Orion First has announced a new chapter in its leadership.After 23 years as Founder and CEO, Dave Schaefer will transition into the role of Chairman of Orion First, where he will focus on providing strategic guidance to the company. Mark Johnson, a...
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December 11, 2024, 07:15 AM
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Orion First, the leading provider of commercial loan & lease servicing, announced two significant leadership appointments. Paul Marcoe has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO), and RJ Grimshaw will join the company as Chief Revenue Officer...
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July 12, 2024, 07:25 AM
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Orion First announced significant progress has been made winding down Mintaka Financial LLC. Founded in December 2004, by a select group of small business finance companies, Mintaka specialized in serving the finance needs of small businesses across...
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January 13, 2023, 07:15 AM
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Orion First has begun servicing contracts for Conserv Capital. Nashville, TN-based Conserv established itself in 2015 as a premier lender to contractors and haulers for heavy equipment in the Southeast. Today, it has more than 1,500 pieces of...
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June 15, 2022, 07:23 AM
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Orion First has named Jaimie Haver, CLFP, its new Senior Vice President and Director of Contract Operations. A veteran of the field, Haver has been responsible for building back offices for scaling companies, including banks and independent lessors....
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June 01, 2022, 07:22 AM
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Orion First has begun servicing contracts for Universal Finance Corp. Massachusetts-based Universal Finance has over the last 40 years established itself as a premier lender to the construction industry. The company now serves clients in a wide range...
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March 29, 2022, 07:20 AM
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Orion First Financial, LLC has promoted its Director of Accounting, Jenny Dubinsky, to Senior Vice President and Director of Contract Operations, and has promoted Executive Vice President Quentin Cote to President and Chief Operating Officer.The...
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February 01, 2022, 07:25 AM
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Orion First has surpassed $3 billion in assets under management. This milestone comes shortly after reaching its previous benchmark of $2 billion in 2020.The assets under management consist of small business commercial loans and leases for which...
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January 19, 2022, 07:25 AM
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Orion First Financial, LLC announced CF Bankshares Inc. and its wholly owned banking subsidiary, CFBank, N.A., has selected Orion First, a full-service commercial loan and lease portfolio servicer, as its exclusive provider of primary management...
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March 10, 2021, 07:22 AM
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Orion First has begun servicing contracts for ApplePie Capital.
Based in San Francisco, CA, and led by CEO and co-founder Denise Thomas, ApplePie Capital is a nationwide lender dedicated to the franchise industry, with transaction sizes ranging from...
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February 17, 2021, 07:21 AM
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Orion First has begun servicing contracts for Paradigm Equipment Finance.
Based in Salt Lake City, UT, and led by President and CEO Tyler Deters, Paradigm is a nationwide lender providing asset-based financing programs requiring minimal credit...
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January 20, 2021, 07:26 AM
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Orion First has begun servicing contracts for TEAM Funding Solutions. Based in Austin, TX, TEAM, like much of the industry, was interrupted by the pandemic, which forced a reevaluation of its business operations. Ready to focus again on growing...
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January 07, 2021, 07:26 AM
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Orion First, a commercial loan and lease servicer, released its latest product: a customer portal enhancing the customer experience for borrowers. Orion’s new customer portal is a mobile-friendly website designed purely for the end user. With it...
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October 15, 2020, 07:23 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the July 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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July 16, 2020, 07:22 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the June 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the...
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June 18, 2020, 07:22 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing...
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February 13, 2020, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the December 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 56.2, an increase from the November index of 54.9....
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December 19, 2019, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation releases its November 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.9, an increase from the October index of...
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November 14, 2019, 07:24 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the October 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 51.4, a decrease from the September index of...
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October 17, 2019, 07:15 AM
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Mintaka Financial, LLC, a commercial finance company based in Washington State, has acquired Phoenix, AZ-based Summit Commercial Finance Company. The deal comes as part of Mintaka’s strategy to form closer relationships with origination channels, to...
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October 15, 2019, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the September 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 54.7, a decrease from the August index of...
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September 19, 2019, 07:16 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the August 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business...
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August 15, 2019, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the July 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market was 57.9, an increase from the June index of 52.8.Designed to...
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July 18, 2019, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the June 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market was 52.8, easing from the May index of 59.2.Designed to...
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June 20, 2019, 07:21 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the April 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market decreased in April, after two consecutive months of...
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April 18, 2019, 07:28 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the March 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market increased in March for the second consecutive month to 60.4...
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March 14, 2019, 07:20 AM
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Mintaka Financial announced that David Trost has been promoted to Vice President of Analytics and Partnerships. David joined Mintaka as a Relationship Manager in 2018 and will continue as RM for existing clients to help Mintaka identify, evaluate and...
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February 28, 2019, 07:30 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market increased in February to 56.7, an increase from the...
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February 14, 2019, 07:25 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the December 2018 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market eased again in December to 55.5, a decrease from the...
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December 17, 2018, 07:22 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the October 2018 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market eased in October to 63.2, down from the September index of...
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October 23, 2018, 07:00 AM
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