Monitor, the leading publication in the equipment finance industry, held Converge, its 50th anniversary celebration, in Philadelphia on Wednesday and Thursday, featuring a full-day conference and an evening gala during which it announced the winners of the 2023 Converge Awards. read more

JUN 16, 2023 - 6:03 am

GreatAmerica Financial Services closed its 23rd securitization of $549.277 million in privately placed bonds. S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings rated 93.4% of the bonds in the transaction as AAA, the same as the company’s six prior transactions. read more

MAY 25, 2023 - 7:01 am

GreatAmerica Financial Services closed its 22nd term securitization of $637 Million in privately placed bonds. read more

OCT 14, 2022 - 7:11 am

Independents have more freedom than their regulated counterparts, but that doesn’t mean they are immune to the fluctuations of the marketplace. In an exclusive Q&A with Monitor, leaders from Liberty Commercial Finance, GreatAmerica Financial Services, Financial Partners Group and Verdant Commercial Capital discuss how they’re navigating toward success in today’s environment.... read more

Mar/Apr 2022

GreatAmerica Financial Services acquired the assets of IRH Capital, a franchise financing company. The acquisition will allow Northbrook, IL-based IRH Capital to expand its services and add a new industry focus to GreatAmerica’s business platform. read more

JAN 20, 2022 - 6:32 am

GreatAmerica Financial Services completed its 21st issuance of $513.8 million in privately placed bonds with institutional investors. This issuance of asset-backed bonds secured by a pool of leases followed an earlier placement of $631.5 million in February of this year. read more

OCT 11, 2021 - 6:15 am

GreatAmerica Financial Services completed a term securitization of $631.5 million in privately placed bonds with institutional investors, marking the company’s 20th such securitization. read more

FEB 16, 2021 - 6:42 am

What does it take to lead one of the top companies in the equipment finance industry? Guest Editor Bill Verhelle sits down with the leaders of several successful Monitor 100 companies to talk about their approaches to leadership and how they are guiding their teams through the COVID-19 pandemic.... read more

Monitor 100 2020

GreatAmerica Financial Services has applied with the FDIC and UDFI to establish GreatAmerica Bank, an industrial bank to be located in Salt Lake City. read more

MAR 6, 2020 - 7:00 am

GreatAmerica Financial Services completed its 19th term securitization of $656.4 million in privately placed bonds with institutional investors. read more

FEB 24, 2020 - 7:00 am

The ELFA’s MLFI-25 showed overall new business volume for December was $12.9 billion, up 2% year-over-year, 65% month-over-month, and 5% at year-end. read more

JAN 27, 2020 - 6:55 am

Tony Golobic, winner of Monitor’s inaugural Pioneer Icon Award, shares the vision he used to create “built-to-last” GreatAmerica Financial Services. By focusing on people first and establishing a strong organizational design, Golobic challenges the status quo, looks beyond profit and consistently focuses on doing the right thing.... read more

October 2019

Many of our Top Independents this year are returning champions in the business, but that doesn’t mean any of them plan on resting on their laurels any time soon. New technology, new industry startups and the possibility of slowing growth mean all five of our best performing independents have had a busy 2018, along with plenty of plans for 2019 and beyond.... read more

March/April 2019

Independent small ticket national commercial equipment finance company GreatAmerica Financial Services completed its 18th term securitization of $612.2 million in privately placed bonds with institutional investors. read more

FEB 19, 2019 - 7:05 am

In an exclusive Monitor roundtable, the leaders of the top five private independent equipment finance companies discuss how their teams rose to face the challenges of 2017. They discuss the increasing importance of technology in their businesses and share their views on the stock market correction, tax reform and how to attract top talent.... read more

March/April 2018