Corporate News

Fitch Ratings - New York - 09 Aug 2021: Fitch Ratings has taken various rating actions on GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding L.L.C., Series 2018-1, 2019-1 and 2020-1.

(Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation announced today the addition of Tony Fitzgerald as Director of Sales Operations to its Construction Division.

(Cedar Rapids, IA) – The Cannata Report Recognized Tawnya Stone, vice president, enterprise strategic technology, GreatAmerica Financial Services, as one of the core three "Women Influencers of 2021” in their August 2021 issue. Tawnya shares this recognition with Jennifer Amatucci, vice president of business development, Hytec Dealer Services and Stacey Sujeebun, director of marketing communications, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. The Women Influencers were selected based on their executive leadership and overall industry influence.

(Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services has joined The Consortium, an assembly of innovative companies brought together by industry veteran, Mike Stramaglio, President and CEO of Stramaglio Consulting. The Consortium will focus on creating new opportunities for the office technology industry by tying industry leaders together to establish an open collaborative platform. This aims to enable the Imaging Channel to embrace and lead Digital Transformation (DX) – data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Business Agility.

(Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation completed its 20th term securitization of $631.5M in privately placed bonds with institutional investors. GreatAmerica uses proceeds from its securitizations to pay off debt in its warehouse and credit facilities and to support future originations and business operations.

Aims to Lower Administrative Expenses, Differentiate and Enhance Customer Retention (Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation launched a new offering, 1nVOICE™ (pronounced one in voice), to lower administrative expenses, increase customer satisfaction and differentiate office technology providers through simplified invoicing and billing. The systematic process is free to GreatAmerica customers and is a comprehensive solution that collects various billable charges and provides a singular monthly invoice by leveraging technology integrations. This process seeks to reduce human error and administrative tasks and focuses on ease-of-use for both providers and their customers.

New Follow-up Webinars Added to Ensure Attendee Success (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation and Collabrance LLC announced today three Sales Simplicity Seminar 2018 dates for Managed Services Providers (MSPs) and office technology dealers ready to take their Managed IT Services success to the next level. The two-day Managed IT sales trainings will be held in April, June and August at the GreatAmerica headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. New this year are two follow-up webinars in August and December designed to answer MSP attendee questions and ensure their ongoing success.

(Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation announced today that it surpassed the $2 billion mark in assets and concurrently reached its 25th year of uninterrupted organic growth. The two milestones are the latest installment of the remarkable journey of a young immigrant's dream to build a company that would be the best in its field.