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February 2
Funders Taking "New" Broker Business List
BSB, Bankers Capital, Forum Leasing/TimePayment
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
Leasing News Advisor
Bruce Kropschot
Alternate Finance Association Membership
2018 United States
CLFP Academy for Lease & Finance Professionals
Kansas City Sold Out/Burlington, Massachusetts Just Added
Sidestep Most Common B2B Marketing Mishaps
FinTech #102 by Alex Vasilakos
Thousands of American Bridges Are Falling Apart - Chart
By Niall McCarthy, www.statista.com
Small Business Optimism Hits 11-year High
Reports Wells Fargo Survey
Den of Thieves/Loveless
It/Brad's StatusKameradschaft
Film/Digital Reviews by Leasing News' Fernando Croce
Special Needs Dog
San Francisco, California Adopt a Dog
News Briefs---
Marlin Files 4th Quarter Up 16.3% Previous Quarter
Up 23.1% Year-over-Year Net Income $25.3 Million
Apple Sells 77.3 Million iPhones, Down 1%
But Profit up 13% up $61.58 Billion
Amazon Profit Tops $3 Billion
as 2017 Revenue Grows 31%
Google’s parent firm Alphabet takes $10 billion hit,
reports $3 billion loss
SoFi Growing pains? Online lender lays off mortgage staffers
SoFi Lays Off 5% of Staff
Curtain Closes Quietly on Yellen Era
after a record 15 consecutive positive months for the S&P 500
(Podcast) Is an End to Equipment Leasing Coming?
www.farm-equipment.com
Fuji Xerox to shed 10,000 jobs by 2020 after merger
By Brian Cantwell, LeasingLife
GreatAmerica lowers credit enhancement on equipment (again)
By Allison Bisbey, ASreport.americanbanker.com
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February 5
Pictures from the Past - 1994
Deborah Monosson Leasing Person for 2017
Position Wanted – Asset Management
Work Remotely or Relocate for Right Opportunity
Top Stories -- January 29 - February 2
(Opened Most by Readers)
Dakota Financial Updated
Funders Looking for Broker Business
Where is the Franchise Market Going?
Chains Dropping Locations/Online Sales Growing
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Equipment Leasing Account Executive Needed
Marlin Business Services Earnings Call Transcript
Highlights by Christopher Menkin
Rates Will Be Going Up
By Mr. Terry Winders, CLFP
Leasing News Advisor
Allan Levine
The World's Most Visited Cities - Chart
By Martin Armstrong, www.statista.com
Labrador Retriever
Boston, Massachusetts Adopt a Dog
Day in American History
Select a month and a day
New Items--
Yellen says prices 'high' for stocks, commercial real estate
but stopped short of saying those markets are in a bubble
Deutsche Bank is still recovering from 2015 fines,
CEO says after it posts third consecutive annual loss
You have been lied to about inflation and here is the proof
Take a look at where we have gone since 2000 to today
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February 7
Commercial Equipment Leasing Companies
Closing Stock, Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Celtic Bank Joins Funder List
Also Funder Looking for Broker Business
Now is the Time for Sales Professionals
Sales Makes it Happen by Christopher Menkin
Top Reputable Company Seeking
Equipment Leasing Account Executive
Don’t Bring Your Dog to an Interview
Recruiter Hal T. Horowitz Speaks Out
Where the Most Workers Put in a 60-Hour Week
By Niall McCarthy www.statiista.com
Leasing News Advisor
Shari L. Lipski, CLFP
Letters?! We get eMail
(Mostly in Chronological Order)
Investors Bank Launches Equipment Finance Group
Based in Iselin, New Jerse y
Border Collie
Salt Lake City, Utah
4th Annual NACLB Conference & Expo:
October 16-18, 2018
News Briefs---
The Era of Easy Money Is Ending,
and the World Is Bracing for Shocks
Trade 'disaster' worsens under Trump
increased more than 12 percent in 2017, to $566 billion
CFPB's Equifax Probe Stalls as Mulvaney Defangs Watchdog
latest example of the agency's defanging
Mulvaney Backing Away from Equifax Probe
Americans for Financial Reform
Fed Rebuke Costs Wells Fargo About
$27 Billion in Lost Market Value
The Fed's unprecedented slap at Wells Fargo may cost
the bank more than just $400 million this year
Alternate Finance Expands: "6th Avenue Capital Builds
Business Development Team with Veteran Hires" deBanked.com
Kroger in $2.1 billion mega-deal
to sell its 762 convenience stores to EG Group
Fintech Was Back on Capitol Hill
deBanked.com
Late-Year Change in Corporate Income Tax Rate
Leads to Billions in Unexpected Profits and Losses
Court upholds $25 million settlement in suits
against Trump University
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February 9
Commercial Equipment Leasing/Finance Companies
Closing Stock, Thursday, February 8, 2018
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Seeking Reputable Account Executive
Pepperdine Survey Equipment Leasing Professionals
Please support by Taking the Survey
Leasing News Advisor
Bruce Lurie
Number of Events at Winter Olympic Games 1924 to 2018
By Dyfed Loesche, statista.com
Winter Olympic Games Medal Table from 1924 to 2014
By Dyfed Loesche, Statista
Copley Equity Partners Backs North Star Leasing
No Ernest & Young Served as Financial Adviso r
Notorious/Carmen Jones/The Way We Were
An Officer and a Gentleman/The Last of the Mohicans
Fernando Croce's Valentine Day Special Recommendations
Akita Mix
San Francisco, California Adopt-a-Dog
Looking for an Attorney?
