Amy Thomas

U.S. businesses will spend more than $2 trillion in equipment and software this year, and a significant amount of those assets will be financed. Below are the Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2023, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.

Farms have become quite a bit more technologically advanced than they were in the past - with new agricultural trends intersecting with advances in technology. Key Equipment Finance vice president Justin Woodward wrote about financing the modern-day farm in Spudman. 

Interest in business jets as a way to avoid traditional airlines has increased, according to Peter Bullen, Executive Vice President Bank Channel and Clean Energy at Key Equipment Finance.

Leaders from Key Government Finance worked with Buffalo Niagara Medical Center in New York to find a refinancing solution that saved them nearly a million dollars.

Building a team that is ready for the future requires an investment and commitment in innovation, according to a recent Monitor Live panel entitled “Human Side of Innovation: Skill Building for a Future Ready Team.”

The first LNG containership to fuel on the West Coast is now in service, thanks to Pasha Hawaii and financing brought about by Key Equipment Finance and several collaborators.

KeyBank’s annual Business Leadership Program (BLP) at the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU) campus brought future students to the school to learn more about the business world.

Key Equipment Finance has recently added a few strategic hires to enable growth and expand their footprint in specific regions.

The manufacturing industry has been hit hard with labor shortages, making it imperative that companies find innovative ways to increase productivity with fewer people.

Key Equipment Finance Senior Vice President, Corporate Credit Officer Margaret Gutierrez is part of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association’s Women’s Council. ELFA recently featured Margaret in their spotlight Q&A series. We sat down to talk to Margaret about the Women’s Council and to hear the advice she’d share with other women in leadership positions.