(WALNUT CREEK, CA – September 30, 2016) - Ivory Consulting Corporation and U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, a unit of U.S. Bank (NYSE:USB), announced today that Ivory Consulting’s SuperTRUMP for Salesforce has been selected to provide accurate lease and loan modeling and pricing to U.S. Bank Equipment Finance.

The combination of Salesforce and SuperTRUMP, both leaders in their respective industries, represents a synergistic win for U.S. Bank Equipment Finance by enhancing the effectiveness of their Salesforce application and their pricing capabilities.
SuperTRUMP and Salesforce paired together is an easy-to-execute solution which will increase processing efficiency and lead to higher levels of customer satisfaction.

“U.S. Bank Equipment Finance is excited to join forces with Ivory Consulting,” said Anthony Cracchiolo, President and CEO, U.S. Bank Equipment Finance. “We look forward to the increased efficiencies, enhanced controls and streamlined processes this relationship will bring.”

“We want to offer the equipment finance industry the most accurate and sophisticated expertise, and being able to deliver it in Salesforce has been a significant win for our customers,” said Scott Thacker, CEO, Ivory Consulting Corporation. “Helping improve the operations of U.S. Bank Equipment Finance supports their continued growth, and giving them the ability to avoid manually entering data into Salesforce from an external, disconnected pricing tool is paramount.”

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About Ivory Consulting
For over 30 years, Ivory Consulting Corporation has been the leading provider of equipment lease and loan pricing software and consulting services for the equipment finance industry. Ivory’s flagship product, SuperTRUMP, is the industry standard for pricing and modeling complex leases and loans. That’s why it is trusted by four of the Monitor top five companies. Ivory is privately held and headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA. For more information, please visit us at www.ivorycc.com.

About U.S. Bank and U.S. Bank Equipment Finance
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp (“USB”), with $429 billion in assets as of March 31, 2016, is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States. The Company operates 3,129 banking offices in 25 states and 4,954 ATMs and provides a comprehensive line of banking, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at www.usbank.com. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding U.S. Bancorp's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.