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Franchise America Finance™ can provide financing for most for-profit businesses with loans that range in size from $150,000 up to more than $5,000,000. For more information about FAF, please contact the Lending Team at 1-877-743-4358, or if you prefer, please fill out the information at our Contact Us page and we will contact you promptly upon its receipt.
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- Banking on Veterans in Franchising
- IFA supplier members in the financial services arena are playing an increasingly critical role in the efforts of VetFran as an entrepneurial veterans search for start-up capital in these still challenging economic times. In addition to providing discounted services to veterans, Franchise America Finance and Guidant Financial have been standout VetFran members. A full 100 percent of Franchise America Finance’s franchisor clients are VetFran members, contributing to Operation Enduring Opportunity’s ambitious veteran hiring targets, while Guidant Co-Founder and CEO David Nilssen has jumped in with a commitment to enable 500 veterans to become small-business owners through an unprecedented offering of Guidant’s financing programs free of charge.
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- 'Money Hunt' -- 'Everything will follow' if francisees are profitable, experts say
- How do you get lending for your franchise system? Get more active. Provide more information. And make sure that your operators make money. “Franchising is easy,” said Ron Feldman, CEO of Wilmington, Delaware-based Franchise America Finance. “You just have to make sure the franchisees make money.” This was the overarching lesson of Franchise Times’ Franchise Finance Conference at the Encore Resort in Las Vegas last month. Franchisee performance is tantamount to the credit decision. Systems with franchisees who make money will be able to expand since their franchisees will be more likely to get loans. Those with franchisees who don’t make money will struggle in the credit department.
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- Franchise Finance 2012
- This week on Franchise Today, Host, Paul Segreto and Co-producer, Joe Caruso welcomes as their guest Ron Feldman, CEO at Siegel Financial Group and Franchise America Finance. Ron Feldman is one of the foremost experts on franchise financing and in particular SBA 7A and 504 lending programs. He has been leading the charge in Washington DC to open up access to credit for franchise business owners and will discuss the same in this segment of Franchise Today.
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- Togo's Builds $15M expansion fund
- A $15 million fund has been established by Togo’s Eateries Inc. to feed its expansion. Officials of the San Jose-based sandwich shop chain said Monday the funding has become available through a franchisee lending agreement between the company Franchise America Finance and The Bancorp Bank , a subsidiary of The Bancorp Inc.
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- Togo's Announces Creation of $15 Million Fund to Fuel Franchise Growth
- Togo's Eateries, Inc., a "West Coast Original" since 1971 serving up big, made-to-order sandwiches stuffed with the freshest ingredients, announced today the formation of a $15 million fund to fuel its development in 2012 and beyond. The funding is available through a franchisee lending program agreement between Togo's Eateries, Franchise America Finance (FAF) and The Bancorp Bank , a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc.
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- Live Blog: Pose Your Franchising Questions for the IFA Annual Convention
- On Sunday, Feb. 12 WSJ small business reporter Emily Maltby will participate on a Financial Summit panel at the International Franchise Association's annual meeting in Orlando Florida. We'll cover her session live on this blog. And she'll pose to others on her panel questions you may have about the state of the franchising industry. The lineup includes Ron Feldman, CEO of Franchise America Finance ; Mary Jo Larson, Pbulisher, Franchise Times; and Darrell Johnson, President & CEO, FRANdata
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- Massage Envy Announces $15 Million in Franchisee Funding Available in 2012 Through Agreement with Franchise America Finance and The Bancorp Bank
- Massage Envy , the pioneer and national leader of professional, convenient and affordable massage and spa services, announced today that new and existing Massage Envy franchisees have exclusive access to $15 million in development capital in 2012. The funding is available through a franchisee lending program agreement Massage Envy entered into with Franchise America Finance (TM) (FAF) and The Bancorp Bank , a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc
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- Capital Squeeze - with financing still hard to secure, some brands explore nontraditional lending
- Wingstop , the Richardson, Texas-based wing chain with about 500 locations, also recently debuted a $15 million program to provide financing for existing or new franchisees. The financing will be provided through Franchise America Finance and The Bancorp Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bancorp Inc .
- Marco’s Pizza , the Toledo, Ohio-based, 250-unit pizza delivery chain, has developed several financing programs over the past few years, including the use of personal-guarantee insurance, which makes loans more attractive to banks by the coverage of up to 70 percent of the borrower’s liability.
- “You’ll start seeing this more and more [among franchisors],” Dunn said. “It’s the world we live in today. You’ve got to get up and be more actively involved.”
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- Funding franchisees: How small Z's are finding big money
- One aggregator is Franchise America Finance of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. It prescreens franchisors, 250 units and up. Once they’re approved, their franchisees can be underwritten in seven to 10 days. In just over a year, the firm has approved 21 brands—like Bojangles , Culver’s and Marco’s Pizza —with access to $400 million, primarily from The Bancorp Bank of Wilmington, Delaware.
- “We’re not trying to compete with the big boys,” says principal Ronald Feldman . “We have a niche to fill within the brands we have. We’re closing loans in every brand we have in the portfolio every day.”
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- Wingstop Lines Up $15 Million for Franchisee Lending Program
- Wingstop , the rapidly expanding wing chain with almost 500 locations in the U.S. and Mexico, today announced a new program designed to provide financing for franchisees the world's largest retail system of shipping, postal, print, document and business services, today announced a collaboration with a franchisee lending program created by Franchise America Finance™(FAF) and The Bancorp Bank , a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc.
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- The UPS Store Lines Up $22.5 Million for Franchisee Lending Program
- The UPS Store ®, the world's largest retail system of shipping, postal, print, document and business services, today announced a collaboration with a franchisee lending program created by Franchise America Finance™(FAF) and The Bancorp Bank , a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc.
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- Franchisor's Focus on Loans
- Some U.S. franchisers are taking steps to help franchisees secure financing amid concerns that a credit crunch is still stifling new store openings. Read how Franchise America Finance helped a Popeye's franchisee open a sixth restaurant after prior attempts to obtain capital from four banks had failed.
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