The Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation announced that 17 individuals who recently sat through the eight-hour online CLFP exam passed and attained the CLFP designation.  read more

MAR 15, 2021 - 6:31 am

Tokyo Century (USA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo Century Corporation, appointed Chris Enbom, CLFP, to the role of CEO, effective April 1. Enbom is currently CEO of AP Equipment Financing, which was acquired by Tokyo Century (USA) in late 2019. read more

MAR 11, 2021 - 6:26 am

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2021, commemorating six decades of bringing equipment finance industry professionals together for networking, education, advocacy and industry information. read more

FEB 22, 2021 - 6:44 am

AP Equipment Financing funded $197.3 million worth of equipment in 2020, representing a 17% growth over 2019. Additionally, AP Equipment Financing promoted Chris Lerma, CLFP, to president and Fred Williams to chief sales officer. read more

JAN 6, 2021 - 7:01 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation announced the 2021 officers of its board of trustees, including Scott Thacker, CEO of Ivory Consulting, as chair; Nancy Pistorio, president of Madison Capital, as vice chair; Zack Marsh, CFO of Orion First Financial, as secretary/treasurer; and Ralph Petta, president and CEO of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, as president. read more

DEC 22, 2020 - 6:39 am

In a livestream held on Dec. 3, Kevin Truitt of LTi, Nick Fong of AP Equipment Financing, Frank Swann of ENGS Commercial Finance and Paul Vecker of Macrolease Corporation discussed emerging trends such as self-service portals, e-docs, AI, machine learning and more. read more

DEC 9, 2020 - 8:08 am

Registration is open for Monitor’s next Live+ event, “EF & Technology: Where Are We Now?” which will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. ET. read more

NOV 19, 2020 - 7:26 am

The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation added 22 individuals as CLFPs after they recently sat through and passed the 8-hour online CLFP exam. read more

OCT 28, 2020 - 7:36 am

Most high growth equipment finance companies have one thing in common: leaders with the vision and drive to achieve great results. Guest Editor Chris Enbom shares the stories of three entrepreneurs who, respectively, led an independent, a captive and a bank affiliate to success in the inaugural Monitor 101+ ranking. ... read more

Sept/Oct 2020

Alfred Steinhaus joined AP Equipment Financing as a senior vice president of development and sales. Previously, Steinhaus worked in banking and equipment finance at The Associates/Citicapital, F&M Bank & Trust, GE Capital Solutions and Simmons Bank. read more

OCT 8, 2020 - 7:22 am

According to the ELFF’s September 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry, confidence in the equipment finance market is 56.5, an increase from the August index of 48.4. read more

SEP 17, 2020 - 7:24 am

LTi Technology Solutions, a provider in equipment finance software solutions, had nearly 40 customers recently included on the 2020 Monitor 100. read more

SEP 2, 2020 - 6:58 am

AP funded $62.5 million worth of equipment in Q2/0, representing 49% growth over Q2 2019. In addition, the company promoted Raquel O’Leary, Nick Fong and Sarah Uballez. read more

JUL 15, 2020 - 6:47 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released a new podcast episode titled “Deep Dive Into the COVID-19 Impact Survey. The episode examines the ELFF’s newest research resource developed to assess the impact of the pandemic on the equipment finance industry. read more

JUN 17, 2020 - 7:23 am

AP Equipment Financing closed a $110 million line of credit with the Lender Finance division of Wells Fargo Commercial Capital. read more

MAR 10, 2020 - 6:00 am