The commercial finance industry is mourning the loss of James Rothman, who passed away March 12th at his home in Boca Raton, Fla. Rothman was 56.

Rothman had nearly three decade of commerial finance experience. Last April he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of GMA Factor and its operating units GMA USA and CoreFund Capital.

Rothman’s many achievements in finance include his work with TempFunds as he grew the company from a small service provider to the staffing industry to one of the largest non-bank independent lenders to the staffing industry when it was sold to Wells Fargo Bank in 2009.  

Rothman had over 25 years of experience within major banking and factoring institutions. He was also is a member of many factoring and charitable organizations such as, the International Factoring Association, Commercial Finance Association, Board of Directors March of Dimes (Palm Beach), American Cancer Society, and was recognized as the seventh largest fundraising family team nationally for the March of Babies in 2012. 

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