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Three proportional circles comparing July 2026 equipment finance volume of $14.3 billion against the previous all-time monthly high of $11.5 billion, with small-ticket volume of $6.4 billion shown as nearly half of the record month.

The Headline Was AI. The Record That Matters Was Yours.

July set an all-time monthly record in equipment finance, and the coverage credited AI capital expenditure. Small-ticket volume set its own record in the same month, up 84.5 percent, and that is the segment mid-market borrowers actually borrow in.

Capital Markets & Trends Borrower Advisory

Horizontal bar chart showing manufacturing median planned equipment investment up 34 percent and demand for lifecycle-aligned lease structures up 41 percent versus 2024.

Manufacturers Know What They Need to Buy. The Funding Channel Is the Bottleneck.

Manufacturing capex intentions are at multi-year highs, but conventional bank underwriting is thinning. The bottleneck has shifted from the investment decision to how it gets funded.

Capital Markets & Trends Borrower Advisory

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