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Dan Michalek, one of Monitor's Pioneer Icon award winners, discusses the learning processes he has experienced on his quests to improve the equipment finance industry--first through PayNet and now wit...

23 Nov 202110min

This year's Pioneer Icon, Bill Phelan, shares stories from the early days of PayNet and explains how the company went from a dining room table startup to a trusted source of information for the equipm...

18 Nov 202122min

Crit DeMent discovered equipment finance by working at a car dealership fresh out of college. Four decades later, he sits down with the Monitor to look back on his iconic career and share three vital ...

11 Nov 202117min

This year's Current Leader Monitor Icon, Nancy Robles, believes understanding and supporting people is central to leadership. After starting her finance career as a single mom who was laser focused on...

4 Nov 202149min

This year's Disruptor Monitor Icon, Deborah Reuben, not only made the equipment finance ecosystem aware of disruption, she also successfully navigated a huge disruption of her business and wound up st...

27 Okt 202139min

Many financial institutions have already begun to implement AI for various purposes, including onboarding, customer service, underwriting and fraud detection. Dr. Ali Ahmed discusses the benefits and ...

21 Okt 202127min

Many commercial finance companies consider themselves “relationship businesses.” The leaders of these companies often see digital transformation as a potential threat to the foundational relationships...

9 Sep 202126min

There are many ways to originate deals in the equipment finance business, including forming relationships with third-party originators. David Lee from North Mill Equipment Finance talks about the bene...

31 Aug 202125min