The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the March 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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March 21, 2024, 07:19 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the February 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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February 22, 2024, 07:20 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the January 2024 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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January 18, 2024, 07:20 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the November 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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November 16, 2023, 07:22 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the October 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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October 19, 2023, 07:25 AM
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Dominick Longo has joined Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, a Wintrust Community Bank, as senior vice president, chief credit risk officer. Longo will be located in Maywood, New Jersey, and is focused on...
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September 25, 2023, 07:10 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the July 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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July 20, 2023, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the June 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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June 22, 2023, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the April 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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April 20, 2023, 07:21 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the March 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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March 16, 2023, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance, a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., a Wintrust Community Bank, has closed the books on a banner year in 2022, headlined by over $625 million in new originations.Supported by parent company Wintrust Financial...
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February 08, 2023, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the January 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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January 19, 2023, 07:18 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the October 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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October 20, 2022, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the August 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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August 18, 2022, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, exceeded a billion dollars in funded contracts in first three years by earning market share with equipment vendor partners and supporting independent lessors’ liquidity...
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July 28, 2022, 07:35 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the July 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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July 21, 2022, 07:20 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the June 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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June 16, 2022, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the May 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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May 19, 2022, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced the hiring of Doug Nielsen as Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer. Based out of the Denver, CO., metro area, Nielsen will be responsible for...
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May 05, 2022, 07:24 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for...
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February 17, 2022, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the January 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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January 20, 2022, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., exceeded a half-billion dollars in assets and three-quarter billion dollars in funding in its first three years by earning market share with equipment vendor partners...
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January 12, 2022, 07:24 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the October 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and...
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October 21, 2021, 07:24 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Craig Shipley has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Sales Officer. Shipley will be located in Chicago, IL, and is focused on the strategic...
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October 19, 2021, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Chris Maudlin, CLFP, has been promoted to serve the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. Maudlin is located in WSF’s Irvine, CA...
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September 23, 2021, 07:23 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Eric McGriff has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Credit Risk Officer. McGriff will be located in Flanders, NJ, and is focused on the...
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September 21, 2021, 07:22 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (Foundation) released the results of its second quarterly COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Survey which reveal equipment finance companies’ staffing performance, work-from-home expectations and portfolio metrics...
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September 08, 2021, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the July 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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July 22, 2021, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the results of its first quarterly COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Survey revealing equipment finance companies’ work from home practices and performance of portfolio metrics, including deferrals...
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May 27, 2021, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the April 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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April 22, 2021, 07:24 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for...
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February 18, 2021, 07:28 AM
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Today the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation releases the November Monthly Confidence Index (MCI-EFI) for the $900 billion equipment finance industry. This month’s index is 56.1, up from the October index of 55.0. The Foundation also releases...
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November 19, 2020, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the October 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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October 15, 2020, 07:21 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the September 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations...
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September 17, 2020, 07:28 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Mark Erickson has joined the company as Senior Vice President, National Sales Director. Erickson will be located in Denver, CO, and is focused on the...
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August 20, 2020, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the August 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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August 20, 2020, 07:18 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., completed a successful second quarter and first half of 2020 by gaining market share with equipment vendor partners and supporting independent lessors’ liquidity...
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August 04, 2020, 07:28 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the July 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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July 16, 2020, 07:22 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the June 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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June 18, 2020, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Matt Freeman has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development. Freeman will be located in Parker, CO, and is focused on expanding WSF’s...
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April 23, 2020, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the April 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market fell to a historic low in April of 22.3, decreasing from the...
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April 16, 2020, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the March 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business...
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March 12, 2020, 07:16 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A. and part of the Wintrust family, completed the acquisition of an approximately $100 million portfolio of high-quality small-ticket leases and loans. The acquisition is...
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February 18, 2020, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing...
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February 13, 2020, 07:30 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A. and part of the Wintrust family, completed its first year of originations in 2019 with more than $148 million in commercial equipment financing and leasing...
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February 10, 2020, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the January 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing...
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January 16, 2020, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the December 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 56.2, an increase from the November index of 54.9....
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December 19, 2019, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation releases its November 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.9, an increase from the October index of...
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November 14, 2019, 07:24 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the October 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 51.4, a decrease from the September index of...
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October 17, 2019, 07:15 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the September 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.7, a decrease from the August index of...
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September 19, 2019, 07:16 AM
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new...
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August 23, 2019, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the August 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business...
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August 15, 2019, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the July 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market was 57.9, an increase from the June index of 52.8.Designed to...
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July 18, 2019, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), a division of Beverly Bank & Trust Company, N.A., announced Cary Calkin has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, based out of the Irvine, CA, office. Calkin joins a national team...
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June 25, 2019, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the June 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market was 52.8, easing from the May index of 59.2.Designed to...
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June 20, 2019, 07:21 AM
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David Normandin, CLFP, President and CEO of Wintrust Specialty Finance (WSF), announced 100 percent of the WSF team are Certified Lease & Finance Professionals.Last month Chelsea Wood, CLFP, WSF Funding Manager, and Jodie Masciola, CLFP, WSF Credit...
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June 13, 2019, 07:10 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the April 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market decreased in April, after two consecutive months of...
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April 18, 2019, 07:28 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the March 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market increased in March for the second consecutive month to 60.4...
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March 14, 2019, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Specialty Finance announced two new hires. Chris Maudlin has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, based out of the Irvine, CA office, and Nick Gibbens as Vice President of Business Development, based out of...
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February 05, 2019, 07:25 AM
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David Normandin, CLFP, President and CEO of Wintrust Specialty Finance, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA). This will be Normandin’s first year to serve as a board member...
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January 30, 2019, 07:01 AM
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Wintrust Asset Finance Inc. announced the hiring of industry veteran David Normandin as President and CEO of its newest division, Wintrust Specialty Finance, which will focus on equipment finance for small and mid-sized businesses nationwide. “Our...
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October 15, 2018, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the September 2018 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market rose in September to 65.5, up from the August index of...
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September 20, 2018, 07:10 AM
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Orion First Financial confirmed that it has contracted with PacTrust Bank to begin servicing equipment lease and loan contracts. Servicing of the PacTrust accounts became effective August 1, 2012.PacTrust Bank’s (formerly Pacific Trust Bank)...
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August 27, 2012, 07:05 AM
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