―住宅ローン販売における地域金融機関との業務提携―
GE Money（法人名：GEコンシューマー・ファイナンス株式会社、社長：熊谷 昭彦、本社：東京都目黒区）はこのほど、株式会社びわこ銀行（頭取：山田 督、本店：滋賀県大津市）と、住宅ローン販売における業務提携契約を締結しました。本年7月7日より、びわこ銀行より紹介を受けたお客様に対して、「GE Moneyの住宅ローン」の販売を開始致します。GE Moneyの住宅ローン販売における地域金融機関との提携は、本年4月にスタートした広島銀行に続き、本件が2例目となります。
GE Moneyとびわこ銀行は、各々の住宅ローン戦略の独自性を尊重しながらも、相互メリットの享受が可能な協働戦略の強化を図ってまいります。両社は、お互いに異なる顧客層を訴求しており、完全な補完関係を構築することが可能となります。
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2006--GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a multi-year agreement to provide consumer financing to customers of USA Home Remodeling, an on-line facilitator of home improvement services.
Under the agreement, GE Consumer Finance will offer both its revolving PROJECTLINE(SM) credit program and installment PROJECTLOAN(SM) financing product to consumers who use USA Home Remodeling for home improvement projects.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2006--One of the world's leading marketers of fertilizer and other crop inputs has signed up for a new GE service that promises to simplify and better manage the increasingly complex and potentially costly task of managing and maintaining its fleet of specialty railcars.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2006--GE Antares Capital today announced it is the Administrative Agent for a $63.5-million credit facility to support the merger and refinance of ChemPro, Inc., and Redox Brands, Inc., to form CR Brands, Inc., a portfolio company of Allied Capital Corporation.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2006--GE Antares Capital today announced it is the Administrative Agent for a $63.5-million credit facility to support the merger and refinance of ChemPro, Inc., and Redox Brands, Inc., to form CR Brands, Inc., a portfolio company of Allied Capital Corporation.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2006--GE Healthcare Financial Services has signed a definitive agreement to acquire six senior housing portfolios valued at $1.4 billion from Alpharetta, Ga.-based Formation Capital LLC, which invests in and provides services to the senior housing and care industry. The transaction - expected to close in the third quarter of 2006 - will bring GE Healthcare Financial Services' real estate investments to over $4 billion.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2006--GE Antares Capital today announced it is the sole lender for a $65 million senior secured credit facility for Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of First Atlantic Capital ("First Atlantic"). The credit agreement relating to the facility was signed on June 20, 2006.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2006--GE Antares Capital today announced it is the sole lender for a $65 million senior secured credit facility for Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of First Atlantic Capital ("First Atlantic"). The credit agreement relating to the facility was signed on June 20, 2006.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2006--As employers strive to broaden their benefit portfolios, demand is growing for benefits that go beyond traditional health and dental discount programs. Most notably, employees are increasingly calling for help in the areas of identity theft protection and legal protection.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2006--GE Antares Capital today announced that it has provided a senior credit facility of $87.5 million to Electrograph Systems, Inc. ("ESI"), a portfolio company of Caxton-Iseman Capital, Inc. ("Caxton"), to support Electrograph's previously announced acquisition of International Computer Graphics, Inc. ("ICG"). GE Capital Markets is acting as sole lead arranger for the $87.5 million first-lien credit facility.
