Banking & Financial Services News
Get a balanced look at what’s new in the banking and financial services industry. This section features information about commercial banking services and products, credit unions, credit card companies, cryptocurrency, compliance issues and news from banking and financial service companies.
Fast Line Futures Upgrades Current Online Trading Platform
Fast Line Futures, an internationally acclaimed broker for futures, forex, equities and options with main office located at London, informed today its active clients about the major upgrade of its current online trading platform. - November 24, 2012 - Fast Line Futures
Credit Scoring Made Simple and Transparent with the New Version of Plug&Score Solutions
The updated solutions from Scorto provide simple, effective and transparent way to integrate scoring models into decisioning & risk management processes. - November 22, 2012 - Scorto
Unemployment is Falling as Scottish Recovery Continues, Says Trust Deed Company
New employment figures show Scotland’s Economic Recovery Plan is working well, vindicating the Government’s "robust action" to support jobs, skills and training, says Debt Solutions Company Scottish Trust Deed. - November 21, 2012 - Simple Financial Solutions Limited
Trillium Advisory Firm Handling the Dollar’s Declining Value
Sometimes an M&A deal’s attractiveness aren’t determined by its participants, but by outside influences. That’s been the case as the plummeting value of the dollar has made acquisitions of U.S. companies more appealing to foreign buyers paying with relatively strong currencies. - November 21, 2012 - Trillium Advisory Firm
AnnuityToCash.com Announces an Expedited Conversion Program
AnnuityToCash.com is a market leader in the area of conversion of annuities, lottery winnings, legal settlements and artist (royalty) or sport contracts into cash. The company aims to be the most competitive provider in this space through the use of salaried, non-commission based transaction specialists. - November 19, 2012 - Annuitytocash.com
Debtout.ca a True Hero for Debt Strapped Canadians
Debt Out . Ca, Canada’s newest debt settlement agency started by Canada Credit Fix CEO Sheldon Wolf, debuts this week. Possessing industry leading credentials and using its expert staff of financial experts and debt arbitration agents, Debt Out arrives in time to help Canadians who have their credit ruined by unsettled and unpaid debt. - November 16, 2012 - Canada Credit Fix Inc.
Texas Trust Credit Union Named One of Top 100 Places to Work in Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas Trust Credit Union was named one of the top 100 places to work in Dallas-Fort Worth by the Dallas Morning News and WorkplaceDynamics. It offers a family-friendly work environment with great pay and exceptional benefits. - November 16, 2012 - Texas Trust Credit Union
Paragon Commercial Bank Invests More Than $5,000 in Wake Education Partnership
Independent, Nonprofit Organization Helps Wake County Public School System, Local Business Community. - November 15, 2012 - Paragon Bank
Carl Blackburn Fine Jewelry Buyers Launches International Website
Carl Blackburn Fine Jewelry Buyers has launched a new international website that illustrates why it is considered a global leader among estate buyers of precious jewels and timepieces. - November 14, 2012 - Carl Blackburn Fine Jewelry Buyers
Mortgage Service Provider Finalizes Expansion
The StoneHill Group, a national provider of mortgage quality control, due diligence, loan fulfillment, mortgage compliance audits and other outsourcing services to the mortgage industry, has finalized its plans for opening a new office in Jacksonville, Florida. Over the summer the Atlanta based... - November 13, 2012 - The StoneHill Group
Transactis Closes Series C Financing Round with MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Subsidiary
Investment Follows Recent e-Payment & Billing Alliance between Transactis and MacAndrews & Forbes Subsidiary, Harland Financial Solutions. - November 13, 2012 - Transactis
High-Level Seychelles Delegation and ProgressSoft at Connected World Forum After Nationwide Mobile Money Launch
The global payment solutions giant ProgressSoft will share details of the countrywide roll-out of its mobile payment solution in the Republic of Seychelles at the upcoming Connected World Forum in Dubai from 20-21 November. - November 09, 2012 - Connected World Forum
Sales Training Webinar for Bankers to Focus on Profitable New Business Attraction Techniques
Consulting and bank sales training firm Clarity Advantage will give business bankers new ways to find good prospects, book more appointments, and accelerate sales in a complimentary webinar on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST. - November 08, 2012 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
VisualCalc Announces New Retirement Planning Tool for Retirement Plan Administrators
VisualCalc today announced the availability of the VisualCalc™ Retirement Planning Tool. The VisualCalc Retirement Planning Tool is a web-based customer self-service tool that retirement plan administrators, including third party administrators and plan sponsors, can offer their plan participants to help them properly prepare for their retirement. - November 07, 2012 - VisualCalc
Solutions Money Management Opens Cape Coral Office
Michael A. Conticelli, CFS, CDFA announces the launching of Solutions Money Management in its new office in Cape Coral. Solutions Money Management provides financial services to individuals and small businesses. “We launched Solutions Money Management because we noticed a definite need in... - November 03, 2012 - Solutions Money Management
Pinnacle Wealth Management Adds Burns, Director of Business Development
Pinnacle Wealth Management of Brighton, Adds Nadine Burns as the Director of Business Development. - November 02, 2012 - Pinnacle Wealth Management
Sellwell Holds Training Seminar for Uniastrum Staff
