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.
Women: Dreaming of a Great Retirement? Start Now.
In today’s economy, it’s more important than ever for women to not only think about their financial future, but also to start preparing for it. Retirement may feel like a long way off, but considering that women are 71% more likely than men to live below the poverty line in retirement,1... - October 16, 2008 - Primerica Financial Services
A Lifeline in the Ocean of Debt
Canadian Customer Debt Relief’s BluePrint 2 Black plan is an affordable, reliable solution to get out of debt and into a sound state of financial health. - October 15, 2008 - Canadian Customer Debt Relief Inc.
Debt Shield Launches Third Annual United Way Fundraising Drive
Award-wining debt settlement company kicks off annual United Way charity drive. - October 15, 2008 - Debt Shield, Inc.
Assist-2-Sell Founders Honored as Real Estate’s Most Influential Leaders
Inman News recently included Mary LaMeres-Pomin and Lyle Martin, co-founders and co-chief executives of Assist-2-Sell Inc., in its annual list of the “100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders.” - October 13, 2008 - Assist-2-Sell
Leader in Child Care & Daycare Management Software Introduces Innovative Solutions for Credit Card and Electronic Payment Processing
SofterWare Inc., developers of EZ-CARE2, a leading software solution for all aspects of child care program administration, announced the introduction of new and improved tools for collecting and processing child care tuition and fees electronically. - October 09, 2008 - SofterWare
California Couple Eliminates Debt with Mentoring from Prosper Inc.
Eliminating debt is a wise step to take in a troubled economy. A Temecula, California couple has made it work with personal mentoring from Prosper Inc. - October 09, 2008 - Prosper Inc.
Los Angeles Foreclosures Triple; Two-Year Highs in New York City and Seattle. Q3 Foreclosure Report Issued by PropertyShark.com
PropertyShark.com released its quarterly report covering first-time residential foreclosures in Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and New York City for the third quarter of 2008. Los Angeles Foreclosures Triple and reach two-year highs in New York City and Seattle. - October 07, 2008 - PropertyShark.com
Seventy Percent of US Voters’ Feeling Distressed, Depressed and Terrified About United States Economy
A new SenseUs™ Poll reports how voters are feeling about the United States EconomyThe majority of voters, are afraid and sad about the current state of the US Economy, according to the SenseUs Poll, which measures voters’ emotional reactions. - October 07, 2008 - SenseUs™
SparkBase Launches SMS Gift Card Portal
Gift & Loyalty Card processor SparkBase launches SMS portal to process gift cards without plastic. - October 02, 2008 - SparkBase LLC
Trusted Organization, X Out Foreclosure, Gets Timely Website Update During These Troubled Times
X Out Foreclosure is committed to assisting families with keeping their home. Whether your goal is to stay in your home or simply get out without going through foreclosure, X Out Foreclosure can help. - October 02, 2008 - X Out Foreclosure
Teaching Children to Save Just Might be One Answer to the Economic Dilemma
Make More Cents Launches Online Store. - October 02, 2008 - Make More Cents
UApply.com's Announcement of New Research Conducted in an Extended Research Showing Homeowners Are Overlooking the Bottom Line When Trying to Refinance Their Homes
UApply.com's announcement of new research conducted in an extended research showing homeowners are overlooking the bottom line when trying to refinance their homes. Homeowners are being misled from the best deal they actually can qualify for now that the economy has shifted and banks are in trouble. While 2 out of every 3 homeowners aren't getting the best deal they qualify for today with their credit. UApply.com explains what is wrong with this picture and describes a possible solution. - October 01, 2008 - UApply Inc
Debt Settlement Clients Recommend Debt Shield
Award-wining debt settlement company Debt Shield is experiencing a significant increase in referrals to their debt settlement services. - October 01, 2008 - Debt Shield, Inc.
Local Business College Savings Plus Will Conduct a Free Workshop
Topics covered include Scholarships, Financial Aid and College Funding Strategies. - September 27, 2008 - College Savings Plus
15 Years for First Time Buyers to Save a 15% Mortgage Deposit
Fairinvestment.co.uk research has found that it could take first time buyers 15 years to save the deposit for their first home. - September 27, 2008 - Fair Investment Company
Debt Settlement Clients See Faster Results
Consumers in one debt settlement program are seeing a 24% improvement in the average time it takes to get their first settlements. - September 24, 2008 - Debt Shield, Inc.
