Marc Heller is Executive Vice President and Northeast Regional Manager of CIT Commercial Services. His responsibilities include client service and retention, ensuring client credit quality and profitability, and business development for the Northeast region. Commercial Services is one of the nation’s leading providers of factoring and lending services to the apparel, textiles, furniture, home furnishings, housewares, consumer electronics and consumer products industries.

Areas of expertise:

• Factoring and credit protection solutions for companies that want to increase sales, improve cash flow, reduce operating expenses and eliminate customer credit losses
• Financing solutions for consumer products companies (apparel, footwear, housewares, furniture and home furnishings)
• Lending against trademarks and brands

Heller joined CIT in January 2004 when CIT acquired the factoring portfolio of HSBC. He had previously held the position of Executive Vice President and New York Regional Manager of HSBC Business Credit (USA) Inc. Heller had been with HSBC and its predecessor, Republic Business Credit Corporation, since 1991 and has been in the financial services industry since 1970. 

A recipient of a number of industry awards, Heller received the Financial Services Industries Award from the American Jewish Congress in 1996. He received the Leadership in Education Award from the New York Institute of Credit in 1998. Heller received the Community Achievement Award from ORT in 2002 and received the Top Hat Award in 2004.

Heller earned a BA in Economics from Queens College.

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