Here are Specialists in Banking, Finance, Leasing
News Briefs---
Rabobank has been fined $369 million by the U.S.
after admitting it handled millions in illicit funds
Fed Backs Marijuana-Focused Credit Union
Conditional Approval
New York Times Co. Subscription Revenue
Surpassed $1 Billion in 2017
Water forecast is bleak for major reservoir in Southwest US
10% chance could be "normal"
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February 13
Position Wanted – Credit
Work Remotely or Relocate for Right Opportunity
Top Stories -- February 5 - February 9
(Opened Most by Readers)
California Court of Appeals Reinstates Suit Against
Tribal Lenders - Denies California Lender’s License
By Tom McCurnin, Leasing News Legal Editor
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Alliance Capital - CoreTech Leasing
The Booming Airline and Transportation Business
Affecting the Availability of Capital?
Channel Partners January’s Last 20 Deals
FICO, TIB, Annual Revenues, Funding Amount, Term
Money Anxiety Index Reflects High Financial Confidence
Despite High Volatility in the Equipment Marke t
Leasing News Advisor
Ralph Mango
Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP
Does Your Title Explain Your Job?
Sometimes You Make a Credit Decision
Not by the Book
Back Office Companies
Updated
Chow/Chow Mix
Fallston, Maryland Adopt-a-Dog
News Briefs---
How General Electric became a general disappointment
GE is in a real-time meltdown
Citigroup to set up innovation centre in London
Decision is boost for UK’s FinTech sector ahead of Brexit
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February 16
Pictures from the Past - 1988
Executive Vice President- WAEL
Will Your Company be the Next Victim?
A Disturbing New Trend in Fraud
By John Kenny, General Manager, Lease Police
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Alliance Capital - CoreTech Leasing
The Value of Search Engine Optimization Today
FinTech #102 by Alex Vasilakos
Site Inspection List
Updated
Leasing News Advisor
Armon Mills
The 15:17 to Paris/24 Frames
Mother/I, Daniel Blake/The Silence of the Lambs
Film/Digital Reviews by Leasing News' Fernando Croce
Labrador Retriever Mix
West Des Moines, Iowa Adopt-a-Dog
The Largest Gathering of Business
and Commercial Brokers In the Country
News Briefs---
A billionaire diamond dealer has been linked with a
$1.8 billion fraud reported by one of India's biggest banks
US Bank To Pay $613M for Faulty Money Laundering Program
"...employees tried to hide the deficiencies from regulators"
Amazon has partnered with Bank of America
for its lending program -Loans $1,000 to $750,000
OnDeck has achieved GAAP profitability
and announced some interesting new developments for 2018
Cisco to Repatriate $67 Billion Under New Tax Law
planned for the company’s third fiscal quarter
We Are Living in the Golden Age of Fintech
breaking the rules around who can access money
where they can access it from and what they can do with i t
President Trump entertains idea
of 25-cent fuel tax increase
Optimistic outlook anticipated for the European leasing
industry for the beginning of 2018--The Alta Group
Equifax: Why finance companies are using verification tools
at record levels
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February 20
Leasing Veteran “Marathon Mike” Passes Away
December 17, 1938 – February 9, 2018
Position Wanted – Credit
Seattle, WA – Or Will Work Remotely
Top Stories -- February 13- February 16
(Opened Most by Readers)
California Seeks to Require Interest Rate Disclosure
in Commercial Loans, MCA, Capital Leasing
By Tom McCurnin, Leasing News Legal Editor
Top Nine Leasing Company Websites
in North America
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Account Executive/National Account Manager
Leasing News Advisor
Don Meyerson
Current Regulations in United States
Not Official, Compiled from Many Sources
State Licensing and Usury Laws:
An Updated Overview of a Few Troublesome States
By Barry Marks, CLFP
GreatAmerica Completes 17th Term Securitization
$5.6 Billion in Placements since 1995 – 500 Employees
Boxer Mix
St. Louis, Missouri Adopt-a-Dog
Attorneys Who Specialize in
Banking, Finance, and Leasing
News Briefs---
Chicken chaos as KFC closes outlets
Closed more than half of its 900 UK outlets/Ran out of Chicke n
Harley-Davidson still to close Kansas City plant
Despite Missouri delegation plea
Deutsche Bank to cut up to 500 jobs
Revenues Fell 15% Last Year
US rep, Boston councilor weigh in on status of Wynn
and future of Everett casino
State proposes $23M pedestrian walkway over Mystic River
to the Wynn Casino and Resort in Everett
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February 22
States Take on High Interest Loans After
CFPB Refuses to Do So and Achieves Win
By Tom McCurnin, Leasing News Legal Editor
New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries
“If it’s such a hot job market,
why is it so tough to get an interview?”
