First Citizens Bank today announced the official launch of its Middle Market Banking unit to support the financial needs and goals of midsize businesses across the Southeastern U.S.

Headquartered in Charlotte, First Citizens Middle Market Banking is now serving clients across North Carolina and neighboring Southeastern states, including Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, with a full-suite of banking services.

LSQ, a leading provider of working capital finance and payments solutions, recently expanded its relationship with Wilson Creek Energy by originating a $15 million credit facility for the Pennsylvania-based metallurgical coal producer.

The company will use the additional capital to expand their operations and take on new clients.

As part of the solution, LSQ will also provide Wilson Creek with comprehensive accounts receivable and credit management to help better manage repayment risk and monitor customer health.

Hilco Global announced today that Ward Mooney, a highly regarded deal originator, lender, and thought leader in the financial services sector, will join the Hilco Global executive leadership team on September 5, 2022. In this new role as Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Mr. Mooney will work closely with the Hilco Global senior management team at the holding company while collaborating with the firms operating companies as they continue to grow and expand its diversified suite of financial services solutions.

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, (“WOGA” or “the firm”), a global alternative asset manager providing flexible and secure funding to help businesses grow, today announced that the firm, together with its financing affiliates (collectively “White Oak”), provided over $1 billion in loans across all platforms between January 1 and June 30, 2022. The total dollar amount accounts for the combined value of 45 separate transactions to middle and small middle market businesses across a wide array of industries, representing a highly diversified deal flow.

Ares Commercial Finance announced today that it has provided a $30 million senior secured credit facility to Monolith Brands Group, Inc. (“the Company”).  The Company is a consumer products platform focused on acquiring omnichannel brands in niche product categories. Proceeds of the credit facility will be used to refinance existing indebtedness, provide ongoing working capital and help fund future acquisitions.

good natured Products Inc. (the "Company" or "good natured®") (TSXV: GDNP) (OTCQX: GDNPF), a North American leader in plant-based products, today announced it has completed a senior secured revolving credit facility (the "Senior Credit Facility") with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo"), through its wholly owned subsidiary Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada, consisting of a USD $30 million asset-based revolving credit facility with a 4-year term and an uncommitted USD $25 million revolving facility, available at the discretion of Wells Fargo. In addition, the Company has closed a CAD $6.6 million financing (the "Mortgage Refinancing") with Business Development Bank of Canada ("BDC").

Monroe Capital LLC announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support three add-on acquisitions (Sonic Health, The Seismic Collaborative, and Aurora Healthcare Communications) and provide growth capital for Spectrum Science.

SLR Digital Finance LLC (“SLR Digital Finance”) announces the funding of an asset-based revolving credit facility for DeepIntent. The facility consists of a $40MM revolver with a sublimit for unbilled receivables.

As one of the pioneers in advertising technology for healthcare marketers, DeepIntent and its 220+ dedicated employees across four different countries have built a robust healthcare advertising platform that empowers marketers to plan, activate, and optimize their digital ad campaigns on a single platform.

Borrowers face an uphill battle when conducting an internet search for capital. Lee Haskin of Crossroads Financial discusses the misinformation out there and offers clarifications concerning certain types of finance products.

Crestmark, the Commercial Finance division of PathwardTM, N.A., formerly known as MetaBank®, N.A., is pleased to announce the addition of five new members to its sales team, and the promotion of Dean Allman.

Allman joined Crestmark in 2018 as a national account executive, and now represents Crestmark Equipment Finance as the western region sales manager.  Richard Bollinger and William Houng Jr. have joined Crestmark Equipment Finance as national account executives and are based in San Diego and Los Angeles, California, respectively.  Robert Abraham, Andrew Disch and Nicholas Wagner have joined Crestmark as business development officers in the working capital group.

As recent years have demonstrated, a variety of events, from a once-in-a-lifetime worldwide health crisis like a pandemic to a regional conflict like the Russian invasion of Ukraine to long-planned political changes such as Brexit, can easily interrupt global supply chains. These recent events resulted in three phases of supply chain disruptions.

Fifth Third Business Capital announced it has provided a new $15 million senior credit facility, consisting of a capital expenditure facility and revolving line of credit to support the refinancing of Puraglobe Syntainics, LLC. Puraglobe Syntainics, LLC blends, packages, and distributes sustainable, full synthetic motor oils for passenger cars and motorcycles.

Mark Cuccinello is a senior ABL originator for J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking, where he is responsible for providing asset-based loans to middle market companies. Mark has been with the bank for 17 years and has more than 25 years of asset-based lending experience. Mark resides in New Jersey with his family.

LSQ, a leading provider of working capital finance andpayments solutions, recently originated an $18 million credit facility for a distributor of lighting and ceiling fans serving big-box retailers nationwide. The facility includes both accounts receivable and inventory financing.

The company will use the additional capital to fund growth, innovation, new designs and improve existing products and services.