Medallion Financial Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It operates through four segments: Recreation Lending, Home Improvement Lending, Commercial Loans, and Taxi Medallion Lending. The company offers loans that finance consumer purchases of recreational vehicles, boats, collector cars, and other consumer recreational equipment; consumer financing for window, siding, and roof replacement, swimming pool installations, and other home improvement projects; senior and subordinated loans for the purchase of equipment and related assets necessary to open a new business, or purchase or improvement of an existing business; and taxi medallion loans to individuals and small to mid-size businesses. It also provides debt, mezzanine, and equity investment capital to companies in various commercial industries; and raises deposits and conducts other banking activities. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is based in New York, New York.