A rapidly growing Latin American-based Mexican food company was also experiencing rapid growth and required additional working capital. The company was being backed by a highly successful entrepreneur and sales were skyrocketing from relationships with major retailers and grocers.

A popular and fast-growing ready-to-drink beverage company based in Massachusetts was seeking an incremental working capital facility to support its plans to increase distribution nationwide.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset-based lending, purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, today announced the completion of several factoring and asset based lending deals for food & beverage companies.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) and Peapack Private, a division of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, are proud to announce the appointment of Klaudio Nikolla, Senior Managing Director, Commercial Private Banker.

Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. (“Angelo Gordon” or the “Firm”), a $73* billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, today announced that Maja Lindstrom, former Managing Director, EMEA Business Development at Barings, has joined the Firm as a Managing Director in its Client Partnership Group.

Star Mountain Capital, an employee-owned, specialized investment manager with approximately $3.5 billion in assets under management targeting systematic alpha and low market-correlated returns for its institutional and high-net-worth clients, announced that Amon Johnson, former Managing Director at BlackRock joined full-time as a Managing Director.

Eclipse Business Capital, LLC (“EBC”) announced today that Brandon Hodges has joined the organization as a Managing Director.

Barclays (BARC.L) said on Thursday it has hired two senior bankers for its financial sponsors group to oversee relationships with private equity clients. The British lender appointed Tom Vignon as a managing director in the financial sponsors group for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, it said in a statement.

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR), a leading investment bank, is excited to announce the hiring of Brent Robbins and Alan Brodsky as managing directors in equity sales and trading. Robbins will lead the firm’s London equity office and focus on expanding research sales internationally. Brodsky will be based in New York and focus on trading with U.K. and European clients.

Over half of restaurant operators are planning to increase their equipment and supply budgets in 2023, and 67% plan to make kitchen equipment replacements, according to a new study released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (Foundation).

Bank of Montreal (BMO) is winding down its indirect retail auto finance business and shifting focus to other areas in a move that will result in an unspecified number of job losses, Canada's third-largest bank said.

Healthcare Funding Partners (HFP), a leading player in the Health Insurance Marketplace financing sector, is pleased to announce the successful completion of an upsize to an existing financing with Post Road Group, securing a substantial credit facility of $100 million, with the option to expand to $200 million through an accordion feature.

HighPeak Energy, Inc. (“HighPeak” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HPK) today announced the successful completion of a transformative debt refinancing. The Company entered into a senior secured term loan credit agreement (the “2023 Term Loan”) among the Company, as borrower, Texas Capital Bank (“Texas Capital”), as Administrative Agent, and Chambers Energy Management, LP (“Chambers”), as Collateral Agent.

36th Street Capital, a prominent provider of equipment financing solutions, proudly announces the immediate appointment of Eric A. McGriff as its new Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Mr. McGriff takes the reins from Gerry Kammerer, the longstanding CRO of 36th Street Capital, who will transition into an advisory capacity.

Comvest Credit Partners (“Comvest”), a leading provider of flexible direct financing solutions to middle-market companies, is pleased to announce that it is acting as Administrative Agent on a senior secured credit facility (the “Financing”) for HighFive Healthcare (“HighFive”, or the “Company”), a Birmingham, Ala.-based specialty dental service organization (“DSO”).

Santander acted as administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner on the credit facility and is one of eight international and U.S.-based banks providing financing to support WTEC’s production, logistics, fleet management and day-to-day operations.

After eight years of diverse experiences across the financial services industry, Tyler Jones is returning home to Griffin, Georgia, as the newly appointed Market President for Georgia Banking Company (GBC).

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCBI), the parent company of Texas Capital and Texas Capital Securities, announced key leadership appointments and enhanced capabilities as part of its Corporate & Investment Bank offerings for the energy sector.

Commercial Finance Partners (CFP) is proud to announce the closing of a $15,000,000 enterprise value-based cash flow term loan with a $5,000,000 multi delayed draw term loan for the refinance and de novo growth strategy of a specialty dentures and implants DSO.

U.S. Bank says it wants to give smaller medical practices the same financial help as their larger counterparts. The bank on Thursday (Sept. 14) announced a program to offer banking, payments and wealth management services for healthcare practices with up to $25 million in yearly revenue.