{"id":4792,"date":"2021-03-11T16:09:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordfinancial.com\/staging\/?p=4792"},"modified":"2021-03-11T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T21:12:49","slug":"accords-observations-on-economic-trends-and-capital-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordfinancial.com\/staging\/accords-observations-on-economic-trends-and-capital-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Accord\u2019s Observations on Economic Trends and Capital Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equipment Finance Industry Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some salient data points reported recently by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (\u201cELFA\u201d):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ELFA\u2019s February Monthly Confidence Index (\u201cMCI\u201d) shows an upswing in credit applications, financing requests and businesses using leasing to lock in low interest rates\/monthly payments. The MCI is polled monthly from executives that manage $900 billion of equipment finance.<\/li><li>Changes in consumer demand and altered work environments will continue to fuel demand for logistics and technology investments beyond the curtailment of the pandemic.<\/li><li>Bank C&amp;I loans (non-PPP) trended down throughout 2020, delinquency and default rates are moving up as banks continue to tighten lending standards.<\/li><li>Remote working softened transactions volume early in the pandemic and forced greater adoption of technology aided due diligence, digital documentation, and e-signature acceptance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accord Financial\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Accord Financial maintains a strong balance sheet enabling us to lend predictably and efficiently to our clients. As a non-bank lender, Accord offers flexible equipment finance solutions that may not be readily available from a bank. Companies starting with $10M revenue\/$2M EBITDA fit our smaller company profile, while those at $50M revenue\/$5M EBITDA fit into our middle market profile, with each segment fitted with tailored credit decisioning, products and closing processes. We have been focused on helping business get access to capital with certainty of close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With consumer spending patterns shifting from services to goods, U.S. manufacturing has benefited from onshoring during the pandemic. 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