Recruiter Hal T. Horowitz Speaks Out
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Improve Your Career
CLFP Academy for Lease & Finance Professionals
Not Many Spaces Left except Mass. Has 1 2
Leasing News Advisor
Jeff Schubert
Twelve Attorneys Against Evergreen Abuse
Updated
Norway Winning the Most Gold in 2018 Olympics
and with Highest Democracy Score
Black Panther/Early Man
Dunkirk/Brawl in Cell Block 99/The Hero
Film/Digital Reviews by Leasing News' Fernando Croce
Mutt
Indianapolis, Indiana Adopt a Dog
Jim Gibbons with his Three Dogs
Out for a Stroll
News Briefs---
India arrests 11 suspects in $1.8 billion bank fraud case
Nirav & family fled India weeks before the criminal case registere d
Fed Officials Say Economy Is Ready for Higher Rates
might eventually raise rates to a level higher
than financial markets presently anticipate
Toys “R” Us Plans to Close Another 200 Stores
sharply cut corporate staff
Freeze turns Calif. almond orchards into fields of icicles,
threatens $5 billion industry
JPMorgan Chase to replace its HQ with a 70-story skyscraper
to create 8,000 construction jobs. take five years to build
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February 26
Position Wanted – Credit
Work Remotely or Relocate for Right Opportunity
Top Stories -- February20- February 22
(Opened Most by Readers)
Go Capital Files Chapter 11
Large Employee Layoffs Reported
California Seeks to Regulate Small Dollar
Consumer Loans – Follow-up
By Tom McCurnin, Leasing News Legal Editor
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Seeking Account Executives
"Rule 23"
Sales Makes it Happen by Steve Chriest
Leasing News Advisor
Hugh Swandel
Companies who notify lessees
in advance of lease expiration
Updated
Aggregate Funding Sources
(Online: connects lessees, lessors, and vendors)
Leasing Portals
(Over 4,000 Finance/Leasing Sites)
Labrador Retriever/Mix
Roseville, California Adopt a Dog
Broker Fair, May 14, 2108
The William Vale, Brooklyn, NY
News Briefs---
ELFA Reports business borrowing for equipment
rises about 10 percent in Jan/signed up for $6.9 billion
in new loans, leases and lines of credit
Citigroup will refund $330 million to credit card customers
it overcharged - Average Refund $190 per Account
Hottest 50 Businesses to Franchise in America
Slideshow
Fed Study Debunks “Lax Screening” in Mortgage Lending
Hypothesis of Fintech Lenders
Chicago, airlines nearing $8.5 billion deal
to dramatically expand O'Hare
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February 28
Leasing News Bulletin Board Complaints
By Kit Menkin, editor
Tom McCurnin
Leasing News Advisor
Leasing News Legal Editor
Leasing Industry Ads---Help Wanted
Top Sales Executives
Top Private Employers in Each State
U.S. Walmart Employees 1.5 Million
America's Most Important Trading Partners
Top U.S. Trading Partners/ Goods Only
LinkedIn Advice on Passwords
Don’t Get Hacked
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Reports
January New Business Volume Up 10 Percent Year-over-year
FDIC-Insured Institutions Report Net Income
of $25.5 Billion in Fourth Quarter 2017
NASA Astronaut Kimbrough to Deliver Keynote Address
at National Vehicle Leasing Association 2018 Conference
Labrador Retriever/Mix
Golden, Colorado Adopt a Dog
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Collector Collections/Consultant/Communications
News Briefs---
World First Law Firm to Exceed $3 Billion in revenue
Challenge for anyone Atop the Am Law 100
Amazon paid no US income taxes for 2017
after topping $5.6 billion in income in 2017
State Comptroller sues Wynn Resorts over handling
of sex harassment accusations/Could Lose License
8 GE board members are heading for the door
Longest-Serving Members of 17-person Board
GE Adds Accounting, Finance Experts to Board
former FASB head Leslie Seidman/former AT&T CFO Thomas Horton
NLRB Goes Back Joint Employer Ruling/Restaurant employees,
especially franchise operators, will greatly be affected by this decision
PayPal Settles FTC Charges Venmo Failed to Disclose Info
To Consumers about the Ability to Transfer Funds and Privacy Setting
Trump Budget Calls for Mandatory Nationwide E-Verify Use
new fees for immigration enforcement, processing
Indian techies look to Canada
as the American Dream turns into an H-1B nightmare
Amazon expands its smart-home bet
with acquisition of doorbell maker Ring
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