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GATX, together with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and its institutional partners, received all required regulatory clearances to complete the transaction to acquire Wells Fargo’s rail operating lease portfolio. The transaction will be completed through a joint venture between GATX and Brookfield...

Horizon Bank, a commercial banking subsidiary of Horizon Bancorp, appointed Pam Zarazee as the senior vice president, director of human resources. Zarazee will be responsible for leading Horizon Bank’s human resource function and will have oversight of the bank’s talent...

eCapital, a tech-enabled specialty finance provider serving small and midsize businesses across North America and the United Kingdom, has delivered a $9 million freight factoring facility to support a specialized carrier with established operations serving North American supply chains. As...

The Hedaya Capital Group recently provided a $2.5 million factoring facility to a Maryland-based energy service company working to improve energy efficiency for industrial buildings, warehouses and offices as well as retail, hospitality and healthcare environments. The company’s founder, who...

Year-End Resilience: ABL Activity Persists Amid Regulatory Recalibration and Private Credit Compression The middle market lending ecosystem closed out 2025 with a notable contrast between steady deal activity in asset-based lending and increasingly compressed economics in the broader private credit...

Steward Partners, an employee-owned independent financial services firm specializing in comprehensive wealth management solutions, raised $475 million in strategic capital from Ares Credit funds, comprising a significant expansion of its lending relationship and a non-controlling minority investment. Ares joins Steward...

Tebra, an all-in-one EHR+ platform, closed $250 million in new equity and debt financing to accelerate its R&D in AI and automation. The financing consists primarily of equity capital led by Hildred, as well as a debt facility provided by...

J.Jill completed the refinancing of its existing credit agreement with a new $75 million senior secured five-year term loan facility. The refinancing replaces the company’s previous term loan credit agreement dated April 5, 2023, providing enhanced financial flexibility and improved...

Community West Bancshares, parent company of Community West Bank, and United Security Bancshares, parent company of United Security Bank, signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger transaction. Following the merger of...

Transparency Analytics, a financial benchmarking business focused on private credit, completed its second funding round, led by Deciens Capital. Allianz Life Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Allianz Life Insurance of North America; Mouro Capital; FJ Labs; SUM Ventures; and...