SanDiegoJewelryBuyers.com Takes Pawn Shop Experience to a New Level
San Diego Jewelry Buyers launches new website that takes customers beyond the ordinary pawn shop experience when selling or receiving cash loans on fine jewelry, diamonds, watches, and gold. - September 24, 2008 - San Diego Jewelry Buyers
Free San Francisco Foreclosure Listings by PropertyShark.com - Trustee Sale Listings Available in San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda
PropertyShark.com announces the general availability of free foreclosure listings for San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. - September 23, 2008 - PropertyShark.com
Green Debt Settlement Company Saves 27,000 lbs of CO2
An award-winning debt settlement company helps fight climate change through environmental programs. - September 19, 2008 - Debt Shield, Inc.
Cash for Homes Expert SecureASale Launches Newly Revamped Website to Help Clients Beat the Credit Crunch
London-based home-buyer SecureASale has recently overhauled its website www.secureasale.co.uk to help struggling home owners get on top of their finances in these turbulent times. - September 19, 2008 - SecureASale
San Diego Jewelry Buyers & Local Pawn Shops Increase Co-operation During Economic Slowdown
San Diego Jewelry Buyers reports increased business cooperation between the company and San Diego pawn shops during the sluggish economy this past year. - September 19, 2008 - San Diego Jewelry Buyers
Brits Borrow More Despite Tight Credit
• Fairinvestment.co.uk looks at the UK's lending habits during times of tight credit • Brits have seen a year on year rise in personal debt of 30% since August 2007, Fairinvestment.co.uk research has revealed • Survey shows that men are in 33% more personal debt than women - September 18, 2008 - Fair Investment Company
Finance Maker - Tips on business and finance
www.finance-maker.com offers a wealth of information in all areas, and readers are welcome to share their own experiences on each topic. From home buying to business success, and day trading to business etiquette, www.finance-maker.com covers the best strategies for making money, and saving money. - September 17, 2008 - Finance Maker
RNCOS Releases a New Report - Sharia Banking System in Indonesia
RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled, “Sharia Banking System in Indonesia” to its report gallery. The report gives an extensive research and in-depth analysis on the Sharia banking market in Indonesia and helps clients to analyze the opportunities being opened by the market. - September 17, 2008 - RNCOS
New Estate Planning Guide Demystifies Process
Today’s seniors are often confused and overwhelmed by the estate planning process. "Of course those 60 and over know they need to plan for their eventual death or disability," says New York elder law attorney Mike Ettinger, "but they find it difficult to get the correct advice... - September 16, 2008 - Ettinger Law Firm
GoSwap.org Matchmaker Unleashed -- Trade Your House, Boat or RV
GoSwap.org - one of the leading websites for online house, land, boat, and RV trading has redesigned its "matchmaker engine" with automatic result mapping and made it public. All visitors (not just registered users) can simply go to the home page and search for home owners listed in any... - September 15, 2008 - GoSwap.org
Primerica Offers Tips to Save Cash at the Pump
This summer, average gas prices spiked to more than four dollars a gallon – a record high.(1) In fact, a recent survey showed that 62% of respondents changed their holiday travel plans and 15% cancelled their vacations altogether.(2) Primerica, a financial solutions industry leader, offers... - September 13, 2008 - Primerica Financial Services
Primerica Presents Solutions to Common Life Insurance Mistakes
In today’s economy far too few American families have a current life insurance policy. In fact, while 81% of Americans say they need life insurance, only 41% own an individually purchased policy.(1) Primerica, an industry leader in term insurance, offers solutions to some of the most common... - September 11, 2008 - Primerica Financial Services
Colorado Couple Eliminates $35K in Debt with Coaching from Prosper
Prosper Inc., a distance education company in Utah, provides one-to-one coaching in several areas, including personal finance. With the help of their own personal coach, Val Sanchez and Holly Zempel have eliminated $35,000 in debt and expect to be debt-free by 2013. - September 10, 2008 - Prosper Inc.
