United Financial hired commercial laundry veteran Kirk Stone as head of the company’s new Commercial Laundry Finance Division.

Michael Hopson, owner and founder of United Financial, and Stone previously worked together at Premier Capital Group in the late 1990s. Together, they bring a combined 47 years of experience in financing commercial laundromat equipment, on premise laundry equipment, route operators and laundromat business acquisitions.

Founded in 1995 and based in Des Moines, IA, United Financial is a nationwide leasing and equipment financing company. It recognizes the need for additional independent funding sources in the commercial laundry finance space and focuses on serving the needs of distributors and their customers with creative and competitive financing solutions.