Around 100 Bank personnel attended a two-day training course. - November 02, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
Uniastrum Offers Customers Better Earnings on Bank Cards
The lender is increasing the interest earned on cardholder accounts to 8% for rubles and 4% for dollar/euros/. - November 02, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
e-Global Goes Live with Alaric’s Authentic Payment Platform
London and Mexico City: Servicios Electronicos Globales, e-Global, Mexico’s largest electronic payment processor, has gone live with the Authentic Open Development Payment platform provided by Alaric International and Stratus Technologies Mexico. e-Global provides switching and card processing services for a wide range of Mexican merchants and for its joint owners, BBVA Bancomer and CITI Banamex, two of the largest acquirers in the Mexican market. - November 02, 2012 - Alaric International
Customer Preference and Bankcard Style
Visitors to Uniastrum’s website say bankcards should be colorful and eye-catching. - October 28, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
Uniastrum Bank Gains Top-30 Spot for Unsecured Retail Lending
Figures for H112 compiled by Expert RA show the lender ranking 28th for uncollateralized credit issued to individual clients. - October 28, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
Texas Trust Credit Union VP of Marketing to Tell How to Succeed Through Careful Listening
Amber Danford with Texas Trust Credit Union will share a best practice marketing strategy related to listening in an industry webinar. The credit union webinar will be on Wed. Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. ET. - October 27, 2012 - Texas Trust Credit Union
Omni RMS Launches Blog Series on Pension Reform
Leading recruitment outsourcing specialist Omni RMS is launching a new blog series aimed at tackling the thorny issue of pension reform and auto-enrollment. The series will provide clients and fellow outsourcers with a central resource containing information, links and advice. Managing director of... - October 27, 2012 - Omni RMS
Greenwood Announce First Returns Payout for Acacia "Phase 1" Project
Greenwood Management, the European-based forestry management company with Brazilian plantations, have announced that are about to deliver the first round of returns to its "Phase I" Acacia Project investors. - October 26, 2012 - Greenwood Management ApS
Free Financial Planning Seminar Addresses Retirement Issues
"Will I Outlive My Money?" targets concerns and questions about retirement assets. - October 26, 2012 - Daniel A. White and Associates
zIngenuity Hires Steve Beagles as Managing Director – Capital Strategies & Analytics
zIngenuity, a national provider of risk management and loss mitigation services for mortgage lenders and servicers, has hired Steve Beagles as Managing Director of Capital Strategies & Analytics. In this role, Steve is responsible for developing and implementing new business and risk management... - October 25, 2012 - zIngenuity, Inc.
Have Yourself a Very Debt-Free Christmas
Debt Advisory Centre Scotland is launching a new radio campaign on Real Radio Scotland to try and help people avoid money worries this Christmas. - October 25, 2012 - Debt Advisory Centre Scotland
Small Business Hub MyReviewsNow.net Spotlights Massive QuickBooks Online 3 Day Sale
MyReviewsNow.net features Intuit.com’s huge 3 day sale on QuickBooks Online. Small business owners who shop online now will save up to 50%. The sale ends October 25. No coupon code is required. - October 24, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
BDA Advises ICICI Venture on Sale of Radiant Research to Kinderhook's CRA
Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") is pleased to report that its client Radiant Research, Inc. (“Radiant”) has been acquired by CRA Holdings, Inc (“CRA”), a portfolio company of New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries, LLC... - October 22, 2012 - BDA Partners Ltd
DCIA & CCA Announce INVESTING IN THE CLOUD Speakers
Trade Associations Serve Industry’s Explosive Growth with Three Co-Located Conferences at Strategic Business Summit. - October 21, 2012 - Distributed Computing Industry Association
Uniastrum Bank Gains Top-20 Slot for Credit Card Portfolio
Rankings compiled by Expert RA show Uniastrum placing 12th by total credit card debt in the first half of 2012. - October 21, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
Majority of Credit Active Consumers Don’t Know Their Credit Score
Personal finance and price comparison website, www.justmoney.co.za, found that the majority of respondents that participated in its poll in July 2012 did not know their credit score. - October 21, 2012 - Justmoney
Leading Internet Superstore MyReviewsNow.net Gives Customers the Opportunity to Take Advantage of Historically Low Interest Rates with Lending Tree
Leading internet superstore MyReviewsNow.net is giving customers the opportunity to lower their mortgage rates with the use of Lending Tree. When customers use Lending Tree, they will be able to find rates at all time lows, such as mortgages with rates of 2.00%. Comparing loan offers has never been easier than with Lending Tree. Customers can shop online at lendingtree.com and use all of the calculators on the website to figure out how to adjust their mortgage rates. - October 19, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
Texas Trust Receives Three Lone Star Awards from Texas Credit Union League
Texas Trust Credit Union was honored by the Texas Credit Union League with three Lone Star awards. Texas Trust was recognized for marketing campaigns related to Social Media and Retail Merchandising and for its Bank Transfer Day campaign. - October 18, 2012 - Texas Trust Credit Union
CNI Solutions Completes Integration of the ONLINE Utility Exchange
Providing their customers with a cutting-edge risk assessment tool for bad-debt prevention. - October 18, 2012 - ONLINE Information Services, Inc.
