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Local Wealth Strategist Achieves Mortgage Specialist Designation
Michael Sterling, president and CEO of Banyan Rock & Talent, a Raleigh-based collaboration of wealth strategists, announced today that W. Landon Watts, a financial strategist, added the Mortgage Specialist designation to services provided through AIG Bank Mortgage Solutions. Watts has achieved... - May 03, 2007 - Banyan Rock & Talent
Abalos & Associates PLLC Announces New Partner
Sandy Abalos, managing partner of Abalos & Associates, PLLC, a full service CPA firm specializing in small and mid-size businesses, has announced that Cheryl Folkerth has been named a partner in the firm, joining Abalos and Barry Friefield. In this position, Folkerth will manage major client... - May 03, 2007 - Abalos & Associates
Specialized Recovery Services Joins QuickRepo.com New Jersey Repo Man / Repossession Company Directory
Specialized Recovery Services of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania has joined the QuickRepo.com repo company / repo man / repossession agent directory. - May 03, 2007 - Glaeser Enterprises, LLC
U.S. Home Mortgage, LLC to Kick Off Seattle Sounders Sponsorship Game at Home Opener May 5
U.S. Home Mortgage, LLC will kick off the official sponsorship game as the “Premier Mortgage Broker of the Seattle Sounders” at the home opener against the Portland Timbers on May 5. The first 2,000 fans to arrive at Qwest Field on game day will receive magnet schedules courtesy of U.S. - May 03, 2007 - U.S. Home Mortgage, LLC
The Edcomm Group’s Banker’s Academy Invited to Present at China Retail Banking 2007 Conference
The Edcomm Group has been invited to present at a one-day session of retail bankers at China Retail Banking 2007, a conference in Shanghai, China on May 22, 2007 organized by Marcus Evans. Through several sessions, Edcomm’s president, Dr. Linda Eagle will be teaching the audience of top... - May 03, 2007 - The Edcomm Group
Hedge Fund and Private Equity Guru Quizzed Over Article
Hedge Funds and Private Equity Management Guru, Dr. A S Johan was recently interviewed By Jayke Umarezz, a widely followed life-style commentator, over some controversial issues raised in his recent article entitled - Why are Profitable Hedge Fund and Private Equity Management Companies being sold off to the public now? - May 02, 2007 - Jayke Umarezz
Price-Williams Associates Joins QuickRepo.com Alabama Repo Man / Repossession Company Directory
Price-Williams Associates has joined the QuickRepo.com Alabama repo company / repo man / repossession agent directory. - May 02, 2007 - Glaeser Enterprises, LLC
Bristol County Savings Bank Presents a Free Home Buyer’s Seminar in Attleboro, MA on May 19
This informative session is geared toward first time homebuyers who want to know what it takes to become an actual homeowner. A $250 credit toward closing costs with Bristol County Savings Bank is also being offered to those who attend. - April 29, 2007 - Bristol County Savings Bank
Shore Mortgage Offers Monthly Job Openings, Paid Training and the Chance to Make Millions
Shore Mortgage is one of the only known companies in the Detroit Metro Area that continues, and will continue, to hire a minimum of 35 new sales people per month, and Shore pays for the training that will provide the tools needed to make a limitless salary. Shore welcomes any degree, no degree, and any type of sales experience or no sales experience at all. Anyone over 18 years of age who wants to achieve a prosperous future may find a home at Shore Mortgage. - April 29, 2007 - Shore Mortgage
LowVARates.com Adds User Interaction and More Assistance via Live Chat
In an attempt to further its goal of bringing the dream of home ownership to veterans and active military across the Nation, LowVARates.com has taken great strides in improving its website so that gaining access to some of the most common questions regarding VA Loans and veteran eligibility is now right at its visitor's finger tips. - April 28, 2007 - Low VA Rates
L. A. Walker Company joins QuickRepo.com California Repo Man / Repossession Company Directory
The Internet’s largest collection of repossession tools and information, QuickRepo.com, announced a new addition to their advertisers, L. A. Walker Company. QuickRepo.com helps legal and financial professionals, and the public, find the repo and recovery services they need, quickly and easily. - April 28, 2007 - Glaeser Enterprises, LLC
