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2.6-megawatt solar array is largest on higher education-sited property in Pennsylvania, supplying 20 percent of campus energy needs; serving as learning lab

A new study by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation reveals that the lender finance marketplace in the U.S. is “thriving” eight years after the 2008 financial crisis began, led by an “interesting mix” of traditional banks and newer, non-traditional lenders. The study was researched and written by The Alta Group.

Norwalk, CT – March 22, 2016 – Nations Equipment Finance, LLC (“NEF”) is pleased to announce that Jarrod Hicks has been hired as Senior Vice President – Business Development. Jarrod will be responsible for expanding NEF’s lease and loan origination activities in the Southeastern portion of the United States. Jarrod has over 11 years of experience in the Equipment Finance and Leasing industry, and comes to NEF from CIT Commercial Bank, where he was their Southeast Regional Director. Prior to CIT, Jarrod worked for several banks and Commercial Equipment Lenders, Talmer Bank, FNCC, CG Commercial Finance and a previous role at NEF.

IronPlanet®, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today announced its end-of-quarter “Equipment Madness” brackets for the weeks of March 21 and 28 across its multiple marketplaces.

Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing and lifecycle cost management, today announced the addition of Trip O’Neil as Senior Vice President, Business Development to its leadership team.

36th Street Capital, an alternative lender focused on equipment financing, announced it recently funded $8 million of mission critical equipment for a leader in global security services.

Lease Corporation of America chooses MTS Software Solutions to implement OnBase by Hyland to replace their legacy EMC Documentum Xtender system and integrate the new ECM system with Salesforce.com and LeaseTeam's suite of products.

Crestmark secured a total of $14,593,000 in financial solutions for 11 new clients in the first half of March.

Linedata releases an update for its best-in-class Lending & Leasing solution, Linedata Capitalstream.

Oil Producers Affecting Small Business Sector

IronPlanet, the leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, and Auctions America, which specializes in the sale of American Classics, European sports cars, Detroit muscle, hot rods and customs, today announced an agreement to jointly market Auctions America’s annual Fort Lauderdale event.

United Leasing has formally changed its name to United Leasing & Finance.

TROY, Mich., March 9, 2016 – Scott Grady, President of Crestmark Equipment Finance (CEF), announced the promotions of three staff members: Christina Chase, Jodi McNamara and Jamie Buchanan.

IronPlanet, a leading online marketplace for selling and buying used equipment and other durable assets, today is announcing the first of its spring 2016 Cat Auction Services sales with an unreserved public auction in St. Cloud, Minnesota on March 23. Hosted by Ziegler CAT, with featured sellers Komatsu and MTS, this Midwest auction is the first of five major onsite events this spring across the U.S., Canada and for the first time, the U.K.

KINGWOOD, TX, March 8, 2016 – Ascentium Capital, a national commercial lender providing comprehensive finance solutions, announced that it is now offering a specialized financing program to Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) and to their clients, retail merchants