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First Citizens Names Mike Spencer Middle Market Banking Leader in Georgia
First Citizens Bank today announced that Mike Spencer has joined the company as Managing Director of Middle Market Banking in Atlanta. In this role, Spencer will expand First Citizens' middle market banking presence throughout Georgia and nearby markets.
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SFNet’s 81st Annual Convention: Building Connections and Strategies for the Future of Secured Finance
Featuring a new Tuesday-Thursday format, with a golf outing on Friday, this year’s SFNet Annual Convention offers unique networking opportunities and timely topical panels to help attendees continue to rise to the challenge. In a time of disruption and transformation, the secured finance community is resilient, innovative, and determined to thrive. The Convention serves as and your opportunity to discover new business prospects, build meaningful connections, and gain critical insights to move your organization forward.
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Oak Valley Community Bank Welcomes Dan Greene as Vice President, Branch Manager of Tracy Branch
December 9, 2025Oak Valley Community Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ: OVLY), is pleased to welcome Dan Greene as Vice President, Branch Manager. Greene will oversee the bank’s Tracy branch at 1034 North Central Avenue, where he will guide operational strategy, nurture client relationships, and promote growth through a strong focus on service excellence.
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Alantes Corporate Finance Partners with Whiteley Infrastructure Group (WIG) to Arrange a $15 Million Secured, Non-Notification Accounts Receivable Revolving Line of Credit
December 9, 2025Alantes Corporate Finance (Alantes) announced it has partnered with Whiteley Infrastructure Group (“WIG”), a leading multiservice firm delivering high-quality, cost-effective infrastructure solutions across the energy and industrial sectors, to arrange a $15 million secured, non-notification accounts receivable revolving line of credit.
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Republic Business Credit Supports Growth of UK-based Automotive Electronics Equipment Manufacturer with $3.5 Million Factoring Facility
December 8, 2025Republic Business Credit provided a $3.5 million factoring facility to an international in-car technology manufacturer. The facility provided a competitive structure with eligibility that supported the industry’s long-dated extended credit terms, while also addressing seasonal customer concentration issues.
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SouthStar Capital Provides A/R Financing to Support Growth for Commercial Concrete Polishing Firm
December 8, 2025SouthStar Capital is pleased to announce the funding of a customized Invoice Factoring Facility for a rapidly expanding commercial concrete company serving industrial clients across the Southeast.
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Rosenthal Capital Group Closes Two Purchase Order Financing Transactions Totaling $5 Million
December 8, 2025Rosenthal Capital Group (RCG), the leading private commercial finance firm in the United States, today announced the completion of two purchase order financing transactions totaling $5 million to round out 2025.
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Rosenthal Capital Group Closes Two Purchase Order Financing Transactions Totaling $5 Million
December 8, 2025Rosenthal Capital Group (RCG), the leading private commercial finance firm in the United States, today announced the completion of two purchase order financing transactions totaling $5 million to round out 2025.
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Citizens Survey Finds AI Investment Accelerating as Companies Capture Greater Efficiency Gains
December 8, 2025The momentum behind AI adoption and investment continues to build, according to Citizens’ third annual AI Trends in Financial Management Survey. Eighty-two percent of middle market companies plan to increase AI spending over the next five years, up from 58% in 2023 and 69% in 2024.
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Gordon Brothers Supports Advance Auto Parts with Non-Core Surplus Property Disposition Services
December 8, 2025Gordon Brothers, the global asset experts, has been retained by Advance Auto Parts to provide surplus disposition services for 83 owned and leased sites across 38 states. The leading automotive aftermarket parts provider is divesting these non-core assets as the company focuses on its go forward growth strategy.
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Tower Partners Advises Lendscape on International Purchase of WinFactor
December 8, 2025Tower Partners, a leading private investment bank and advisory firm serving the middle market, announced that it assisted U.K.-based Lendscape, a global leader in working capital finance technology and backed by Bowmark Capital, with its acquisition of WinFactor, a leading provider of factoring software solutions based in Lakeland, Florida.
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eCapital Provides $10MM in Recent Healthcare Receivables Fundings
December 8, 2025eCapital Corp. (“eCapital”), a tech-enabled specialty finance provider serving small and midsize businesses across North America and the United Kingdom, has delivered a series of new healthcare receivables facilities totaling more than $10 million, underscoring the company’s ability to fund healthcare operators across a wide spectrum of size, acuity, and complexity.
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Access Capital Supports Nelson Connects’ Next Chapter of Growth
December 8, 2025Access Capital provided a $15.4 million asset-based lending facility, including a $10 million revolving line of credit and a $5.4 million letter of credit, to refinance the company’s existing debt and strengthen working capital.
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Jefferies to Acquire 50% Interest in Hildene Holding Company, Expanding Strategic Relationship that Began in 2022
December 8, 2025Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) (“Jefferies”) announced today it is acquiring a 50% interest in Hildene Holding Company, LLC, the parent of Hildene Capital Management, LLC and its affiliates (“Hildene”), a credit-focused asset manager with over $18 billion of assets under management for a broad range of clients in hedge fund, separately managed account, drawdown, securitization and insurance solutions products.
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GoldenTree Asset Management Announces Closing of $753 Million CLO Under GLM Strategy
December 8, 2025GLM III, LP (“GLM III”) and its affiliated investment manager GoldenTree Asset Management LP (along with other affiliated investment managers “GoldenTree”), announced the closing of a $753 million collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) to be managed by GLM III.
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Hogan Lovells Expands Corporate & Finance Practice with Addition of Krisa Benskin in Houston
December 8, 2025Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Krisa Benskin has joined the firm as a Corporate & Finance partner in our Houston office. She joins us from Latham & Watkins and will be a part of the Tax, Pensions & Benefits practice area.
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Bally’s Corporation Amends and Restates Its Commitment Letter to Increase Term Loan Availability to $1.1 Billion
December 8, 2025Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY) (“Bally’s” or the “Company”) announced today that it entered into an amended and restated commitment letter (the “A&R Commitment Letter”) which amends and restates the previously announced commitment letter entered into in July 2025.
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Westwood Financial Raises Additional $145 Million in Capital, Accelerating Long-Term Growth Strategy
December 8, 2025Westwood Financial, a 55-year-old leading retail real estate investment firm based in Los Angeles, today announced it has closed on the recast and $145 million upsize to its corporate credit facility, increasing the total facility to $470 million.
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Leveraged Lending: Interagency Statement on Recission of Interagency Leveraged Lending Guidance Issuances
December 8, 2025The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the agencies) are withdrawing from the “Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending” (2013 Guidance), dated March 21, 2013, and the “Frequently Asked Questions for Implementing March 2013 Interagency Guidance on Leveraged Lending” (2014 FAQs), dated November 7, 2014
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Lance Carr Joins Portage Point Partners as Head of Valuations Practice
December 8, 2025Portage Point Partners, LLC (Portage Point), a blue chip advisory, consulting, interim management, investment banking and financial services firm focused on the middle market, welcomes Lance Carr as Managing Director and Head of Valuations.
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Fluent Inc. Announces New Credit Facility
December 8, 2025Fluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLNT), a leading provider of commerce media solutions, today announced that it has secured a new $30 million financing facility with Bay View Funding, a subsidiary of Heritage Bank of Commerce.
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Bank Economists: Credit Outlook Improves Amid Continued Softening
December 8, 2025While the outlook for credit conditions over the next six months has improved, bank economists expect continued softening in credit quality and availability given the prospect of persistent labor market headwinds, according to the American Bankers Association’s latest Credit Conditions Index released today.
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