NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Mar 4, 2013) - [ Eastern Funding LLC ], one of the country's leading business financing companies (with a special focus on the coin laundry, convenience store, and specialty vehicle industry), has launched a new, easy-to-use online credit application on its main website at: [ www.easternfunding.com ]. Along with new graphics and recent updates to the Eastern Funding website, online visitors will find the streamlined credit application process that Eastern Funding management says "can expedite the credit approval process by removing much of the preliminary dialogue between new customers and Eastern Funding representatives."

As Michael Fanger, Eastern Funding's Founder and President, noted: "We have a consistent commitment to deliver the best possible customer experience. When someone first arrives at the Eastern Funding website -- which can be an important starting point for people seeking financing and loan solutions -- our enhanced credit app technology will make the whole process of submitting information and applying for financing much smoother and easier to use."

As a leader in financing for the laundromat, dry cleaning, and specialty vehicles, Eastern Funding continues to provide customers with commercial leasing and financing solutions. Operating as a direct lender, Eastern Funding provides leases and loans with both fixed and floating rates. Easter Funding's recent launch of its Specialty Vehicle & Equipment Funding division, delivers Eastern's commercial lending expertise and direct financing programs to specialty vehicles, commercial equipment, and tow trucks, across the country. Visit [ www.SpecialtyVehicleFunding.com ] to learn more about the wide range of financing programs for equipment and commercially-focused specialty vehicles.

Headquartered in New York City, Eastern Funding has become a leader in financing for the laundry business by providing more than $700 million in funding since its inception in 1997. This year, Eastern enters its 17th year of providing commercial loans and financing and in 2012 was ranked by Monitor Magazine as the 36th largest bank-owned leasing and financing company in the United States. Eastern Funding LLC is a division of Brookline Bancorp (NASDAQ: [ BRKL ]). For more information about Eastern Funding and its business financing services, visit [ www.EasternFunding.com ].