Inside the AI Shift: How Tech Leaders Are Rewiring Underwriting, Risk and Portfolio Monitoring
AI is no longer a side project in asset-based finance. It is reshaping how lenders collect data, assess risk, monitor...
Forward for Specialty Finance
2025 Power Players Letter From the Editor
EVERY YEAR BRINGS A NEW PULSE TO SPECIALTY FINANCE, BUT 2025 FEELS DIFFERENT. The ground is shifting under everyone’s feet....
The Certainty Premium: Why Speed-to-Close Defines Middle Market Lending
In the first half of 2025, middle market financing underwent a fundamental shift. While traditional metrics like pricing and advance...
AIR Raises $6.1MM to Modernize Private Credit Ratings with AI
AIR, the AI-powered credit intelligence platform that delivers continuous, bias-free credit ratings for public and private credit, announced a $6.1...
First Horizon Bank Names Warrick as Triangle Market President in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Todd Warrick, Triangle Market President for First Horizon First Horizon Bank announced that Todd Warrick, Executive Vice President and Corporate...
Salem Five Bank Extends New Credit Facility to Precision Manufacturing Company, Supporting Sales Growth
Salem Five Bank, a full-service financial services organization with over $8 billion in assets, has provided an asset-based revolving line...
Gebicki Joins Webster Bank as Sponsor Finance Senior Originator
Webster Bank announced that Michael Gebicki joined as Senior Managing Director, Sponsor Finance. In his role, Mr. Gebicki will originate...
YES Leasing Expands Credit Facility With BMO
YES Leasing, a Miami-based commercial equipment leasing and finance company, announced the successful renewal and increase of its senior credit...
Former BlackRock Exec Levkowitz Joins Gracie Point Holdings as Non-Executive Chairman
Howard Levkowitz, co-founder of Tennenbaum Capital and former Chairman of US Private Capital at BlackRock, has joined Gracie Point as...
Monroe Capital Supports Renovus Capital Partners’ Acquisitions of K2 Services, Epiq GBTS and Forrest Solutions
Monroe Capital acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support...
