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.
Focus on Repaying Debt a Welcome Sign
Financial solutions company Think Money has welcomed the findings of research by Datamonitor, which found that consumers saved significantly more last year than in previous years, with a strong focus on repaying debt also apparent. In the third quarter of last year consumers saved a combined 19bn... - May 19, 2010 - Think Money Ltd
"Rome Sweet Home" Apartments Can Now be Paid in US Dollars
Rome Sweet Home now offers the opportunity to let its customers pay with US Dollars. As the American currency gets stronger booking a holiday apartment in Rome will be more convenient. - May 17, 2010 - Rome Sweet Home
Local Bucks County Dot Com, Safelydebtfree.com, Gains National Attention Due to Its Comprehensive Debt Consultation Ability
At a time in our nation’s history when more people are debt than ever before it is exhausting to navigate the different debt consolidation companies who are offering their service. There is one company, however, that has gained national exposure for their ability to offer concise, accurate,... - May 16, 2010 - Safely Debt Free
Abacus Plumbing Adopts Mobilescape to Process Credit Card Payments at Customers’ Homes
Award-winning Houston-based residential plumbing company uses wireless credit card terminals to streamline payment processes and save thousands in processing fees. - May 13, 2010 - BankServ
Easy-Forex Expands European Activities with New Office Branches in London and Warsaw
On the back of the release of its new trading platforms, easy-forex expands its European activities with the opening of two new branch offices in London and in Warsaw. - May 12, 2010 - easy-forex
VoiceCash at 4th Annual Payment China Conference
Payment China 2010 Summit in Beijing, is the industry's major conference. VoiceCash services enabling mobile money transfer can be a potential breakdown for the Chinese Payment Industry’s development. - May 12, 2010 - VoiceCash
B-EZ Enterprises Celebrates One Year of Helping Consumers Negotiate Directly with Their Creditors Utilizing a "Work with Your Creditors" Approach
B-EZ Enterprises operates the website www.2SettleMyDebt.com and now celebrates the websites one year milestone. The website utilizes a patent pending method of internet debt settlement. This Self Help website employs a patent pending method that allows consumers to enter creditors, make offers to creditors, generates letters and allows these creditors to accept, reject or make counter offers via the internet. - May 10, 2010 - B-EZ Enterprises
Calibrated Group Selects Novus Origo to Provide Outsourcing Advisory Services
Calibrated Group selects Novus Origo to provide outsourcing advisory services to companies interested in the benefits of Calibrated’s Joint Venture Outsourcing Model. - May 09, 2010 - Novus Origo, LLC
Fort Worth Retirement Planning Firm RWMG Offers Their Newsletters Online
Robinson Wealth Management Group, an Independent Registered Investment Advisory Firm Now offers their Newsletter, "A Note From Jim" Online. - May 08, 2010 - RWMG
Stephen Lomsdalen Interviewed by Xpertfiles on Retirement Income Planning
Financial Planner offers Free Report - May 08, 2010 - Lomsdalen Wealth Management,Inc.
