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What’s in a Name? When Verifying Debtor Names, It Can Mean the Difference Between Collecting a Debt or Going Home Empty-Handed

The current economic situation, and the resulting increase in charge-offs and delinquency rates, now has many lenders scrambling to re-examine their policies and practices regarding protection of the collateral securing such loans. Ensuring the correct debtor name is sourced and filed on a UCC Financing Statement is the beginning part of that process.

July 29, 2010 | Rita Garwood

To Save the Company… Change Leaders to get Results

Here’s the predicament: Who can handle the crisis management role? This is a predicament. Clear thinking must prevail and a special set of skills must be applied. If there is a qualified leader within the company, then delegate the job of turnaround to that person — and provide proper support. If there is not a qualified leader in the company — and there usually isn’t — go outside to locate this type of professional.

July 29, 2010 | Rita Garwood

Harborcove Financial — Where Wall Street and Main Street Meet

Last September, two veteran equities traders were introduced to two factors, and serendipity ensued in the form of Harborcove Financial. In short order the four entrepreneurs embarked on a mission to bring the best of Wall Street together with Main Street and provide much-needed capital to small businesses. We decided to check in with two of the company’s principals — Harvey Gross and Russell Hackmann — for an update on what’s happened since.

July 29, 2010 Rita Garwood

Commercial Finance Software… Are You Still Driving a Hoopty*?

When in comes to your commercial finance software system, are you like the guy down the street who’s trying to squeeze five more years out of a clunker that’s held together with the technological equivalents of spit, glue and coat hangers? If so, the following article is a high-level overview of what it takes to pick out a sleeker model.

*Urban Dictionary defines a hoopty as any car that meets certain characteristics, including but not limited to requiring the driver to enter through the passenger side; requiring half a clothes hanger to hold up the exhaust pipe and the other half to serve as an antenna; and/or requiring the manual up and down movement of the turn signal to signify the driver’s intention to turn. (Variant spellings: hooptie, hoopdie, hoopdy. See also: clunker, jalopy)

July 29, 2010 | Rita Garwood