According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s February 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 64.4, an increase from the January index of 59.6. read more

FEB 18, 2021 - 6:46 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s November 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 56.1, an increase from the October index of 55.0. read more

NOV 20, 2020 - 7:32 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

According to the October release of the Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry from the ELFF, confidence in the equipment finance market is 55, easing from the September index of 56.5 and steady with pre-COVID-19 index levels. read more

OCT 15, 2020 - 7:20 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

Wintrust Specialty Finance hired Mark Erickson as senior vice president, national sales director. Erickson will be located in Denver and is focused on the strategic growth of WSF’s wholesale and vendor channels. He joins a team led by President and CEO David Normandin, CLFP. read more

AUG 20, 2020 - 5:50 am

Wintrust Specialty Finance, a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, originated nearly $185 million of new leases and loans in the first half of 2020, a growth rate of more than 300% from the same period in 2019. read more

AUG 5, 2020 - 7:08 am

According to the July 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, confidence in the equipment finance market is 45.3, steady with the June index of 45.8. read more

JUL 16, 2020 - 7:23 am

Confidence in the equipment finance market increased to 45.8, up from the May index of 25.8, according to the June 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. read more

JUN 18, 2020 - 7:42 am

Monitor will host a free virtual event on May 20 featuring moderator Vince Belcastro and panelists David Normandin, Miles Herman and Tom Depping who will discuss what lies ahead for the equipment finance industry. read more

MAY 12, 2020 - 7:05 am

Wintrust Specialty Finance hired Matt Freeman as vice president of Business Development. Freeman will focus on expanding WSF’s technology lending business nationwide. read more

APR 23, 2020 - 7:00 am

Wintrust Specialty Finance completed the acquisition of an approximately $100 million portfolio of high quality small-ticket leases and loans. read more

FEB 18, 2020 - 7:00 am

Wintrust Specialty Finance completed its first year of originations in 2019 with more than $148 million in commercial equipment financing and leasing contracts. read more

FEB 10, 2020 - 7:00 am

The ELFF released the September 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.7, a decrease from the August index of 58.9. read more

SEP 19, 2019 - 6:30 am

The ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index showed overall new business volume for July was $9.4 billion, up 15% year-over-year from new business volume in July 2018. read more

AUG 23, 2019 - 6:35 am