{"id":48466,"date":"2022-01-20T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T23:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=48466"},"modified":"2023-12-29T09:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T17:41:01","slug":"greatamerica-and-irh-capital-increase-services-to-franchise-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2022\/01\/greatamerica-and-irh-capital-increase-services-to-franchise-market\/","title":{"rendered":"GreatAmerica and IRH Capital Increase Services to Franchise Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cedar Rapids IA (Jan. 20, 2022)<\/em> \u2014 GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation, a leader in office equipment leasing<\/a>, announced today that it acquired the assets of IRH Capital LLC, a recognized leader in the franchise financing industry. The acquisition will allow Northbrook, Illinois-based IRH Capital to expand its services and add a new industry focus to the GreatAmerica business platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRH principal Keith Rabin will lead the GreatAmerica franchise division, bringing with him 20-plus years of experience along with the entire IRH team. \u201cFor the last 11 years, we have enjoyed the solid and consistent support of GreatAmerica. This new beginning gives us added resources to allow us to deepen our service offering and expand our reach in the franchise market,\u201d said Rabin. \u201cWe have very strong cultural alignment and a focus on helping our customer achieve success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRH Capital has been providing financing to franchises for 20 years and is a preferred lender to many of the most recognizable franchise concepts in the country. IRH will be the cornerstone of the GreatAmerica Franchise Finance Division and will report into Brian Bjella, SVP & General Manager. \u201cIRH and team has deep industry knowledge and relationships with some of the healthiest franchise brands in the country,\u201d said Mr. Bjella. \u201cWe are excited to provide additional resources to help fuel IRH\u2019s continued growth within the franchise finance industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur combined reputations for industry knowledge and exceptional customer service gives us an even stronger footprint in the franchise financing segment,\u201d said Tony Golobic, GreatAmerica founder and executive chairman. \u201cKeith and IRH have a strong reputation of doing business the right way and we are proud to have them join the GreatAmerica team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sale was effective Jan. 1, and the IRH team will continue to conduct business out of their Northbrook, IL office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About GreatAmerica<\/strong>
GreatAmerica<\/a> is the largest independent, family-owned national commercial equipment finance company in the U.S. with over $2.4 billion in assets and life-to-date finance originations of $13.5 Billion. GreatAmerica was established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1992 and today is organized into six divisions. It has a staff of over 600 employees with offices in Iowa, Georgia, Minnesota, and Illinois. IRH Capital was established in 2001 and has become a recognized leader in the franchise finance industry. Today they work with over 15 franchise concepts to provide store acquisition, new build, remodel, refinance and equipment purchase financing. Since inception IRH has approved over $1 Billion for their franchisee customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cedar Rapids IA (Jan. 20, 2022) \u2014 GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation, a leader in office equipment leasing, announced today that it acquired the assets of IRH Capital LLC, a recognized leader in the franchise financing industry. The acquisition will allow Northbrook, Illinois-based IRH Capital to expand its services and add a new industry focus to the GreatAmerica business platform. IRH principal Keith Rabin will lead the GreatAmerica franchise division, bringing with him 20-plus years of experience along with the entire IRH team. \u201cFor the last 11 years, we have enjoyed the solid and consistent support of GreatAmerica. This new beginning gives us added resources to allow us to deepen our service offering and expand our reach in the franchise market,\u201d said Rabin. \u201cWe have very strong cultural alignment and a focus on helping our customer achieve success.\u201d IRH Capital has been providing financing to franchises for 20 years and is a preferred lender to many of the most recognizable franchise concepts in the country. IRH will be the cornerstone of the GreatAmerica Franchise Finance Division and will report into Brian Bjella, SVP & General Manager. \u201cIRH and team has deep industry knowledge and relationships with some of the healthiest franchise brands in the country,\u201d said Mr. Bjella. \u201cWe are excited to provide additional resources to help fuel IRH\u2019s continued growth within the franchise finance industry.\u201d \u201cOur combined reputations for industry knowledge and exceptional customer service gives us an even stronger footprint in the franchise financing segment,\u201d said Tony Golobic, GreatAmerica founder and executive chairman. \u201cKeith and IRH have a strong reputation of doing business the right way and we are proud to have them join the GreatAmerica team.\u201d The sale was effective Jan. 1, and the IRH team will continue to conduct business out of their Northbrook, IL office. ### About GreatAmericaGreatAmerica is the largest independent, family-owned national commercial equipment finance company in the U.S. with over $2.4 billion in assets and life-to-date finance originations of $13.5 Billion. GreatAmerica was established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1992 and today is organized into six divisions. It has a staff of over 600 employees with offices in Iowa, Georgia, Minnesota, and Illinois. IRH Capital was established in 2001 and has become a recognized leader in the franchise finance industry. Today they work with over 15 franchise concepts to provide store acquisition, new build, remodel, refinance and equipment purchase financing. Since inception IRH has approved over $1 Billion for their franchisee customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[197],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48466"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58594,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48466\/revisions\/58594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}