BankInfoSecurity.com Podcast: Key Compliance Regulations Driving Information Security at Financial Institutions
BankInfoSecurity.com’s latest podcast offers insight for financial institutions that need to know about key compliance regulations driving information security at their institutions. - April 27, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
BankInfoSecurity.com Webinar: Key Compliance Regulations Driving Information Security at Financial Institutions
BankInfoSecurity.com offers a webinar on key compliance regulations driving information security at financial institutions on May 8. - April 27, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
Fixed Rate Bond (Issue 28) Launched by Offshore Savings Specialist Bradford & Bingley International
Fixed Rate Bond (Issue 28) is a 1-year fixed rate savings bond from offshore savings bank Bradford & Bingley International (BBI). The savings bond is a limited edition and is available immediately for deposits of £10,000 or more paying up to 5.90% gross per annum and maturing on the 30 May 2008. - April 26, 2007 - Bradford & Bingley International
Crescent Financial Corporation Announces 49% Increase in Comparative First Quarter Earnings
Crescent Financial Corporation (NasdaqGM: CRFN), parent company of Crescent State Bank of Cary and Port City Capital Bank of Wilmington, N.C., today announced unaudited net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 of $1,466,000, reflecting a 49% increase over net income of $982,000 for the prior... - April 26, 2007 - Crescent State Bank
Place Trade CEO Serves as InvestWrite® Judge for National Writing Competition
Sarah M. Place, President & CEO of Place Trade Financial, Inc., a full service discount brokerage firm based in Raleigh, NC, has announced that she served as a judge for InvestWrite®, an innovative national writing competition, produced by The Stock Market Game program and sponsored by the... - April 24, 2007 - Place Trade Financial, Inc.
Stellar Wins Accounts Payable Automation Deal with Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Stellar Business Process Solutions has been appointed to implement an automated data capture technology solution to support the invoice processing requirements of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS). - April 24, 2007 - Stellar
Crescent Financial Corporation Announces Stock Split Effected as a 10% Stock Dividend
The Board of Directors of Crescent Financial Corporation (“Crescent”), parent company of Crescent State Bank of Cary, NC and Port City Capital Bank of Wilmington, NC, at its regular meeting on April 18, 2007, declared a 11-for-10 stock split effected as a 10% stock dividend payable on... - April 23, 2007 - Crescent State Bank
Bristol County Savings Bank Celebrates Dartmouth MA Branch Office Grand Opening May 5, 10 AM – 2 PM.
The public is invited to join the festivities featuring free food and activities for the kids as well as drawings for great prizes, including a Caribbean Cruise vacation Grand Prize. - April 22, 2007 - Bristol County Savings Bank
InvestorIdeas.com® to Conduct Ongoing Interviews with optionsXpress® as Investor Educational Podcast Series on Options Trading
New Podcast Adds to Current Audio Research Tools and Resources for Online Investors and Traders - April 22, 2007 - InvestorIdeas.com
BankInfoSecurity.com Podcast on Information Security Education Programs
In a new podcast on BankInfoSecurity.com: Research reveals information security education programs at U.S. universities have a skill gap between what the information security industry demands and the current state of most college curricula. - April 21, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
BankInfoSecurity.com Offers Webinar on Business Continuity Planning Best Practices
BankInfoSecurity.com offers a webinar on Business Continuity Planning Best Practices on May 1. Vital to the financial industry is good business continuity planning where the impacts of delays can be more readily quantified than with other industries. - April 21, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
Midwest Adjusters Join QuickRepo.com Missouri Repo Man / Repossession Company Directory
Midwest Adjusters has joined the QuickRepo.com Missouri repo company / repo man / repossession agent directory. - April 20, 2007 - Glaeser Enterprises, LLC
Ozzy Favela Earns Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist (CMPS) Designation
