From August to September, demand for equipment picked up and bank lending drove new business growth, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA). read more

OCT 24, 2024 - 6:16 am

The Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation added nine individuals who recently sat through and passed the online proctored CLFP exam. read more

OCT 21, 2024 - 6:02 am

Ricardo “Ricky” Ríos, chief operating officer of Commercial Equipment Finance since 2018, has been appointed president in addition to maintaining his role as chief operating officer. read more

OCT 4, 2024 - 6:21 am

Carmen Delfi, former senior vice president, operations of EverBank’s vendor equipment finance business, joined M&T Bank as senior vice president, commercial equipment finance, according to a LinkedIn post from Delfi. read more

AUG 26, 2024 - 5:59 am

DBRS Morningstar upgraded notes issued by Commercial Equipment Finance 2021-A, the securitization affiliate of Commercial Equipment Finance. read more

OCT 13, 2023 - 6:47 am

Commercial Equipment Finance (CEFI) reported its 2022 originations reached a company record $147 million. In addition, CEFI increased its financing volume by 68% in comparison with 2021 originations. read more

JAN 24, 2023 - 7:20 am

Ricardo E. Rios, Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Equipment Finance (CEFI) has had great success in both Puerto Rico and the U.S. and is making a name for himself in the equipment finance industry. As a leader and mentor, Rios focuses on relationship building to find success.... read more

Sept/Oct 2022

Equipment Finance Cares held an event last week at Great American Insurance Group’s headquarters in Cincinnati. More than 40 equipment finance professionals representing 26 different organizations attended the event. read more

MAY 4, 2022 - 7:13 am

Equipment Finance Cares will hold its first event of 2022 on April 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST at Great American Insurance’s headquarters in Cincinnati.  read more

MAR 29, 2022 - 6:40 am

Commercial Equipment Finance (CEFI) closed a $90.9 million asset-backed security transaction. The company will use the proceeds to pay down existing warehouse lines and for general corporate purposes. read more

DEC 2, 2021 - 6:16 am

Equipment Finance Cares, an organization that showcases how equipment finance professionals and organizations are giving back to their local and national communities, formed an advisory council. read more

AUG 12, 2021 - 6:27 am

KeyBank Specialty Finance Lending closed a $35 million credit facility for Commercial Equipment Finance (CEFI), an independent commercial equipment finance company headquartered in Puerto Rico. read more

FEB 2, 2021 - 6:33 am

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association revealed the results of its business council steering committee elections, naming the members of the five committees representing key business sectors of the association membership. read more

NOV 24, 2020 - 7:14 am

Fincura added Commercial Equipment Finance (CEFI), an independent commercial equipment finance and leasing company, to its family of customers. CEFI will use Fincura’s financial insight engine for financial analysis for new originations and portfolio monitoring. read more

NOV 11, 2020 - 7:03 am

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association named its new board of directors, with Kristine A. Snow, president of Cisco System Capital, as the association’s new board chair and Michael DiCecco, president of Huntington Equipment Finance, as its new chair-elect. read more

OCT 28, 2020 - 7:48 am