Republic Business Credit is proud to announce that Brian Daray has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Underwriting Manager, at its headquarters in New Orleans. 

Brian adds tremendous value to Republic’s ambitious growth plans as he leads the company’s seasoned underwriting team across the United States. Brian’s responsibilities include underwriting, structuring, and managing the successful funding of new clients while supporting Republic’s growing suite of products across its national commercial finance platform. 

Members of SFNet’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness Committee will discuss the results of SFNet’s much-anticipated, groundbreaking DEI benchmarking study of the secured finance industry.

Betty Hernandez, CCO, SLR Business Credit and chair, SFNet DEI Committee, will serve as moderator. Panelists will include Richard Gumbrecht, CEO, Secured Finance Network; Terry Keating, CEO, Access Capital, Inc.; Lizzy Diaz-Ortiz, JD, CRCM, vice president and senior advisor, Governance & Inclusion, BMO Financial Group; Nicole N. Richardson, distinguished professor, Professional Practice, Rutgers University; and Courtney Hazzard, Data Services Consulting, Rutgers University.

Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”) (NYSE: ARES) announced today that funds managed by its Infrastructure Debt strategy have committed a delayed draw sustainability-linked debt facility to EdgeConneX®, a leading global provider of full-range data center solutions.

The new debt facility provides for a commitment of up to approximately $1 billion and will be used to refinance existing indebtedness and to fund development and construction of EdgeConneX’s growing development pipeline.

 SellersFunding, a leading fintech provider for ecommerce sellers, announces the addition of two new products to its robust lineup of working capital products, Invoice Factoring and Purchase Order (PO) Financing.

Invoice Factoring and PO Financing support SellersFunding clients to help grow their wholesale footprint. The flexibility of the products will allow SellersFunding to expand their offering to businesses outside of the ecommerce space.

Mitsubishi HC Capital America has named Bill Lyons Origination Leader, Asset-Based Lending.

Based in Michigan, Lyons will be responsible for business development across the Midwest. He will work primarily with small- and mid-sized businesses, helping with cost-effective financing options that allow them to grow and manage cash flow throughout their business cycles.

Attendees to reconnect, discuss reassessing goals, recruitment, retention, DEI, mental health and more. Guest Speaker Leigh Gilmore, general manager, Live Journalism at Dow Jones to join.