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Fifth Third, MB Financial Merge in Transaction Valued at $4.7B

Fifth Third and MB Financial signed a definitive merger agreement under which MB will merge with Fifth Third in a transaction valued at approximately $4.7 billion. read more

MAY 21, 2018 - 7:21 am

Marks Named to Head Wells Fargo Commercial Capital, Blakey to Retire

Wells Fargo named David Marks, current head of Capital Finance, the successor to Ed Blakey, who is retiring, as head of Wells Fargo Commercial Finance. read more

MAY 18, 2018 - 7:12 am

Co-Founder of First American Makes Investment in Innovation Finance

Guy Klingler, who co-founded First American Equipment Finance, will make a significant equity investment in Innovation Finance. read more

MAY 16, 2018 - 7:17 am

DLL Appoints Janse COO, Replacing van Kemenade

DLL appointed Mike Janse chief operating officer and member of the executive board, effective immediately. read more

MAY 14, 2018 - 8:09 am

Element Names Forbes CEO, Intends to Refresh Board of Directors

Element Fleet Management appointed Jay Forbes as its new CEO and announced the planned addition of four new independent directors to its board of directors. read more

MAY 14, 2018 - 7:49 am

Cat Financial Floats $2 Billion of Medium Term Notes

According to recent SEC filings, Cat Financial has issued a series of fixed and floating rate medium term notes totaling $2 billion. read more

MAY 11, 2018 - 7:08 am

Liberty Adds SVP of Risk Management, VP of Documentation and Funding

Liberty Commercial Finance added two members to its senior management team, bringing on Kirk Nelson as senior vice president of Risk Management and Jennifer Bradford as vice president of Documentation and Funding. read more

MAY 11, 2018 - 6:59 am

Nations Equipment Finance Appoints Magnotta VP of Sales

Nations Equipment Finance hired Christina Magnotta as vice president of Sales. In this role, Magnotta will be responsible for growing Nations’ lease and loan origination activities in the Southwest. read more

MAY 11, 2018 - 6:48 am

DLL Closes Second Securitization, Notes Backed by $896.5MM Loans & Leases

DLL and AGCO closed DLL 2018-1 for $824.38 million. The securitization transaction is the second for DLL and follows its initial securitization in November 2017 of $501.5 million. read more

MAY 10, 2018 - 7:55 am

CSI Names Three Sales Officers to SVP Roles

CSI Leasing promoted Deb Swink, Dan Toscano and Tim Tucker to senior vice president roles. read more

MAY 9, 2018 - 6:55 am

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Vendor Finance in 2018: Dexter Provides a Multi-Faceted Perspective

Dexter Van Dango

May/June 2018

For this vendor finance issue, I sought input from a few dozen of my vendor-experienced LinkedIn contacts. Several replied with suggested areas to explore, but none carried the substance required for a full article. Instead, I decided to use their... read more

M&A Activity Continues Strong: Awaiting the Impact of New Developments

Bruce Kropschot and James Jackson

March/April 2018

Strong interest in mergers and acquisitions of equipment leasing and finance companies continues. However, after two years of very high activity, due partly to the GE Capital divestiture, the number of significant acquisitions declined slightly in 2017. Nevertheless, because a... read more

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Technological Developments Will Drive Equipment Financing Decisions

Patrick Gaskins, Vice President of Financial Services, AmeriQuest Transportation Services

March 2018

As 2018 continues, there are a number of trends in the industry that should continue to drive growth. AmeriQuest’s Patrick Gaskins believes technology will play a major role, while also pointing to tax reform and rising interest rates as contributing factors.

A Look Ahead at Equipment Finance in 2018

Vernon Tirey, CEO, LeaseQ

December 2017

Now that 2017 is coming to an end, its time to start looking at the year ahead in equipment finance. Emerging technologies and the “uberization” of the industry are two trends that will have a major effect in what should be another huge year.

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