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Vol. 48 No. 3 2021

A group of this year’s Monitor NextGen Leaders share their ideas for improving the equipment finance industry. They believe that by embracing creativity over tradition and coming together to learn from each other’s digital transformation experiences, members of the equipment finance industry can create a customer-obsessed space that attracts the innovative young talent needed for the industry’s next chapter.... read more

Vol. 48 No. 3 2021

According to the ELFF’s September 2017 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry, confidence in the equipment finance market is 63.7, easing from the August index of 64.4. read more

SEP 19, 2017 - 7:22 am

Monitor catches up with three Bank 50 leaders to discuss how they achieved growth in 2016 and how this year is measuring up to expectations. They offer predictions of what is in store for the industry in the second half of 2017, asserting that banks will continue to dominate equipment finance.... read more

July/August 2017

According to the latest monthly confidence index from the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, confidence in the equipment finance market is 64.4 in August, up from 63.5 in the previous two months. read more

AUG 17, 2017 - 7:16 am

According to the latest release of the ELFF’s monthly confidence index, confidence in the equipment finance market remained steady in June at 63.5, relatively unchanged from the May index of 63.2. read more

JUN 15, 2017 - 7:09 am

According to the May 2017 release of the ELFF’s monthly confidence index, confidence in the equipment finance market eased again in May to 63.2, down from the April index of 65.8. read more

MAY 18, 2017 - 7:19 am

Monitor contributor Lisa Miller catches up with three buy-desk executives to discuss the capital markets environment. While they faced unrelenting competition and tighter spreads in 2016, they remain optimistic about the year ahead as we begin to enter a rising rate environment.... read more

March/April 2017

Fifth Third is expanding its Equipment Financing group’s market presence. The team will now operate as four distinct regions: South, North Central, Midwest and East. read more

OCT 6, 2016 - 7:06 am

According to the ELFF’s monthly confidence index, due to customers’ concerns about the November election, confidence in the equipment finance market fell to 53.8 in September from the 54.8 reading in August. read more

SEP 22, 2016 - 6:47 am

Fifth Third Equipment Finance’s Scott Kiley discusses seven powerful forces influencing bank-owned equipment finance companies, including the increasing market power of trillionaire banks, the oil and gas industry, the growth of alternative financing sources, risk assessment versus pricing and the corporate aircraft market.... read more

July/August 2016

According to the August 2016 monthly confidence index from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation, confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.8, an increase from the July index of 52.5. read more

AUG 18, 2016 - 7:59 am

According to the ELFF’s Monthly Confidence Index, confidence in the equipment finance market increased for the second consecutive month to 59.1, an increase from the March index of 51.6. read more

APR 22, 2016 - 7:42 am

After nearly two decades with Fifth Third, Tom Partridge is taking on an entirely different role as leader of the bank’s Equipment Finance division. Despite the change of scenery, he has set some lofty goals, saying he wants to make his new unit the best retail bank leasing company in the U.S.... read more

September/October 2015