Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing New York Branch (SMFL-NY) originated a record high annual volume of $820 million in 2019, representing an 11% increase over last year.

SMFL-NY began U.S. operations in October 2014 and is led by Yasuhiro Maei, managing director, with 70 professional employees throughout the U.S.

“We are proud of our notable organic growths with our U.S. operations in the first five years. We continue to provide a wide range of products with excellent and timely customer service designed to meet the needs of our customers and vendor partners globalizing their operations to seek further success years together,” noted Maei.

In support of vendor partners across the U.S., SMFL-NY provides equipment financing solutions from $150,000 to $10 million, covering a wide range of equipment and industries, including IT and related technology services, transportation, construction, industrial/manufacturing and medical. SMFL also maintains a direct end-user origination team to support customers’ global operations.