CIT Lease Finance Group possesses the global financial resources, industry expertise and financing product knowledge to serve client needs across 30 industries and 50 countries. The company provides lending, leasing and other financial and advisory services. The company has been on the market since 1908. As a Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500, the company provides financial solutions for more than 80 percent of the Fortune 1000. At the present time, the corporate office of the company is based in New York, NY. Areas of focus of the company include: Corporate Finance - lending, leasing, small business loans and other financial and advisory services; Trade Finance - factoring and other trade and financial solutions to companies in the retail supply chain; Transportation Finance – a broad range of financial solutions to the transportation industry; Vendor Finance - financing for customers of manufacturers and distributors worldwide.