Hard Money NYC Closes a 180k Bridge Loan on an 8 Family Building in Brooklyn NY
Hard Money NYC closed a 180k bridge loan on an 8 Family Building in Brooklyn NY. The loan was to pay off back taxes before a pending tax sale and to complete the rehab on three of the units. - May 06, 2010 - Hard Money NYC
Teachers Federal Credit Union Members Received $25.4 Million in Direct Financial Benefits in 2009
Teachers Federal Credit Union (TFCU), one of the country’s largest full-service, not-for-profit financial institutions, with more than 200,000 members and over $3.7 billion in total assets, announced in the Benefits of Membership Report, recently published by the Credit Union National... - May 06, 2010 - Teachers Federal Credit Union
New Flash Designs for Real Estate Investing Web Sites Released
A real estate investing web site company, www.RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net has released new designs with interactive animated flash for real estate investor web sites. Investors now have the ability to activate or inactivate animated flash in their designs with a single click. The websites also... - May 04, 2010 - RealEstateInvestingWebSites.com
Pet Insurance Company Hires Howard Rubin as Chief Operating Officer
Seattle-based pet insurance company, Trupanion, has hired Howard Rubin as their Chief Operating Officer. - May 03, 2010 - Trupanion
RegaloCard Rolling Out Micro Money Transfer Service to Over 100,000 Retailers Nationwide
RegaloCard’s Free and Instant Mobile Payment Service to be Distributed Nationwide by Leading Prepaid Distributors, Giving Massive Scale to the Micro Money Transfer Segment. - April 30, 2010 - RegaloCard
Savvy Tips Offered in G. Hawthorne’s New Foreclosure Guide, Published by Outskirts Press
Outskirts Press, Inc. has published How to Save Your Home From Foreclosure and Save Thousands of Dollars: Don't lose your dream by Geoffrey G. Hawthorne. The author's most recent book to date is a 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the business, economics and real estate category and is available worldwide on... - April 29, 2010 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
RJ Baxter First Mortgage Corp Evergreen CO Homeowners Can Now Refinance to 125% of Home Value
Through the Making Home Affordable refinance program can now refinance up to 125% of your home's value. - April 28, 2010 - First Mortgage Corp
FortLauderDeals.com Announces the First Daily Deal Coupon Site in Fort Lauderdale
As the economy continues to suffer, consumers search for bargains on products they enjoy and places they frequent. Businesses must compete even harder to not only maintain their product, but to continue bringing in new consumers. FortLauderDeals.com has the answer for both. - April 27, 2010 - FortLauderdeals
Brits in Dark Over Party Tax Policies Ahead of UK Election
ACCA survey reveals tax is central issue for voters but 83 per cent have little or no understanding of the main parties’ taxation policies. - April 25, 2010 - ACCA
Moberly Missouri Man Claims the WPTAPL National Champion Title and Wins a $10,000 Seat
Poker players from around the country meet in Orlando Florida to compete for the title of WPTAPL National Champion and to raise money for five different charities. - April 24, 2010 - World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League
Consumer Payment Trends in the U.S. Now Available at ReportsandReports
Businesses routinely seek to appeal to consumers by understanding which goods or services they want to buy. But understanding how shoppers prefer to buy—that is, which forms of payments they favor, and why—is also critically important. Marketers, retailers, card associations and other product and service providers hope to make transactions easy and convenient for consumers, but they must also balance these requirements against their own needs. - April 24, 2010 - marketsandmarkets
MySmallClaim.com Offers Helpful Solutions to Californians Going to Court
A new Internet-based service focusing on facilitating small claims actions by plaintiffs has established itself. MySmallClaim.com is a comprehensive professional document preparation service that assists individuals in preparing for small claims court. With a thorough understanding of the small... - April 22, 2010 - MySmallClaim.com
Axacore's XDOC Document Management System Cuts Paper Processing Time
In addition to reducing paper processing time XDOC also reduces operations expenses. - April 21, 2010 - Axacore Inc.
