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Sept/Oct 2024

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Monitor 100 2024

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the January 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), finding that, overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 48.6, an increase from the December index of 42.5. read more

JAN 18, 2024 - 6:53 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s November 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 42.8, an increase from the October index of 40.1. read more

NOV 16, 2023 - 6:27 am

Carol Schafer joined Wintrust Specialty Finance, a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, as vice president of business development – technology. Schafer will be located in the Cincinnati area and will be focused on expanding Wintrust Specialty Finance’s overall technology vendor lending business. read more

OCT 2, 2023 - 7:06 am

Dominick Longo joined Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, a Wintrust Community Bank, as senior vice president, chief credit risk officer. read more

SEP 22, 2023 - 6:58 am

Wintrust Specialty Finance announced Barry Hart joined the company as vice president of business development – industrial. Hart will be located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas and will be focused on expanding Wintrust Specialty Finance’s overall industrial lending business across the United States. read more

JUL 6, 2023 - 7:01 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation‘s June 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 44.1, an increase from the May index of 40.6. read more

JUN 22, 2023 - 7:01 am

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

According to the recently released Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation, overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 47, a decrease from the March index of 50.3. read more

APR 20, 2023 - 6:57 am

Monitor, the leading source of information for the equipment finance industry, has announced the details of Converge, an extraordinary two-day event that will be held in Philadelphia from June 14-15. read more

MAR 21, 2023 - 7:14 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s March 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is at a mark of 50.3, a decrease from the February index of 51.8. read more

MAR 16, 2023 - 7:20 am

Wintrust Specialty Finance, a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, a Wintrust Community Bank, closed the books on a banner year in 2022 headlined by more than $625 million in new originations. read more

FEB 8, 2023 - 6:58 am

According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s January 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry, overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 48.5, an increase from the December index of 45.9. read more

JAN 19, 2023 - 7:07 am

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the October 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 45, a decrease from the Sept. index of 48.7. read more

OCT 20, 2022 - 7:13 am