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AccuVal provides appraisals of machinery, inventory, real estate, businesses and intangible assets and advisory services such as strategic planning, problem solving and feasibility analysis in more than 100 business segments. Trusted for more than 25 years, AccuVal is the largest valuation firm with resources dedicated to serving asset based lenders in the world. AccuVal provides customers with immediate response, authoritative expertise great communication offering the SingleSourceSolution™ for valuation and advisory services as well as asset management and disposition services through sister company LiquiTec. AccuVal and LiquiTec serve customers worldwide from twelve offices in the United States, Canada and Singapore. ... view details
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Established in 1994, Allied Resource is a leading remarketer of technology assets serving the Financial Services Industry. To keep pace with the changing needs of banks and leasing companies in a challenging environment we introduced www.AlliedTrader.com, an online remarketing conduit for Lessors to sell directly to buyers via instant e-mail broadcasts. For a monthly subscription fee premium members can send unlimited broadcasts and make their own deals to obtain best residual recovery while optionally remaining anonymous. Members receive discounted logistic services from a menu including auditing, testing, storage, escrow and disposal only as needed without consignment, commission or long-term commitment.... view details
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American Lease Insurance Agency Corporation (ALI) provides comprehensive portfolio protection to lessors and finance companies through an automated program of property and liability insurance and insurance tracking. ALI was founded in 2000 by Steve Dinkelaker, a licensed insurance agent and broker who established the first agency to provide lease insurance to the equipment leasing industry in the early 1980s. Today, with underwriting capacity in the United States and Canada, ALI services an expanding list of major equipment leasing and finance companies from its headquarters in Sunderland, Massachusetts, proving its value with the highest acceptance rates in the industry.... view details
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ASR Search Group a national executive search firm has been a leader in recruitment services since 1991 recruiting high-caliber successful professionals from all industries.
ASR has been consistent in providing the right candidates and service to our Blue-Chip Fortune 500 and Boutique clients that offer career opportunities with exceptional six and seven figure income potential. Having long term well established relationships with our hiring authority’s enables us to help you fully recognized the true culture of our clients.
Our highly skilled senior recruiters specialize in mid to senior level placements providing superior services within the financial services and equipment leasing industries. ASR’s experience within these industries helps us to understand the needs of our clients and the job opportunities they have available. This gives both client and candidate the competitive edge, working with a search firm that knows your business.
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Better Programs, Inc. was established in 1985 with the mission of providing Lease Accounting Software to the small to mid sized company at an affordable price.... view details
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C&C provides a one stop shop for the equipment leasing and finance industry. They can manage your commercial assets through entire liquidation process! They can locate your assets, determine their condition and value, recover them in a cost effective manner without breaching the peace and remarket them in a commercially reasonable manner. They recognize that the value of your collateral is determined by its condition. That's why they use only experienced equipment mechanics and operators to inspect your repossessed or off lease equipment. Their extensive, detailed condition report, which contains a repair estimate, collateral valuation and digital photos, is sent to you by e-mail and can be easily loaded onto your web site or emailed to perspective buyers to facilitate your remarketing effort. Their product was designed by leasing professionals, for leasing professionals, to give you the information you need to enforce return provisions and remarket your repossessed or lease equipment.... view details
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Cassiopae is the only single-source, highly flexible software for managing global asset finance operations. Cassiopae software can support virtually any loan or lease, anywhere in the world -- from basic to highly-structured real estate loans, leases, business loans, Islamic loans, and property and asset management. The company has over 20 years of experience delivering solutions for asset finance companies worldwide. Our software currently supports hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of assets in more than 20 countries. With over 50 customers and 100 professionals, Cassiopae is well positioned to support local and global implementations. A multilingual, multi-currency, multi-tax, multi-company platform. Cassiopae leverages industry-standard technology including Oracle running on Unix, Linux and Windows environments.... view details
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CSI is a nationwide leader in inspection services. CSI provides leasing companies, banks, finance companies and other funding sources the assistance needed to verify their collateral. Through the utilization of the latest technology and over 650 field representatives in all fifty states, Canada and Puerto Rico, CSI can provide lenders with an accurate accounting of their security interest. CSI's senior management has an average of 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. CSI's field representatives are professionals who are skilled in performing a wide variety of inspections. CSI recognizes that communication and attention to detail are the hallmarks of any successful inspection program. Therefore, CSI will communicate all aspects of the inspection process from scheduling to completion. Because everyone's requirements vary, CSI will work with lenders to customize a program to meet their needs.... view details
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Constellation Financing Systems provides a suite of products for the leasing and loan asset finance industry which can be deployed as stand alone products or as a complete suite to manage the end-to-end process from origination to asset disposition.
