Guides for equipment lenders
How EFN sends equipment deals to direct lenders, and the questions lenders ask before they join.
- Equipment finance deal flow, matched to your credit box
For equipment lenders who want more deals that fit: set your credit box, receive pre-screened files one at a time, work them directly. 1% only on funded deals. - How an equipment financing referral reaches your desk
How an equipment financing referral reaches you through EFN: one application, a check against your box, a person's review, then the deal comes to you alone. - For second-look equipment lenders: the files the bank passed on
Second-look and alternative equipment lenders: the bank's declined files that fit your box, from challenged credit and older equipment to larger full-doc deals. - Looking for equipment finance brokers? A referral network for lenders instead
Looking for equipment finance brokers and advisors to send you deals? EFN is a referral network: matched on your criteria, one lender per deal, 1% if it funds. - Equipment finance lead sources: where deal flow comes from, and what each one asks of you
Where equipment lenders get deal flow: dealer and vendor programs, brokers, bought leads, ads and referral networks. What each one asks of you, side by side. - Equipment leasing referral partners: what a good one looks like
Questions to ask before you take files from an equipment leasing referral partner: who it works with, how files are screened, exclusivity, and when you pay. - How to get more equipment finance applications without buying leads
How an equipment lender can get more of the right applications without buying leads: publish your box, answer fast, win bank declines, pay only if it funds. - Pay only on funded deals: how a success-based referral fee works
How a referral fee paid only on funded deals works for equipment lenders: 1% of the funded amount, invoiced after funding, nothing up front or taken at closing. - Application-only equipment deal flow, matched to your program
For lenders with an application-only equipment program: files matched to your limits, one lender at a time, 24 hours to claim. Free to join, 1% if it funds. - Second-look equipment and truck deals, for the lenders who fund them
For lenders who fund below-prime credit, newer businesses, older equipment and private-party sales: second-look truck and equipment files, one lender at a time. - Small-ticket equipment deal flow, sized to your program
For equipment lenders who want small-ticket deals, from about $10,000 to $150,000: files matched to your deal size, one lender at a time, 1% only if it funds.
Set your box. Receive only what fits.
Join the lender networkFree to join. The referral fee is 1% of the funded amount, and it applies only on deals that actually fund.