For Immediate Release
14 November 2017
GreatAmerica Wins Cannata Award for Best Leasing Company
(Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services has won the 2017 Frank Award for Best Leasing Company, a feat repeated for the eighth time in nine years. The award was announced Thursday, November 2nd at THE CANNATA REPORT’S 32nd Annual Awards and Charities Dinner in Morristown, NJ, where $175,000 was raised and pledged to benefit Hackensack Meridian Health -- John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center.
“Being recognized in this way by our office equipment dealer community is absolutely the highest praise we could ever expect to receive,” said Jennie Fisher, GreatAmerica Senior Vice President and General Manager, Office Equipment Group. “We strive to continuously re-invent ourselves in response to the changing world around us and create tools and processes to help our dealers be more successful.”
“As our industry has evolved, so have leasing company programs. Dealers continue to elevate what they expect from their leasing company and GreatAmerica Financial Services continues to meet those challenges with enthusiasm and professionalism,” said CJ Cannata, EVP and Publisher of The Cannata Report. “Ever since we started asking dealers to rate their leasing partners nine years ago, GreatAmerica has consistently earned a number one rating in our annual survey, and we applaud GreatAmerica for this this streak of excellence.”
The Cannata Report is the leading intelligence resource for business technology and imaging solutions resellers. Winners of the 2017 Frank Awards are determined by a survey of the independent dealer community. Frank Awards were bestowed in a total of eight categories this year and can be found on The Cannata Report site.
About GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation
GreatAmerica is among the largest independent small ticket national commercial equipment finance companies in the U.S. and is dedicated to helping manufacturers, vendors, and dealers be more successful and keep their customers for a lifetime. A family-owned business, GreatAmerica was established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1992 and today is organized into seven business units. It has a staff of over 500 employees with offices in Georgia, Minnesota, and Missouri. We also offer innovative non-financial services to help our customers be more successful. For additional information, please visit the GreatAmerica corporate website: www.greatamerica.com or www.greatamerica.com/cannata2017
Josie Heskje
Director, Strategic Marketing/OEG
Tel. 319.261.4087 Fax 319.261.6087
jheskje@greatamerica.com