Finance

Maersk Line has introduced a new service for supply chain managers seeking to finance their global trade while optimizing carrier service.

Grant Thornton research outlines challenges including risk, technology, mergers and acquisitions.

Overall propensity to finance increased asuse of leases and secured loans grew and share of cash purchases declined.

Express Freight Finance, an independent factoring company specializing in transportation clients, has recently launched its freight-bill factoring services for truck fleets, owner-operators, and freight brokers nation-wide.

Now is the time to start planning for the impacts, challenges and opportunities of new accounting rules in advance of their 2019 implementation.

Customers demand lease agreements that allow for change, reduce or eliminate penalties, and prevent surprises during or at the end of the term. Finance partners have responded by offering unprecedented flexibility and risk mitigation.

Packaging and packaging savings nearly 10 times what was initially projected.

Fleet costs don’t stop at the purchase price, and expanded collaboration between fleet managers, dealers and finance partners is changing the way fleet costs are managed over time.

New retail, rental fleet and floor plan financing solutions available in U.S. first before rolling out to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Chile.

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s show year-to-date volume up 8% over same period in 2013.

Grant Thornton 2013 Fall CFO Survey reveals 60% of CFOs expect a stagnant or worse economy during the next six months.

October new business unchanged year-over-year, down 1% month-to-month and up 5% year-to-date.

May new business up 21% year-over-year, unchanged month-to-month.

More savvy lift truck fleet managers are realizing that buying, renting or leasing practices set the tone for future savings.

Although I am an avid newspaper reader, it is hard to embrace much of what I am reading on the front page these days, especially when it comes to news regarding 400 point stock market declines. Some days, of course, the headlines have pointed to gains of similar amounts, too. But with these ups and downs, the only consistent thing we are seeing is just how inconsistent things are. This, of course, does not pertain to just what the market is...