Mitsubishi HC Capital America announced the strategic hiring of three seasoned credit leaders to support its continued growth and diversification across growing and specialized markets. These hires bring deep expertise to the company’s expanding specialty lending activities within asset-based lending, franchise finance, equipment leasing, project finance and trade finance, as well as private credit across the United States and Canada. Leading this initiative is Wolfgang Arbaczewski, named
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August 26, 2025 @ 08:10 AM
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Crusoe, the industry’s first vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, announced with atNorth, a leading Nordic data center services provider, an expansion of Crusoe Cloud capacity in atNorth’s Iceland ICE02 data center, powered by clean energy. This strategic expansion is designed to meet the surging demand for Crusoe Cloud services from customers of all sizes across Europe and North America. To support this initiative, Crusoe has secured a $175 million credit facility from Victory Park
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August 26, 2025 @ 08:08 AM
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Great Rock Capital provided $100 million of liquidity to SkyWater Technology (“SkyWater”), a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.SkyWater, headquartered in Bloomington, MN, is the most advanced domestically owned and operated Trusted Foundry, serving the needs of the U.S. government and a diverse range of commercial markets. The company designs and manufactures semiconductor wafer-based technologies for aerospace and defense, biomedical, consumer, industrial, and automotive
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August 26, 2025 @ 08:05 AM
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Chicago Atlantic announced the appointment of former FLUENT Cannabis CEO Robert Beasley, as Partner, Head of Restructuring. Beasley will be responsible for supporting the firm’s ongoing commitment to value creation and operational excellence across its portfolio.Beasley is an attorney, entrepreneur, and business executive with a proven track record of leading organizations and shaping policy in highly regulated industries, including the emerging cannabis market. A Florida native, he co-founded
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August 26, 2025 @ 08:02 AM
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BitBridge Capital Strategies, an American Bitcoin treasury company bridging traditional finance with Bitcoin, announced the upcoming launch of its flagship lending product, the Bitcoin Respect Loan. In the spirit of its ethos Bitcoin Is Life™ - Bitbridge is providing more details on its innovative loan product. The product is designed to provide borrowers with access to liquidity while maintaining their Bitcoin holdings, offering competitive rates, secure storage and borrower-focused options. It
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August 26, 2025 @ 07:56 AM
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Columbia Bank (Columbia), a subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc., appointed Ivan Seda as Executive Vice President, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, effective August 25, 2025. Seda's extensive financial services experience and leadership will further strengthen the bank's focus on financial performance and strategic endeavors.Seda brings an impressive background in financial management and strategic thought leadership to Columbia. Before joining Columbia, he held several financial executive
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August 26, 2025 @ 07:36 AM
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H.I.G. Capital announced the expansion of its dedicated Small-Cap & Growth (“SCG”) team with the addition of Harrison B. Davis as Managing Director in H.I.G.’s Miami office.Harrison has over 15 years of experience in lower middle market private equity, having built an extensive track record investing across the business services, industrials, consumer, and TMT sectors. He previously served as a Partner and Co-Head of TZP Group’s Small-Cap strategy and held investment roles at Brown Brothers
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August 26, 2025 @ 07:33 AM
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McDermott Will & Schulte announced that veteran advisor Ira Schacter has joined the firm as a partner in the Transactions Practice Group, based in New York City. Ira will lead a new financial services vertical that establishes the firm as the go-to counsel for clients operating at the intersection of private equity, hedge funds, insurance, and financial services. He most recently served as global Co-head of the Corporate, M&A, and Securities practices at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.Ira's
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August 26, 2025 @ 07:00 AM
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The Farmers Bank announced the promotion of Drew Cripe to Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking — a role that elevates his leadership to the highest levels of the organization. As a member of the Senior Management Team, Cripe will oversee the bank’s commercial banking operations, expand his leadership to additional direct reports and help guide strategic decisions that shape the future of the bank’s business relationships and community impact.Cripe joined The Farmers Bank in 2011 and has
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August 26, 2025 @ 06:00 AM
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Trinity Capital announced the appointment of Josh Mackey, Director of Tech Lending, based in San Francisco, California. With over a decade of experience supporting innovative technology companies across the U.S., Mackey is a trusted partner within the venture ecosystem."It is a pleasure to welcome Josh to the Trinity team," said Phil Gager, Senior Managing Director of Tech Lending at Trinity Capital. "We believe Josh's deep industry experience will further strengthen our Tech Lending business
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August 25, 2025 @ 08:11 AM
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LendingTree announced the successful closing of a $475 million credit facility, consisting of a new $400 million five-year Term Loan B and a $75 million revolving credit facility. The financing replaces the company's existing Term Loan B due 2028 and its loan agreement with Apollo, delivering significant benefits to LendingTree's capital structure and strategic flexibility."This transaction marks a major milestone in our ongoing efforts to enhance our financial foundation," said Jason Bengel
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August 25, 2025 @ 08:10 AM
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Advantage Business Capital, a subsidiary of Central Bank, provided a $10 million factoring facility to a beverage manufacturer. The client secured a sizeable opportunity with a major national retailer. This factoring facility with Advantage will help them bridge the gap between production and payment, ensuring the seamless execution of the nationwide initiative.
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August 25, 2025 @ 08:05 AM
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The Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA) released its Cap/Ex Finance Index for July, which showed a year-to-date fall but an improvement from June. Highlights from the report include:
FORECAST: The change in new business volumes (NBV) suggests a 0.1% increase in new durable goods orders in July.
Total NBV among surveyed ELFA member companies was $9.7 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis in July, an increase of 1.7% from June.
NBV year-to-date contracted by 3.8% relative to the
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August 25, 2025 @ 07:40 AM
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DLA Piper represented Concord, a leading independent music company, in securing a US$450 million senior secured credit facility led by Fifth Third Bank as administrative agent, lead arranger, and joint bookrunner.Concord’s catalog amasses more than 1.3 million music copyrights, including songs by The Beatles, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Daddy Yankee, Ed Sheeran, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and The Rolling Stones.The DLA Piper global team was led by Partner Robert Sherman (Los
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August 25, 2025 @ 07:34 AM
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Winston & Strawn represented Loop Capital Markets, as placement agents’ counsel, in connection with the initial public offering of Bally’s Chicago, Inc. The registration statement, under which the offering was conducted, was declared effective by the SEC on August 12, 2025, and resulted in nearly 1,800 unique investors, more than 1,000 of whom are Chicago residents, becoming shareholders in Bally’s Chicago. Bally’s Chicago, a subsidiary of Bally’s Corporation, is developing Chicago’s first and
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August 25, 2025 @ 07:05 AM
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