U.S. business spending on equipment softening; trade gap shrinking - There are, however, fears that escalating tensions between the United States and its major trade partners, including China, Mexico, Canada and the European Union, could hurt business sentiment, disrupt supply chains and undercut economic growth.

Middle Market Executives Foresee Strong Growth in 2018 and Beyond - Middle market executives today are more positive about the health of their businesses and more optimistic about their prospects for future growth than at any time in the last three years...

Stonebriar Closes $500 Million Revolving Credit Facility Led by Bank of America, N.A. - Stonebriar, an Eldridge Industries portfolio company based in Plano, TX, is a leading provider of financing solutions for businesses in a wide variety of industries, of various sizes and credit profiles.

MidAtlantic Farm Credit Hires Loan Officer in Lancaster Office - Local agricultural lender, MidAtlantic Farm Credit, announces the hiring of Ryan Shultz as a loan officer in their Lancaster, Pennsylvania office.

LeaseAccelerator joins global financial reporting leaders at the IFRS Foundation Conference to discuss IFRS 16 - LeaseAccelerator offers the market-leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for Enterprise Lease Accounting, enabling compliance with the current and new FASB and IFRS standards.

LeaseAccelerator Raises $30M in Series B Funding from Insight Venture Partners - SaaS Provider to Aggressively Invest in Rapidly Growing Enterprise Lease Accounting Software Category Following Year of Record Growth

CIT Expands Business Capital's Business Development Team - Founded in 1908, CIT (NYSE: CIT) is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion in assets as of March 31, 2018.

Onset Financial Subsidiary Mazuma Capital Funds $15 M International Medical Device Company - This customer works with nearly 100-thousand employees and has more than 14-hundred locations across the globe.

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index - Upon completion, the Company’s liquidity is expected to increase by $42 million in aggregate after the repayment of outstanding debt.

Scorpio Tankers Announces Sale And Leaseback Agreements For Four Product Tankers - Upon completion, the Company’s liquidity is expected to increase by $42 million in aggregate after the repayment of outstanding debt.

LeaseQ Furthers Investment in Automation with New Integrated Alerts - Automated alerts and other LeaseQ technologies bring equipment finance into the digital age

Hong Kong poised to grab share of plane leasing - While commercial aircraft worth trillions of dollars are expected to be delivered in the coming years, Hong Kong Aircraft Leasing and Aviation Finance Association president Stanley Hui Hon-chung said Hong Kong can grab a share of the pie despite being a newcomer to aviation leasing compared with Ireland and Singapore.

Change in CSI Leasing Board of Directors - After 34 years of service to CSI, Bill Gillula has retired from his role as chairman of the board of directors of St. Louis-based CSI Leasing, Inc.

Goshawk Aviation To Buy Sky Aviation Leasing - SALI has a fleet of 51 aircraft, valued at around USD$3 billion, pushing the combined fleet value to $9.1 billion after the takeover.

TAB Bank Provides Chemicals Company in Georgia with a $2.25 Million Asset-Based Revolving Credit Facility - TAB Bank provides custom working capital solutions to commercial businesses across a wide range of industries.

Ritchie Bros. sells US$44+ million of equipment in Houston, TX - Equipment selection in the auction included 260+ truck tractors, 300+ trailers, 210+ aerial work platforms, 170+ excavators, 95 skid steers, 45+ dozers, 45 loaders, 45+ dump trucks, 45+ flatbed trucks, 40+ compactors, 35+ cranes, and much more.

Office Printers: The Facts About Leasing vs. Buying - There are two primary types of business equipment leases: operating leases and capital leases.

Solarkiosk partners with Siemens for micro-grid solutions - In the first joint project, Siemens will implement a micro-grid gateway collecting data from both SOLARKIOSK’s existing energy systems and retail businesses and enabling remote control of the E-HUBB, thus improving service, energy usage and operation such as supply chain management.

Matrix Partners China raises $750m for fifth venture capital fund - Matrix Partners China raised $500 million for its fourth China-focused fund in February 2016, less than two years after raking in $350 million for its third fund to invest in the country’s technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Fed says all banks met minimum capital requirements after stress tests - Banks would have suffered cumulative $578 billion in losses under hypothetical recession

Trinity Industries, Inc.’s Leasing Company Announces $482.5 Million Railcar Financing - Trinity Industries Leasing Company ("TILC") and Trinity Rail Leasing 2018 LLC, ("TRL-2018") closed a two-tranche, railcar asset-backed securitization in the aggregate amount of $482.5 million with a blended coupon of approximately 4.41% and a weighted average life of approximately 8 years.

Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Reports Industry Confidence Up in June - Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 66.2 in June, up from the May index of 64.6.