Anchor Loans Reaches Milestone: $1 Billion Funded
Anchor Loans has reached the milestone of funding $1 billion dollars. - April 20, 2010 - Anchor Loans
Mortgage Lender Scores Highly in Customer Feedback Survey
Total Mortgage Services sticks to the basics: Offering some of the lowest rates on fixed-rate mortgages, jumbo mortgages, FHA loans, and adjustable rates mortgages while maintaining a laser-focus on customer service. This emphasis on the consumer earns Total Mortgage high marks in customer satisfaction. - April 19, 2010 - Total Mortgage
Loss is Inevitable; Know What You Own and Prove It
Loss and claims that happen as the result of hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods, theft, divorce and even death, are going to happen. Experts including our insurance agents, attorneys, financial advisors and even our own mothers, all agree that we have to be prepared for the inevitable. Asset... - April 19, 2010 - Asset Registry LLC
B-EZ Enterprises Notifies Florida Software Company of Perceived Infringement for Patent Pending Self Help Debt Settlement Technology Marketed to Debt Settlement Industry
B-EZ Enterprises operates the website www.2SettleMyDebt.com that utilizes a patent pending method of internet debt settlement. The embodiments of this patent pending method of internet debt settlement allows consumers to enter creditors, make offers to creditors, generates letters and allows these creditors to accept, reject or make counter offers via the internet. On April 8, 2010 B-EZ Enterprises notified a Florida software company of a perceived infringement of intellectual property. - April 17, 2010 - B-EZ Enterprises
Linda M. O'Rourke a Local CPA Earns Exclusive “Accredited in Business Valuation” (ABV) Credential as Valuation Expert
Linda M. O’Rourke, a CPA valuation expert and principal of O’Rourke and Associates located in Clearwater, FL has recently been awarded the ABV Credential by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The ABV Credential, established in 1998 by the AICPA, is granted... - April 16, 2010 - O'Rourke and Associates
Cash4Books.net Partners with DonorsChoose.org to Turn Books Into Cash and New Classroom Supplies
Struggling classrooms around the country are getting an extra helping hand from Cash4Books.net customers with its new DonorsChoose.org Partnership. - April 15, 2010 - McKenzie Books, Inc.
Award-Winning Professional Real Estate Staging Expert Announces Home Staging Course Instructor Position with CSP International Training Academy
Kathleen Garvey, who is a nationally known leader in the real estate staging industry, announces together with CSP that she has been chosen as one of their top-level home staging course instructors. By teaching others how to create successful staging businesses, Garvey will help more individuals recover from the current economic challenges. - April 15, 2010 - Enhanced Interiors & Home Staging
Top Sixteen Insurance Saving Tips from Crazy4moneyclips
Most people can lower their insurance costs if they take the time to save the money. Crazy4MoneyClips offers savings tips that anyone can easily follow that could save you a few thousand dollars a year. The Crazy4MoneyClips blog – Save a Million Dollars Now – helps consumers save their money and put it where it belongs; in their pocket, in their money clip, in their purse. - April 15, 2010 - Crazy4MoneyClips
BBB Offers Tips to Protect Credit and Debit Cards
The Better Business Bureau gives advice on how to protect credit and debit cards from identity theft. More than 11 million id thefts occurred last year. - April 15, 2010 - Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina
Find a Financial Advisor or Financial Planner to Help with Upcoming Tax Changes
Investors in 2010 face several investment changes in estate planning, taxation and the new healthcare legislation. ClaroConnect.com offers a free, unbiased tool to find a financial advisor to plan for their financial future. - April 14, 2010 - ClaroConnect Solutions, LLC
MaPS Credit Union Celebrates Young Savers During Financial Literacy Month
MaPS Credit Union is offerings special rewards and contests for youth who visit the credit union from April 19 through April 24. - April 10, 2010 - Maps Credit Union
FXSTAT is the First UK Company to Launch Its Free Online Automated Analytical Platform to Help Retail and Institutional Forex Traders to Analyze Their Trading Activities
FXSTAT is an analytical tool and Forex community platform, to help traders analyze, share, collaborate and communicate together to either improve their trading skills or help others to do so. Traders will be able to analyze, publish, share the trading activities with their own created privacy and... - April 09, 2010 - FX STAT Ltd
Book Loving Bargain Hunters’ Recession Survival Tool
“It’s the future of online used book shopping,” says founder and CEO Jim Smith of McKenzie Books, Inc., an internationally recognized online used bookseller. He is referring to their just-released website feature dubbed “BRAIN”, short for “Books Recently Added,... - April 09, 2010 - McKenzie Books, Inc.
