FAIRPORT, NY – [June 17, 2015] First American Equipment Finance received an APEX Award for publication excellence for the SIMPLE campaign in the Electronic Media – Video Media category.

The 27TH Annual Apex Awards for Publication Excellence is a competition for publishers, editors, writers and designers who create print, Web, electronic and social media. Business, nonprofit, agency and freelance communicators compete for APEX Awards. Communications Concepts, Inc. sponsors the APEX Awards and advises communications professionals on best practices.

“First American strives for efficient and effective communication,” said Dave Spagnola, Assistant Vice President of Marketing for First American Equipment Finance. “We are honored to receive this prestigious award.”

[ABOUT FIRST AMERICAN EQUIPMENT FINANCE] On May 1, 2012 First American Equipment Finance (www.faef.com) became a wholly owned subsidiary of Los Angeles, CA-based City National Bank (www.cnb.com). First American is ranked among the largest equipment finance companies in the United States (http://www.monitor-digital.com/monitor/2014_monitor_100), and provides commercial equipment financing to the most creditworthy and sophisticated commercial borrowers in the country. Before being acquired by City National, First American was recognized eight times on the Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 listing of the fastest growing private companies in the United States (http://www.inc.com/profile/first-american-equipment-finance). First American has also been recognized four times among the Best Places to Work in New York State (10-249 employees) (http://bestcompaniesny.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51) , and most recently as one of Fortune Magazine’s 20 Great Workplaces in Financial Services (http://fortune.com/2015/02/18/20-great-workplaces-in-financial-services/), as also profiled by Great Rated (http://us.greatrated.com/first-american-equipment).