Equipment Finance Cares held its fifth event of 2023 last week in Scottsdale, AZ, with more than 40 equipment finance professionals representing 24 different organizations in attendance. read more

NOV 22, 2023 - 6:37 am

Orion First recently facilitated its annual Small Business Lending Forum at the JW Marriot Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix. Orion First has been facilitating these two-day events for more than 20 years. Each event features relevant and forward-thinking breakout sessions. read more

MAR 3, 2023 - 7:04 am

Orion First announced significant progress has been made winding down Mintaka Financial. Founded in December 2004 by a select group of small business finance companies, Mintaka specialized in serving the finance needs of small businesses across the United States. read more

JAN 13, 2023 - 7:16 am

Orion First has begun servicing contracts for Conserv Capital, a lender to contractors and haulers for heavy equipment in the Southeast with more than 1,500 pieces of equipment and more than 750 customers in 30 states. read more

JUN 15, 2022 - 7:32 am

Orion First named Jaimie Haver, CLFP, its new senior vice president and director of contract operations. A veteran of the equipment finance industry, Haver has been responsible for building back offices for scaling companies, including banks and independent lessors. read more

JUN 1, 2022 - 7:45 am

As part of his Leasing Avenues video blog series, Bob Rinaldi, president of Rinaldi Advisory Services, sat down with leasing and finance entrepreneur David T. Schaefer, CEO of Orion First, for an exclusive interview. read more

MAY 3, 2022 - 7:05 am

Orion First has begun servicing contracts for Massachusetts-based Universal Finance, a lender to the construction, transportation, restaurant and medical equipment supply industries with 40 years of experience. read more

MAR 29, 2022 - 6:41 am

Orion First promoted Jenny Dubinsky from director of accounting to senior vice president and director of contract operations and Quentin Cote from executive vice president to president and chief operating officer. read more

FEB 1, 2022 - 6:23 am

Orion First, a commercial loan and lease portfolio servicer, has surpassed $3 billion in assets under management since its founding in 2001. This milestone comes after the company reached its previous benchmark of $2 billion in 2020. read more

JAN 19, 2022 - 6:17 am

Orion First unveiled Delinquency Manager, its latest business analytics product. Delinquency Manager is a customizable dashboard that clarifies trends and factors affecting delinquencies in equipment loan and lease portfolios. read more

JUN 29, 2021 - 6:34 am

Although it was held virtually, the ELFA/IMN Investors’ Conference focused on a theme of the slow but steady emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic. Equipment-backed ABS has experienced a “bright start” in early 2021 and volume is expected to return to near-normal levels. ... read more

May 2021

CF Bankshares and its wholly-owned banking subsidiary, CFBank, selected Orion First, a commercial loan and lease portfolio servicer, as its exclusive provider of primary management services for its equipment finance and leasing line of business. read more

MAR 10, 2021 - 6:19 am

Orion First has begun servicing contracts for ApplePie Capital, a lender dedicated to the franchise industry that provides transaction sizes ranging from $100,000 to $5 million. read more

FEB 17, 2021 - 6:33 am

Orion First has begun servicing contracts for Paradigm Equipment Finance, a Salt Lake City-based nationwide lender providing asset-based financing programs. read more

JAN 20, 2021 - 6:56 am

Orion First has begun servicing contracts for TEAM Funding Solutions, an independently owned direct capital source dedicated to financing equipment leases exclusively for the broker community. read more

JAN 7, 2021 - 6:54 am