Crit DeMent, who led LEAF Commercial Capital as CEO from its creation to earlier this year, will step away from his current position as chairman of the company to retire in 2024. read more

AUG 4, 2023 - 7:26 am

Asking themselves “What would Abe do?” led Crit DeMent and Miles Herman to founding LEAF Commercial Capital. Chairman DeMent and CEO Miles explore their excitement and optimism for the equipment finance industry and how they are optimizing opportunities to grow LEAF in this dynamic sector.... read more

Monitor 50th Anniversary 2023

Miles Herman will assume the role of CEO of LEAF Commercial Capital. Former CEO Crit DeMent will continue to serve the company as chairman. Herman was formerly president and COO of the company, which DeMent and Herman founded in 2001. read more

APR 5, 2023 - 7:10 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation elected officers for its 2023 board of trustees. read more

DEC 6, 2022 - 7:27 am

STRIPES Leadership Program, the professional and personal leadership development program created in partnership with Monitor, held its second in-person certification ceremony on Dec. 1 at LEAF Commercial Capital in Philadelphia. read more

DEC 5, 2022 - 7:08 am

Monitor will host its next Member Live+ event exclusively for Monitor Suite subscribers on Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. EST. The livestream will feature a discussion on transformative leadership with David Walton of Caterpillar Financial, Bill Stephenson of HPS Global Leasing, Nancy Robles of Eastern Funding and Miles Herman of LEAF Commercial Capital.  read more

AUG 15, 2022 - 6:59 am

LEAF Commercial Capital, an equipment leasing and finance company and subsidiary of People’s United Bank, announced that its VAR Technology Finance and Vend Lease brands will become part of the LEAF brand. read more

MAR 7, 2022 - 6:14 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

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

Gary Sutton, industry veteran and president and CEO of VAR Technology Finance, a division of LEAF Commercial Capital, will retire in January 2020. read more

OCT 25, 2019 - 6:35 am

Equipment leasing and finance company LEAF Commercial Capital hired Mark Farlin as vice president of Sales, business unit head for Healthcare. read more

AUG 12, 2019 - 6:45 am

LEAF Commercial Capital promoted Bill Gallagher, Sandy Graydus, Mike McKie and Paul Tyczkowski to LEAF’s executive leadership team as senior vice presidents. read more

APR 24, 2019 - 7:05 am

LEAF Commercial Capital, a subsidiary of People’s United Bank, selected the Odessa platform and the LeaseWave product suite with the aim of further enhancing its equipment leasing operations. read more

JUL 17, 2018 - 6:49 am

LEAF Commercial Capital promoted Michelle Speranza to senior vice president, chief marketing officer. read more

APR 18, 2018 - 7:02 am

Over the last 12 months, several major independent equipment leasing companies have been acquired. Banks and private equity firms were some of the major acquirers, with People’s United Bank buying LEAF Commercial Capital and Solar Capital taking on Nations Equipment Finance. What has led to this spike in activity, and will it continue?... read more

September/October 2017