Columbia Bank (NASDAQ:COLB) announced that it has hired industry veteran and long-time Eugene market leader Jeff Singer. For the past 23 years, Jeff held multiple positions at Umpqua Bank, including his most recent position as Senior Commercial Relationship Manager.

Evans brings over 20 years of finance and sales management experience to the bank. Evans was a top producer and received several awards growing financial portfolios in various markets in the US, Canada and abroad.

Chung brings over 27 years of bay area banking experience to Pinnacle Bank. She began her career with Wells Fargo and had been with Boston Private Bank and Trust in Palo Alto for the past 13 years.

The 17-year-old Tampa-based company provides cellular network construction, upgrade and maintenance services, including the resources for new construction, as well as repairs and restoration. The acquired financing will be used for working capital and business expansion.

Austin Financial Services, Inc. (AFS) is pleased to announce the closing of a $3MM senior secured credit facility comprised of an AR and inventory revolver with an M&E T/L to a manufacturer and seller of rotational molded plastic products.

Monroe Capital LLC announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Recorded Future by private equity sponsor Insight Partners.

Avidbank Holdings, Inc. ("the Company") (OTC Pink: AVBH), a bank holding company and the parent company of Avidbank ("the Bank"), an independent full-service commercial bank serving businesses and individuals primarily in Northern California, announced unaudited consolidated net income of $3,183,000 for the second quarter of 2019 compared to $2,666,000 for the same period in 2018.

Michael Stock joins as Head of Operations from ABN AMRO to lead on operational management. Equiniti Riskfactor gains seven new clients in past year in North American market as it continues to succeed in its global growth strategy.

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) announced an expansion of its investment management and advisory capabilities that provides increased capacity and flexibility to finance private equity sponsor-owned middle market companies across a diverse range of industry sectors.

GCBC offers interns hands-on training in finance, sales/marketing, accounting and underwriting. Meg Roberson, GCBC’s Senior Vice President noted, “We are thrilled to welcome Lacey Bohanan, Kyle Hladky, Will Huber, Mike Mondragon and Sam Wheeler to GCBC.

Prior to joining North Mill, Bowling worked at Riviera Finance. She has over 22 years of lending experience ranging from underwriting to senior account executive.

Abacus Finance Group, LLC, a leading provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of companies with $3 million to $15 million in EBITDA, today announced the hiring of Seth I. Friedman as a managing director and Austin Rendell as an analyst.

MidCap Business Credit announced today they have closed on a $2,000,000 asset-based credit facility for Pavement Corporation, a portfolio company of Vicour and Spring Capital Partners out of Baltimore, MD.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading independent factoring, asset-based lending and purchase order financing firm in the United States, announced the completion of a recent $3 million inventory production finance deal for an importer of dinnerware and glassware.

With this prepayment, the Company has reduced its debt by approximately $250 million since emerging from Chapter 11 on June 4, 2018, bringing the Company’s total debt to approximately $1.05 billion.

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc., a leading provider of media, content, and connectivity to markets across air, sea and land, today announced that it has completed a $40 million upsizing of its Senior Secured Term Loan due 2023, as well as an amendment to its Term Loan.

Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC), a leading investment bank and institutional securities firm announced the addition of its CD and Structured Note underwriting business with the arrival of Ardi Baniahmad, Josh Brenner, Rick Cabanes and Meghan Greenwood, formerly of First Empire.

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) today announced the successful launch of a venture banking and lending business, dedicated to providing debt capital financing and commercial banking solutions to growth companies and their backers.

Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:MMLP) (the “Partnership”) announced today that the Partnership has successfully amended and extended its revolving credit facility.

He comes to Northeast Bank with over thirty years of commercial lending experience including real estate, lender and corporate finance.