Types of leasing

*What is leasing?* 

In brief, leasing is a financial method used by businesses to obtain equipment or assets with little capital investment. More often than not, leasing is the preferred financing option in industry. The concept has been widely used in Russia for over 10 years now. 

*FINANCE LEASING* - a leasing contract at the expiry of which the asset is kept by the customer (lessee).

*OPERATIONAL LEASING* - a leasing contract at the expiry of which the customer returns the asset to the lessor.

*LEASEBACK* - a transaction where an owner sells an asset and leases it back as a way to secure financing, meaning that the seller and the lessee are one person.

*SUBLEASING* - a transaction that involves leasing out equipment obtained under a leasing contract. A customer who has leased equipment becomes the lessor and leases out this equipment to its own customers.