Constellation Financing Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., an international provider of market leading software and services to private and public sector industries. Constellation Software Inc. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CSU) and has a diverse customer base of over 14,000 customers operating in over 30 countries around the world.
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You know us as UCC Direct, now we offer many more services than just UCC. In fact we’ve grown so much that our name doesn’t even begin to describe what we do anymore. With our new range of services comes a new name…CT Lien Solutions. You’ll still get the fast, accurate and reliable service you expect from us. Only now you can expect more
CT Lien Solutions is the industry leader in applying technology advances to product development and refinement to UCC and related services for the lending and leasing industries. Through a powerful, online tool, iLienOnline, and teams of industry-expert service professionals across the nation, CT Lien Solutions is constantly developing ways to improve efficiency in UCC handling as it relates to filings, public record searching and retrieval, and portfolio management. Representing the most robust national resource uniquely dedicated to the needs of the industries it serves.
Now, the leader in public record filing and searching offers a revolutionary way to manage mortgage releases. CT Lien Solutions Mortgage Document Processing System (MDPS) is an Internet-based system that efficiently processes Commercial and Residential Releases from Payoff to Final Package sent.
CT Lien Solutions, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services business.... view details
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Douglas Guardian Services Corporation was incorporated in 1932 as a field warehousing company. Since that time, we have expanded our services to include Inspection Services for a combination of banks, manufacturers, leasing companies and finance companies throughout North America.... view details
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ECS Financial Services, Inc. is a CPA firm specializing in providing portfolio management, accounting, tax, and management advisory services to the equipment leasing industry. Our lease management team of highly skilled accountants and tax specialists are experienced in providing quality professional service and their efforts are enhanced by the state of the art, industry-specific software we utilize.
ECS Financial Services caters to companies who need to satisfy all of the accounting and reporting requirements, but either cannot justify the cost of an in house staff with all of the skills and experience necessary to meet those needs, or simply don’t want the pressures of handling any or all of these responsibilities in-house. We provide the flexibility and assistance necessary to meet your back-office needs without the expense of a full time staff. Additionally, our services are not a bundled package; you are able to select which services you feel would be most beneficial to your organization.
Outsourcing the management of your lease portfolio to ECS Financial Services will result in cost savings by providing your company with all of the resources of a team of experts without the overhead of maintaining a similarly qualified in-house staff. We are the single solution to all of your lease accounting and reporting needs. Let us put our experience to work for you wherever it is needed in accounting, income tax and lease portfolio management.... view details
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Executive search specializing in the search and placement of highly qualified V- and C-lever professionals in financial services or disciplines.... view details
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We are a nationwide repossession and remarketing firm with 250 plus agents that work for us on an as needed basis.We are able to work swiftly and effectively when a file is assigned to our company. We are very good at what we do. You will not get a voice mail during normal business hours.We will also send you a spread sheet and updates of the files that are assigned to us periodically.We also are able to work with landlords that may seem a little brash. No storage fees... view details
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Ivory Consulting sets the standard for pricing and financial analysis software and services in the global equipment leasing and finance industry. However complex the transaction, Ivory puts pricing intelligence to work throughout the lease life cycle, allowing lessors to close more deals and optimize performance.
Ivory helps lessors:
• Structure transactions to win deals and meet revenue targets
• Ensure consistency in pricing and performance metrics across all departments and locations
• Assess the impact of changing tax regulations and accounting standards
• Identify the most profitable portfolios segments
• Integrate lease information systems and streamline processes.
