Stapleton Group is pleased to announce the opening of its eighth office, in Austin, TX, and that Betsy Landoll has been promoted to Director.

First Business Bank welcomes Kristen Palmer to its subsidiary, First Business Specialty Finance, LLC, as Vice President and a Business Development Officer in its Accounts Receivable Financing group.

BHI, the U.S division of Bank Hapoalim and a full-service commercial bank, has appointed Nisan Blum as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. Blum will report directly to CEO, Gil Karni, and join the Senior Management Team.

King Trade Capital is pleased to announce the completion of a $3 million purchase order finance facility for a growing home décor company in Arizona. The home décor company became familiar with King Trade Capital after being introduced by another King Trade Capital client.

Jon Kicklighter joined SLR Equipment Finance as Senior Vice President of Risk – Vendor Focus. Kicklighter comes to SLR Equipment Finance with more than 15 years of experience in the banking/finance industry. In his new role, Jon will use his knowledge and experience to help grow SLR Equipment Finance’s evolving financial solutions platform.

Celtic Capital Corporation today announced its most recent new client relationship – a job shop manufacturer of large, high-quality metal gears used in various industries such as automotive and aerospace.

Monroe Capital LLC today announced it acted as joint lead arranger on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of MOREgroup, Inc. (“MOREgroup”) by private equity sponsor Wind Point Partners.

Accord Financial Corp., one of the U.S. and Canada’s leading independent finance companies ("Accord") (TSX: ACD), announces the closing of a $25 million credit facility to help a plastics manufacturer support new business contracts as well as complete a strategic business acquisition.

Golub Capital today announced the launch of its Insurance Solutions team, a group of dedicated insurance and asset management professionals who will expand the way the Firm works with insurance company partners. Jennifer Potenta has joined the Firm to lead this newly formed team as Managing Director, Head of Insurance Solutions.

KKR, a leading global investment firm, today released “No Turning Back,” a new Insights piece by Henry McVey, CIO of KKR’s Balance Sheet and Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation (GMAA).

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) and Heartland Financial, USA Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLF) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which UMB Financial Corporation (UMB) will acquire Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (HTLF), in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.0 billion.

The private equity industry is showing resilience and optimism for 2024 despite shifting market dynamics, according to the S&P Global Market Intelligence 2024 Private Equity and Venture Capital Outlook.

Rocky Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCKY), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of premium quality footwear and apparel, today announced the signing of a definitive debt refinance agreement with Bank of America, as agent.

Scotiabank today announced that Travis Machen has been appointed CEO and Group Head of its Global Banking and Markets (GBM) business, effective May 6, 2024.

SLIM Capital, headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, a distinguished leader in the finance industry, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking quarter, with Q1 2024 witnessing an exceptional surge in origination volume and a record-breaking influx of deal submissions.

Dwight Funding, a modern asset-based lender providing flexible working capital to consumer brands, announced new transactions.

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) (the “Company” or “NOG”) today announced the completion of its semi-annual borrowing base redetermination under its reserves-based revolving credit facility (the “Facility”). In connection with the redetermination, NOG entered into an amendment to the Facility that leaves the borrowing base unchanged at $1.8 billion and increases the elected commitment amount to $1.5 billion (from $1.25 billion).

LSQ, a leading provider of working capital and payments management solutions, recently originated a $20 million account receivable credit facility for an Ohio-based aerospace tooling and precision assemblies manufacturer.

FGI Worldwide LLC (“FGI”), a global leader in commercial finance, today announced that ExpoCredit Financial Group (“ExpoCredit”), a leading invoice factoring company since 1998, has selected FGI’s T.R.U.S.T.™ platform to automate the monitoring, managing and maintenance of internal and client-held credit insurance policies.

Moritt Hock & Hamroff announced today the addition of three attorneys continuing the growth that the firm has experienced over the past year.