Ozzy Favela, a mortgage broker with Charter Mortgage, has passed the qualifying exams to earn the Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist (CMPS) Designation granted by the CMPS Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, a training and certifying organization created to help mortgage professionals integrate... - April 20, 2007 - Charter Mortgage
New Report on Management Consultancy Reveals M&A Opportunities for USA Buyers and Investors
A new report just out has revealed that the European management consulting industry is experiencing its highest number of mergers and acquisitions in almost ten years, with an increasing number of bidders coming from the USA. Co-author of the ‘European Consulting Mergers and Acquisitions... - April 19, 2007 - Equiteq LLP
Save with Mortgage Refinancing Blog Launches
The newly launched "Save with Mortgage Refinacing" blog provides important and strategic information to potential consumers considering mortgage refinance. - April 19, 2007 - Save with Refinancing
New Website Credit-Teacher.com Has Launched
DBF Web Properties has launched their newest website Credit-Teacher.com - April 19, 2007 - DBF Web Properties
Stellar Wins Accounts Payable Automation Deal with MaxiTRANS
Stellar, a leading global business process outsourcing provider, today announced that MaxiTRANS, Australia’s largest manufacturer and supplier of trailing transport solutions, has chosen Stellar Business Process Solutions to provide an advanced accounts payable automation solution. The... - April 18, 2007 - Stellar
Southwest Service Co. Joins QuickRepo.com Kansas Repo Man / Repossession Company Directory
Southwest Service Co. has joined the QuickRepo.com Kansas repo man / repossession companies directory. - April 16, 2007 - Glaeser Enterprises, LLC
Bristol County Savings Bank Offers Home Buyer’s Seminar 4/28, 10 AM – Noon in Raynham, MA
This informative session is geared toward first time homebuyers who want to know what it takes to become an actual homeowner. A $250 credit toward closing costs with Bristol County Savings Bank is also being offered to those who attend. - April 15, 2007 - Bristol County Savings Bank
Tidelands Bank Summerville Branch Celebrates New Building with Grand Opening
Tidelands Bank, a full-service bank serving the coast of South Carolina, will relocate its Summerville branch from a temporary location to its permanent space at 1510 Old Trolley Road in early May. The branch, which offers five times the space as the current location, will hold its grand opening on... - April 15, 2007 - Tidelands Bank
Offshore Expatriate Savings Bank Scoops Two Banking Awards
Bradford and Bingley International (BBI) has won two awards for its offshore sterling savings accounts geared towards the expatriate and international communities. - April 14, 2007 - Bradford & Bingley International
Norfolk Financial Launches Website to Increase Awareness About the Risk of Consumer Debt
Daniel W Goldstone of Norfolk Financial Corporation launches Letstalkaboutdebt.com to teach the fundamentals of sound personal finance. - April 14, 2007 - Norfolk Financial Corporation
Crescent State Bank Executive Named Steering Committee Chairman for the Occoneechee Council Boy Scouts of America’s Major Gifts Breakfast
Jonathan Taylor, senior vice president and Raleigh city executive of Crescent State Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Market SM), was named the 2007 Steering Committee Chairman for the Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Major... - April 13, 2007 - Crescent State Bank
BankInfoSecurity.com Announces IT Risk Assessments Webinar on April 17
This workshop will focus on the risk assessment process for a community bank, including a sample matrix that can be adapted for any institution. - April 13, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
Jacobs & Burns Speaks Out Against the Bank of Japan's Proposed Interest Rate Increases
Speaking from their corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Jacobs & Burns spokes person, Mr NG Nagasaki spoke out against the Bank of Japans proposed interest rate increases. - April 13, 2007 - Jacobs & Burns
BankInfoSecurity.com Establishes Advisory Board
Knowing what’s important to banking professionals is key to providing the information and news coverage needed in the financial services industry. Having a “finger on the pulse” is the best way to describe the formation of BankInfoSecurity.com’s inaugural Advisory Board. - April 13, 2007 - Information Security Media Group