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LEAN is comprised of carefully selected member firms distinguished by their long and broad experience in leasing and an excellent reputation in the industry. Many of our firms contain Board Certified Creditors’ Rights Specialists and/or Business Bankruptcy Specialists certified by their individual states or by the American Board of Certification. In addition, each highly qualified firm is an active member of a major leasing association, such as ELFA, UAEL, EAEL and other organizations including the CLLA, ABI and IACC.... view details
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Founded in 1995, LeaseDimensions is a well-recognized lease and loan servicing provider with a vast array of experience and expertise in all facets of portfolio administration. We provide third-party servicing. IT outsourcing, technology consulting and ASP systems hosting to companies in the equipment and vehicle finance industries. Clients that retain us range from 100 organizations to emerging growth organizations. LeaseDimensions services encompass both commercial and consumer portfolios and include a wide range of equipment, vehicle, motosports, energy and other general business assets. The company's breakthrough strategy is to leverage our unique blend of leasing, transaction processing and technical expertise to create customized, value added enterprise solutions. This leveraged approach is specifically designed to maximize each client's portfolio investment. We have lease and loan services for more than 160,000 contracts representing more than $8 billion in asset value. Our client features industry-leading organizations such as GE Capital, Volkswagen Credit, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, IBM, Key Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Ford Credit, and many others. Each of our clients has leveraged our expertise to meet their unique and specific needs in the equipment and vehicle finance industry for nearly 13 years.... view details
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Located in Salt Lake City, LeaseInspection.com performs condition inspections nation-wide for finance companies, banks, captive groups, and manufacturers. The purpose of each and every inspection is to help your organization safeguard its assets and reduce the liability associated with leases by alerting you to situations and circumstances prior to funding. In other words we become your eyes and ears in the field. We are loyal to you, the Lessor. We are dedicated to providing you with fast, reliable information that will enable you to operate your company more profitably and with fewer risks.... view details
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Incorporated in 1989, LeaseTeam, Inc. is the premier end-to-end software solution provider to the equipment finance industry. LeaseTeam's family of lease and loan accounting products offers an end-to-end software solution, including applications in pricing, proposal letters, credit applications, credit decision tools, documentation, funding, lease booking, servicing, and accounting. LeaseTeam is known for its stellar service and commitment to ongoing product investment. LeaseTeam products are the software of choice for more than 250 leasing companies throughout North America. These clients want more than software applications - they demand integration, collaboration, and a software vendor capable of being a long-term business partner. They also expect top-notch support, consulting services, and ongoing research and development to ensure the future viability of the product they are implementing now. And LeaseTeam delivers!... view details
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Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC is a full-service financial advisory consulting firm. Our services include Corporate Recovery Services, Valuation Services, Litigation and Investigative Services, Interim Management, Operations and Performance Improvement, Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions, and Alternative Investment Services.
*Interim management services are provided by Mesirow Financial Interim Management, LLC.
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MRI Big Creek is one of the most successful and highly regarded recruitment organizations specializing in the financial services industry. Under the direction and leadership of CEO Fred St. Laurent, the MRI Big Creek highly talented recruiters and advisors offer a complete range of staffing and search solutions from Retained or Contingency Search to Contract Staffing, HR Outsourcing and Consulting.
Fred St. Laurent leverages two decades of recruiting experience in the Equipment Leasing, Commercial Finance and Commercial Banking arenas to assist clients with their talent acquisition requirements in an environment of economic challenge and rapidly reducing talent pools.
MRI Big Creek identifies the top talent in the marketplace, determines how they are measured, assesses how they perform against their peers, and then focuses in on the top 5% of potential candidates in a relational way. Our perpetual goal is to have an extensive knowledge base of high performers in the commercial finance world and be able to assist high performing people in improving their quality of life by advancing their career positions. Concurrently we strive to promote improvement in the performance of financial services firms by presenting talented and properly motivated loyal employees at the time when they are needed.
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NATIONWIDE - over 160 locations.
