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Direct Capital Slashes Finance Transaction Time with e-Signatures

"We have launched the most streamlined, convenient lending process available to businesses today," said James Broom, Chief Executive Officer for Direct Capital. "This was a major undertaking that significantly improves the efficiency and experience for businesses when they need to access capital. Equally as important, we have also enhanced our industry leading competency in fraud detection."

According to Broom, the initiative has reduced the customer documentation processing time from five days to five hours on average. "It's a win-win for all parties," he said. "We are completing transactions with remarkable speed while reducing costs involved with express delivery services and expensive errors, and we are also greatly reducing our impact on the environment."

The new process has also been very well received by Direct Capital's vendor partners, according to Shawn Arnone, Vice President of Business Development for Direct Capital. "We have a large base of vendors/dealers who offer financing to their customers using our services," said Arnone. "You can imagine how pleased they are to receive a purchase order the same day they submit an application to us. We are even providing same day payments in some cases. This is a game-changing efficiency in the vendor sales cycle."

According to Broom, the initiative was built through a partnership with electronic solutions provider eOriginal. "Our vendor selection hinged on the capability to deliver robust eSignature technology and management together with a trusted repository," he said. "eOriginal has a long and successful history providing the capability to transfer and securitize electronic loan transactions. eOriginal is one of the best technology partners we have ever worked with." Broom also noted that Direct Capital has successfully implemented the process with its secondary market financing sources.

"Partnering with Direct Capital on such a dramatic and successful business process transformation has given both companies the opportunity to showcase our strengths in the finance market," said Steve Bisbee, CEO of eOriginal. "We realized the depth of the Direct Capital commitment when we saw their due diligence in confirming legal, audit and secondary market requirements and their requirement to incorporate only the best practices.

About Direct Capital

Established in 1993, Direct Capital provides specialty finance solutions, including capital equipment leasing, commercial loans, working capital, and merchant cash advances. Direct Capital markets its services through direct relationships with businesses and through partnerships with franchisors, vendor dealers, and manufacturers of capital equipment. Superb execution on its exceptional and unique direct service delivery model is the cornerstone of Direct Capital's success in an increasingly commoditized financial services industry. Direct Capital is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH with offices in New York, New Jersey, California and New London, NH. Subscribe to the Direct Capital blog at http://blog.directcapital.com. Follow Direct Capital on Twitter at http://twitter.com/directcapital.

About eOriginal

eOriginal provides advanced electronic signature, vaulting and electronic transaction solutions that are tamper–sealed, auditable and legally enforceable through either a SaaS or as an on premise software model. eOriginal SmartSign enables compliance with the eSignature requirements of the ESIGN Act, UETA and the UCC. eOriginal has provided secure, verifiable execution, delivery and management of commercial loans, leases and other financial industry documentation for over a decade. eOriginal customers, including top–tier financial institutions, have processed over 20 million electronic signatures without a single system error or legal challenge. To learn how eOriginal can streamline your business processes, visit www.eoriginal.com or call 888.224.6404. Subscribe to the eOriginal blog at blog.eoriginal.com. Follow eOriginal on Twitter at twitter.com/eOriginal.

Direct Capital Corporation
Steve Lankler, 603-433-9470
Vice President, Marketing
slankler@directcapital.com
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eOriginal, Inc
Jim Tebay, 410-625-5147
Vice President Business Development
jtebay@eoriginal.com