Tina Dhar, Financial Planner, Receives NJ Accident & Health Producer License; Offers Clients Essential Long-term Health Care Planning
Tina Dhar has received her New Jersey Accident & Health Producer License enabling her to provide Health Insurance in addition to her comprehensive financial services offerings. The license, which she received in February, required an extensive course of study followed by a thorough... - April 12, 2007 - Sagemark Consulting
Emanuel M. Miceli Named Metropolitan Who’s Who Honored Member in Financial Services
Emanuel M. Miceli, President and Principal for Adcahb Property Casualty, Inc., has been Named Metropolitan Who’s Who Honored Member in Financial Services. While inclusion in Metropolitan Who’s Who is an honor in itself, the Metropolitan Who’s Who selection committee hand picks... - April 12, 2007 - Cambridge Who's Who
Bristol County Savings Bank Reports Record Growth at Annual Meeting
Bristol County Savings Bank is a $1.2 billion mutual savings bank founded in 1846, which is headquartered in Taunton, MA with 10 offices located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. - April 12, 2007 - Bristol County Savings Bank
Alabama's Smith Lake Developers Profiting from Inland Flight
With more and more beleaguered gulf-coast property owners seeking to flee hurricanes and spiraling tax and insurance rates, developers on this quiet Alabama lake are reaping the profits. - April 11, 2007 - Emerald Point on Smith Lake
Symons Capital Management Introduces Small Cap Investment Strategy
Symons Capital Management has introduced its third equity investment strategy, Symons Small Cap. The strategy is an intellectual sibling of Symons Alpha Growth and Symons Alpha Value – in each case Symons Capital seeks to invest in companies with long-term sustainable businesses that can be... - April 10, 2007 - Symons Capital Management, Inc.
Daniel Goldstone with Norfolk Financial Corporate Launches LetsTalkAboutDebt.com
Daniel W Goldstone of Norfolk Financial Corporation, a Boston financial services company, has recently launched a new website, www.letstalkaboutdebt.com - April 08, 2007 - Norfolk Financial Corporation
Community Bank of Parkersburg Names the Edcomm Group to Deliver Ethics: Code of Conduct Training
Community Bank of Parkersburg, WV has selected The Edcomm Group to deliver Ethics: Code of Conduct Training for its community bank training needs. The Bank also chose to implement Edcomm’s own LMS, Learning Link® for hosting and maintenance. Ethics: Code of Conduct communicates the laws,... - April 08, 2007 - The Edcomm Group
Using a Reverse Mortgage to Avoid Foreclosure
George Downey, Founder of Harbor Mortgage Solutions in Braintree, MA and a past Board Chairman of the Massachusetts Mortgage Association, outlines some basic criteria of a reverse mortgage that might help a senior homeowner avoid foreclosure. - April 07, 2007 - Harbor Mortgage Solutions, Inc.
AAL Director Named as a Public Relations Chairperson for the American Society for Appraisers
Erin D. Hollis, Director of Valuation Services for Accountancy Associates, LLC (AAL), has been appointed as the new Public Relations Chairperson for the Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). As the new chairperson, Hollis will help coordinate marketing for all ASA programs,... - April 07, 2007 - Accountancy Associates, LLC
Mercer Capital Launches New Corporate Website
www.mercercapital.com - April 07, 2007 - Mercer Capital Management, Inc.
Greg Hatem Joins Crescent State Bank’s Raleigh Advisory Board
Jonathan Taylor, senior vice president and Raleigh city executive of Crescent State Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Market SM), has announced that Greg Hatem, managing partner and founding member of Empire Properties, has joined the bank’s... - April 06, 2007 - Crescent State Bank
Banyan Rock & Talent Celebrates 21st Anniversary
Banyan Rock & Talent celebrates continued success despite trends that have caused many similar financial institutions to merge, change names or go out of business in the past two decades. - April 05, 2007 - Banyan Rock & Talent
GLBA Compliance Workshop Offered on BankInfoSecurity.com
This webinar will explain how financial institutions can best maintain compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Section 501(b). In light of the recent TJX data breach, this is a webinar worth attending. - April 05, 2007 - Information Security Media Group