zIngenuity Establishes zInsureRe, Inc., a Cayman Reinsurance Company
zIngenuity, a national provider of risk management and loss mitigation services for mortgage lenders and servicers, has established zInsureRe, Inc., a Cayman based Reinsurance Company. The company has been formed to expand and complement zIngenuity’s existing mortgage analytics and risk... - October 17, 2012 - zIngenuity, Inc.
Russell Bedford Dublin Firm Develops Red-Hot Banking App
Cooney Carey launches free iPhone app to help users manage their budgets. - October 17, 2012 - Russell Bedford International
Borrowers Can Shop Online for Personal Loans with MyReviewsNow.net’s New Affiliate Partner Plain Green Loans
MyReviewsNow.net, a leading reviews website and online shopping mall, has added new affiliate partner Plain Green Loans to its Personal Loans Portal. Borrowers can experience a refreshingly simple, secure and convenient 3-step application process at PlainGreenLoans.com. - October 15, 2012 - Retail Solutions Advisors
"For Investors, the November Presidential Election Will be Virtually Irrelevant" According to Hugh Gallagher, Director of www.waytoinvestmoney.com as He Launches His Book
People with investment and retirement portfolios may be watching the presidential pantomime with intense interest hoping for guidance on how future Government policy will affect the stock, bond and housing markets. - October 14, 2012 - Waytoinvestmoney.com
European Forestry Management Company to Help Solve Brazilian Housing Shortage
European forestry management company, Greenwood Management, is launching a new Brazilian project that will help the government reduce the country's huge housing shortage and produce strong returns for investors. Today, over 7 million families in Brazil are without adequate housing. The government... - October 11, 2012 - Greenwood Management ApS
HomePay Personal Payment Terminal Secures PCI PTS 3.1 Global Certification
The UK based payments company, Secure Electrans, have announced today that HomePay has secured PCI PTS 3.1 global certification, including SRED (Secure Read and Exchange of Data). - October 10, 2012 - Secure Electrans Limited
Econiq and Clarity Advantage Partnership Yields Increases in Sales Results for Two Banks
Partners help clients achieve measurable improvements in small business in six months. - October 10, 2012 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
The 314th Branch of UAE Exchange, India
UAE Exchange opened its new branch at Aligarh on 4th Ocobter 2012. The branch was inaugurated by Mrs Shakuntla Bharti, Mayor of Aligarh. The inaugural function was attended by officials from UAE Exchange, other eminent guests, and the media. UAE Exchange, the world’s favorite money... - October 10, 2012 - UAE Exchange India
UAE Exchange and Jet Airways Offer Fly India
UAE Exchange partnered with Jet Airways for Fly India, whereby customers making a transaction before 31st December, 2012 stand a chance to be rewarded with a ticket to Mumbai or Kochi. - October 09, 2012 - UAE Exchange
Paragon Commercial Bank Names Lisa Valentino Vice President and Client Development Officer
20-Year Industry Veteran Responsible for Client Deposits and Business Development - October 07, 2012 - Paragon Bank
New MyPrivateBanking Report: Wealth Managers' Websites Still Don't Win Clients
An independent benchmarking of the websites of 40 leading wealth managers and private banks found that the overall quality in respect to content and social media integration still disappoints. The best websites are offered by ABN AMRO, UBS and RBC. The analysts of MyPrivateBanking recommend stand-alone platform exclusively for wealth management clients and extensive disclosure of hard data to satisfy the client needs. - October 05, 2012 - MyPrivateBanking GmbH
QuickBooks Basic Training Offered at ETSU Innovation Laboratory
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center at East Tennessee State University and its Kingsport Affiliate Office (KOSBE) will be holding a QuickBooks (QB1) Basic Training Course on Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to Noon at the East Tennessee State University Innovation Laboratory,... - September 30, 2012 - Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship - KOSBE
Texas Self Storage Association Elects Board Officers
The Texas Self Storage Association (TSSA) Board of Directors recently elected executive officers for 2012-2013. The members of the Executive Committee are: President Mark Skeans of Mission Road Mini-Storage in San Antonio; Vice President Mike Gately with Daughtry Properties in San Antonio;... - September 28, 2012 - Texas Self Storage Association
Uniastrum Gains Top-30 ATM Ranking
Results released by RosBusinessConsulting news agency for H112 show the Bank placing among Russia’s 30 biggest owners of private-label ATM networks. - September 28, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank
UAE Exchange to Collect Abu Dhabi Utility Bills
UAE Exchange joins hands with Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) for utility bill payments. - September 27, 2012 - UAE Exchange