Equipment Financing Reviews

Highlights $1 Buyout leases 2-5 year terms First and last month down payment Overview BSB leasing is a Colorado-based funding company that specializes in small ticket and commercial capital equipment leases. BSB’s clientele span a wide range of industries, from food service to construction to computer hardware. BSB also serves as a short-term online funder […]

Highlights Short-term business loans Equipment leasing Franchise funding 24-hour funding Overview Direct Capital is a New Hampshire-based online funder serving small businesses. The company offers three categories of financing: working capital, equipment financing, and franchise financing. This review will focus on Direct Capital’s equipment financing products. Read our review of Direct Capital’s working capital products for […]

Highlights Short-term business loans Equipment leasing $1 Buyout leasing FMV leasing Equipment financing agreements Overview eLease is a Florida-based online funder. Though their primary focus is equipment financing, they began offering working capital after the 2008 financial crisis. eLease’s equipment financing options include both leases and loan-like equipment financing agreements (EFA), the latter of which […]

Highlights Short-term business loans Equipment leasing $1 Buyout leasing FMV leasing Equipment financing agreements Overview Crest Capital is a Georgia-based equipment funder. This company offers a variety of leasing options designed to facilitate ownership or temporary utilization of a wide variety of business-related equipment. Though the layout of its site is a little confusing, Crest […]

Highlights Fair Market Value Leases (FMV) $1 Buyout Leases Sales-Leaseback Wrap Leases 24-60 month leases Overview Balboa is a California-based alternative business funder offering both short-term working capital and equipment financing. This review focuses on Balboa’s equipment financing products. Though Balboa is both well-established and flush with cash, the company seems plagued by an unusual […]

Highlights Capital Leases Deferred payments 3-5 year terms Numerous industries supported Overview National Funding is a California-based company that provides alternative funding to small businesses, particularly those with poor credit. Though the funder provides short-term loans and merchant cash advances as well, this review will focus on their equipment financing products. It’s a bit difficult […]

Highlights Equipment loans Capital leases Operating leases Corporate financing High borrowing limits Good credit necessary Overview Wells Fargo is an international bank and financial services holding company based in San Francisco; is one of the largest banks in the world. It is also currently the country’s largest equipment financer. If you can meet Wells Fargo’s […]

Highlights Equipment loans Capital/finance leases Operating leases Equipment line of credit Overview Scottrade Bank is a St. Louis-based organization that offers a full spectrum of banking services; it is among the largest 100 banks in the United States. Though its holding company, Scottrade Financial Services, has been in business for nearly 40 years, the retail […]

Highlights Equipment loans Capital/finance leases Operating leases Flexible payment options Overview TCF Equipment Finance is a division of Minnesota-based TCF National Bank. TCF offers a broad range of equipment financing options to established businesses at reasonable interest rates. Newer businesses or those who haven’t established good credit will probably need to look elsewhere. The company […]

Highlights Equipment loans Capital/finance leases Operating leases Flexible payment options Overview U.S. Bancorp is the holding and parent company of U.S. Bank, the seventh-largest bank in the U.S. by total assets. The Minneapolis-based bank finances equipment to both large and small businesses and maintains branches in 25 states. As a large, traditional lending institution, U.S. Bank […]