Family owned since 1986. Personal attention by our incredible staff will make your pain go away! Your problem accounts become our responsiblity until resolved either through equipment sale, collection, or combination of both. ... view details
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NetSol Technologies (NasdaqCM: NTWK) (DIFX: NTWK) is a worldwide provider of global business services and enterprise application solutions, ranging from consulting and application development to systems integration and outsourcing. We use our BestShoring™ methodology to seamlessly integrate a worldwide network of expertise and local project management into the best, most cost-effective solutions for our clients. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, NetSol employs over 1000 employees globally, with locations in the U.S., Europe, China, Pakistan and Thailand. Our commitment to quality is demonstrated by our ISO 9001 and 27001 certifications and the SEI (Software Engineering Institute) CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Level 5 designation.... view details
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PFSC is headquartered in Portland, OR with over 80 employees and is an independent private label servicer of leases, loans and other asset back contracts for leasing companies, banks, credit unions, insurance companies, captive finance companies and hedge funds. Maximize your portfolio potential by tapping into PFSC’s state-of-the-art systems and highly skilled servicing professionals. With the experience that comes from servicing and managing portfolios currently valued at over $9 billion, PFSC has the people, facilities, and knowledge to cost-effectively provide unsurpassed servicing. Our dedicates staff averages over 15 years experience in the industry and is inspired to provide outstanding customer service to our clients. PFSC has a complete audit conducted each year for its SAS 70 II certification.... view details
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Premier Lease & Loan Services®, a division of Great American Insurance Group, is an insurance industry leader that specializes in providing lease and loan insurance products and services to commercial equipment lessors and lenders. With over 20 years’ experience in the equipment leasing industry, Premier provides commercial insurance solutions with property/liability insurance and tracking programs that manage risk and offer revenue enhancement opportunities for lessors. Our flexible placement options provide immediate coverage for a broad range of equipment types, making us the chosen insurance provider for a variety of major companies in the U.S. and Canada.... view details
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Quiktrak, headquartered in Beaverton, OR, provides a wide range of due diligence services that include equipment verifications, site inspections, condition reports, collections and inventory auditing. Utilizing cutting edge technology and a network of more than 500 inspectors and auditors, Quiktrak provides essential risk management services to lenders, captive finance groups, and leasing companies in the US, Canada and the UK.... view details
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International Executive Search & Consulting Firm for equipment leasing, finance, legal, IT, and document management solutions industries.... view details
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The RVI Group, located in Stamford, CT is the world leader in residual value insurance.... view details
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Since it's inception, Ryzn's "Business First" approach has always been about providing highly tailored software solutions that address the specific problems and needs of each unique company.
By reengineering each RyznWare software to reflect the exact business model of the customer, the result is a high value system which delivers measurable results and returns directly in line with the original stated objectives.
Ryzn has been a software parter for leading equipment manufacturers in North America having operations all over the world.... view details
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The Alta Group, Founded in 1992, is the leading provider of specialized consulting, advisory and training services to the world's equipment financing and leasing industry. The Alta Group has offices worldwide. Its 40 consultants have extensive senior management experience in the equipment finance and leasing industry.
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The TABS Group (TTG) Accountancy Corp. includes a team of accounting professionals specializing in serving the needs of vehicle and equipment leasing companies. Founder Paul Doyle, CPA and his team serve a nationwide client base of leasing companies backed with over 25 years of experience dealing with the whole spectrum of lease tax and accounting issues.
Mr. Doyle is an active leasing industry participant, including more than 20 years as the tax and accounting counsel to the NVLA and is a member of both the education committee of UAEL and government relations committee of TRALA. Mr. Doyle’s articles on lease tax and accounting issues have appeared in numerous publications and he is a regular columnist for Vehicle Leasing Today. He also speaks frequently at events for all three trade associations and has spoken on hundreds of occasions to groups including Bank of America, Toyota and Ford Motor Co.
TTG also consults with clients on valuation issues, succession planning, litigation support, etc. To learn more about TTG and its specialized lease practice, please visit leaseaccountants.com.
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US Bank Portfolio Services provides third party and back-up servicing solutions to the equipment finance industry. We offer private label servicing and are able to act as a true extension to any business. Portfolio Services strives to present a unique servicing approach combining our experience personnel, industry-standard systems, and an array of services. (Listed below) ... view details
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ZRG is one of the fastest growing executive search, consulting, and advisory firms in the country. ZRG and its subsidiary, Z Captive Services, are entering their tenth year of providing value added human capital services to the equipment leasing and finance markets. Headquartered in Westborough, MA, ZRG maintains strategic branch offices throughout the Americas, Canada and Asia Pacific.... view details
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