GE Capital

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aircraft leasing company financial services company division subsidiary

GE Capital was the financial services division of General Electric, providing commercial lending, leasing, and other financial products globally before being largely wound down after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
General Electric Capital Corporation	1
GE Capital Aviation Services	0

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft leasing company ⓘ financial services company division ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ
businessModel	wholesale-funded financial institution ⓘ
contributedTo	volatility in General Electric earnings after 2008 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDivision	GE Capital Aviation Services NERFINISHED ⓘ GE Commercial Finance NERFINISHED ⓘ GE Money NERFINISHED ⓘ GE Real Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Norwalk, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Stamford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	commercial finance ⓘ commercial lending ⓘ consumer finance ⓘ financial services ⓘ insurance ⓘ leasing ⓘ real estate finance ⓘ
notableRisk	exposure to real estate and structured finance ⓘ reliance on short-term funding markets ⓘ
ownedBy	General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentCompany	GE Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	General Electric NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakAssets	over US$500 billion ⓘ
reasonForWindingDown	regulatory and capital requirements for large financial institutions ⓘ strategic decision by General Electric to focus on industrial core ⓘ
regulatoryStatus	designated systemically important financial institution in the United States ⓘ
service	aircraft leasing ⓘ commercial lending ⓘ commercial real estate lending ⓘ consumer credit ⓘ corporate finance ⓘ energy finance ⓘ equipment leasing ⓘ fleet management ⓘ healthcare finance ⓘ mortgage lending ⓘ
serviceArea	global ⓘ
significantEvent	played major role in General Electric profits before 2008 financial crisis ⓘ subject to increased regulatory scrutiny after 2008 ⓘ suffered heavy losses during 2008 financial crisis ⓘ
soldBusiness	European consumer finance units ⓘ GE Capital Aviation Services to AerCap ⓘ U.S. online bank Synchrony Financial via IPO and split-off ⓘ various real estate portfolios ⓘ
status	largely wound down by early 2020s ⓘ
windingDown	began major asset sales and shrinkage after 2008 financial crisis ⓘ strategic exit from most banking and consumer finance operations in the 2010s ⓘ

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Rishad Premji → employer → GE Capital ⓘ

Kidder, Peabody & Co. → parentCompany → GE Capital ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Electric Capital Corporation