cash Flow

Optimism among small business owners jumped significantly in the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, with an overall Index score of 129, the highest in the survey’s 15-year history. read more

DEC 7, 2018 - 6:25 am

BancorpSouth Adds 6 to Equipment Finance Team

BancorpSouth added six new teammates to BancorpSouth Equipment Finance and Leasing. read more

DEC 6, 2018 - 7:00 am

Hitachi Opens Dallas/Fort Worth Transportation Finance Office

Hitachi Capital America opened an office in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to support the company’s continued expansion of its transportation financing activities. read more

DEC 6, 2018 - 6:55 am

Wintrust Commercial Finance Provides $20MM to Premier Crane & Rigging Co

Wintrust Commercial Finance announced the funding of a $20 million term loan for a premier crane and rigging company headquartered in Northern California. read more

DEC 6, 2018 - 6:50 am

Beneficial Equipment Finance Digitizes Signatures for Commercial Clients

Beneficial Equipment Finance launched an electronic documentation platform via solution from DocuSign to improve communications and speed up funding to equipment finance partners. read more

DEC 6, 2018 - 6:45 am

U.S. Small Business Lending Back on Track, According to PayNet

After a slight pause, Main Street returns to double-digit investment growth amid low credit risk, according to PayNet. read more

DEC 6, 2018 - 6:40 am

MUL Railcars Adds 10,000th Railcar to Fleet

MUL Railcars, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company, reached a significant milestone in the company's growth by adding the 10,000th railroad car to its expanding fleet of new cars for lease. read more

DEC 6, 2018 - 6:35 am

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Editor's Picks

Investing in Wind and Solar Projects

Joe Sebik

November/December 2018

In the move towards non-carbon-based energy, and the push by Congress to encourage this move to cleaner alternative energy sources, tax incentives have encouraged investments in solar and wind facilities. Financing structures have developed to likewise monetize these tax benefits.... read more

Leveraging Elements of Orderly Process and Traditional Auction: Blended Sales in Commercial & Industrial Dispositions

Jeff Tanenbaum

September/October 2018

Commercial and industrial equipment is generally sold at auction in distressed situations, yet lenders typically rely on appraisals that assume an orderly liquidation with time to spare. How to square this circle? For starters, lenders must be clear on what... read more

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Recent Opinion

Outsourcing Gaining Ground in Equipment Finance

Ron Meyer, Senior Business Advisor, Linedata

November 2018

While outsourcing is often more associated with call centers in the common imagination, a surprising number of equipment lessors also use third-party service providers to augment their financing business. Ron Meyer from Linedata recently had the opportunity to speak to equipment finance professionals about how and why they outsource, examining the way this could influence the future of the industry.

What Could Go Wrong? Zandi Explores the U.S. Economic Climate at ELFA Convention

David Wiener, Managing Director, The Alta Group

November 1, 2018

In the first of a two-part series, David Wiener reports on the ELFA Convention. With inflation in check and unemployment at historic lows, keynote speaker Chief Economist/Co-Founder of Moody’s Analytics, Dr. Mark Zandi said the U.S. economy is poised for economic gain; however, several potential issues threaten to derail the this progress.

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