People’s Financial Advisor to Assess Consumer’s Savings in Taxes and Investment Management Expenses
Technology enables middle-income American to benefit from savings in taxes and investment management expenses. - April 08, 2010 - peoplesfinancialadvisor.com
ThirdFrameStudios Unveil Toshl - a Mobile & Web Expense Tracker
ThirdFrameStudios (www.3fs.si) have unveiled a major upgrade to Toshl, the mobile expense tracker app for Android phones and unveiled a version for Nokia Maemo phones. An iPhone version of the app is already in the works and Toshl will be spreading to other mobile platforms in the future. Toshl... - April 08, 2010 - ThirdFrameStudios
New Designs for Real Estate Investing Websites
Real Estate investing website firm, www.RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net has unveiled a new series of designs for real estate investing websites designed to capture visitors attention and deliver maximum conversion and closed deals. - April 07, 2010 - RealEstateInvestingWebSites.com
Tale of Two Americas: Rental Rates Infographics
RentersInsurance.org has developed a two part infographic that displays the highest and lowest rent areas in the United States. - April 07, 2010 - Renters Insurance
Plante & Moran Partners with IASeminars to Offer IFRS Training Solutions
Plante & Moran, PLLC, the nation's 12th largest accounting and business advisory firm, has partnered with IASeminars, a leading global provider of training courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), to offer certified public accountants and other financial professionals a... - April 06, 2010 - IASeminars Ltd
Senior Financial Planner Appointed at Intellichoice Financial Planning
Intellichoice Financial Planning is proud to announce that Kevin Cuthbert has started at the company. Kevin is a senior financial planner with over 30 years experience in the finance industry. - April 06, 2010 - Intellichoice
Pet Insurance from Trupanion Becomes Available in Alaska
Trupanion now offers pet insurance policies to cats and dogs in Alaska. - April 05, 2010 - Trupanion
Bluestone America Enhances Its Legacy Charitable Gifting Program
Bluestone America introduces its Legacy Gifting Program which will provide its products and services which specify in financial strategies, philanthropic programs, and charitable gifting programs utilizing both traditional and alternative funded life insurance products. Bluestone America’s most commonly used programs are The Heritage Plus Program and The Legacy Builder Program. These programs offer clients a favorable new way to donate sizable gifts using life insurance. - April 03, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.
Assets International LLC Honored as One of the 2010 “Michigan 50 Companies to Watch”
Assets International, a global leader in locating missing heirs and with reuniting individuals and companies with non-real estate cash assets, to be honored during the annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business event on Apr. 29 in Lansing. - April 03, 2010 - Assets International
Malta as the Ideal Retirement Destination Promoted by John Huber and Associates
John A. Huber has worked in the field of tax, retirement and residency in Malta for more than 20 years. Prior to setting up his own practice, John Huber held the role of Associate Director at KPMG Malta. More information about Malta as a retirement destination can be found on the website www.johnhubermalta.com, www.personaltaxmalta.com. - April 02, 2010 - John Huber and associates Tax Consultants
Debt Shield's Donations Help Haiti
Award-winning debt settlement company donates money to help earthquake torn Haiti. - April 01, 2010 - Debt Shield, Inc.
New HAFA Guidelines Help Performance Marketing America Provide Hope for Short Sales in Las Vegas
In one of the hardest hit markets for property devaluation, new HAFA guidelines give underwater homeowners in Las Vegas new hope. - March 31, 2010 - Performance Marketing America
Get Your Home Ready for Spring, Save Money & Increase Curb Appeal
Do-It-Yourself Spring Home Maintenance Tips for Safety & Energy Conscious Homeowners. Top Ten Spring Home Maintenance Tips from Mahogany Builders - March 29, 2010 - Mahogany Builders
Bluestone Wealth Management Appointed as Transamerica General Agency
Bluestone Wealth management has been selected by Transamerica as its general agency offering its financial services and products. The agreement will allow Bluestone to underwrite Transamerica’s insurance product line and was selected by Transamerica, in part, because of its existing charitable gifting programs and proprietary trust structures that are well aligned with Transamerica products. - March 27, 2010 - Bluestone America Inc.