Halloween Costume Retailers do Their Part to Help Shoppers During "Scary" Economic Times - "Shop Early to Save Big"
NewYorkCostumes.com and HalloweenAdventure.com, two of the largest Halloween costume retailers in the world, are currently offering discount codes and money saving advice to their customers to help them in this economically challenging times. - September 07, 2008 - HalloweenAdventure.com
August 2008 Foreclosure Report Issued by PropertyShark.com Covering New York City, Miami, Seattle and Los Angeles Foreclosures
PropertyShark.com releases quarterly report covering first-time residential foreclosures in Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and New York City for August 2008. - September 06, 2008 - PropertyShark.com
Gladstone Homes Launches Live 4 Free Event: Homebuyer Relief from Grocery Costs, Credit Card Debt and Utility Bills for a Year, Plus Free Luxury Upgrades
During Gladstone Homes' “Live 4 Free” event Sept. 12 through Oct. 5, families who purchase a Gladstone home will receive a year’s worth of groceries free, as well as having their utilities and credit card bills paid for a year. In addition, Gladstone will provide $20,000 in free luxury upgrades and options. - September 06, 2008 - Gladstone Homes
BarterThing.com Launches New Barter Tools
MBM Investment Group Corporation announced a new Barter Tools area as part of their premier online personal bartering site – www.barterthing.com. This new area is designed to give members and visitors access to items and services to compliment their bartering. Specifically, these services are designed to augment something they recently received from bartering. - September 04, 2008 - MBM Investment Group, Corp
Video FAQs Featured on Debt Settlement Website
Award-winning debt settlement company publishes first series of videos featuring employees answering frequently asked questions about debt settlement. - September 04, 2008 - Debt Shield, Inc.
Innovative Software, LLC Releases The Complete Home Journal Software to Help Homeowners Protect Their Assets
Every homeowner should have a home inventory of their assets to provide protection in case of loss as recommended by insurance companies and financial planners. The Complete Home Journal software makes taking a complete home inventory an easy and fun process and is available from Innovative Software, LLC for $29.95. - September 03, 2008 - Innovative Software, LLC
Crescent State Bank’s Lewyn Hayes Named Fuquay Varina Rotary Club President
Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank (www.crescentstatebank.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation, (NASDAQ Global MarketSM), has announced that Lewyn Hayes, assistant vice president, community banker, has been named the 2008-2009 president of The Rotary... - August 30, 2008 - Crescent State Bank
FTC Identity Theft Study: You Can Help
The Federal Trade Commission has announced a proposal for a consumer survey research project "to advance its understanding of the experiences of consumers who interact with consumer reporting agencies following an incident of identity theft." - August 29, 2008 - SPENDonLIFE
Online Audio Seminar on Debt Relief Helps Consumers
Personal finance publishing company offers online audio seminars to help consumers decide between different debt relief options and how to negotiate debt settlements on their own. - August 27, 2008 - National Financial Awareness Network, Inc.
MoneyThe Basics.com Announces Publication of "Money-The Basics"
A former Wall St professional and money market expert who single handedly managed upwards of 400 million dollars - August 27, 2008 - andrew-lawrence.blogspot.com
Cathy Roesch Education Specialist Trained by eBay Earns CAGA Certified Appraiser Credential
eBay Education Specialist Cathy Roesch has completed the Certified Appraisers Guild of America Personal Property Appraiser Course and achieved the designation of CAGA Certified Personal Property Appraiser. This will expand the service offerings of the Cathy Roesch eBay Training Academy... - August 22, 2008 - Cathy Roesch Education Specialist trained by eBay
RMCN Credit Services, Inc. is No. 408 in the Inc. 500
No. 408 RMCN Credit Services McKinney, TX Year: 2008 Industry: Financial Services Founded 1997 Growth: 759.6% 2003 Revenue: $742,845 2006 Revenue: $6.4 million Employees: 93 Website www.RepairMyCreditNow.com Ranked No. 17 in the Top 100 Businesses in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Ranked... - August 20, 2008 - RMCN Credit Services, Inc.
Debt Settlement Company Breaks Three Major Records
The team at Debt Shield that negotiates with creditors to reduce debt amounts for clients broke three major records this month. - August 20, 2008 - Debt Shield, Inc.
Assist-2-Sell Stands Behind Discount Real Estate Model Despite Competitors’ Recent Bankruptcy Filing
Assist-2-Sell's founders issued a statement regarding the Help-U-Sell franchiser's recent announcement that it had filed bankruptcy. - August 19, 2008 - Assist-2-Sell
Show Me How Videos Announces a New Instructional Video, The Home Buying Process, with Charles Kraus
Show Me How Videos is pleased to announce another in their instructional videos; this video, The Home Buying Process, is the second in a series on the Real Estate industry, with Mr. Kraus. This video was created to educate the first time home buyer, the seasoned buyer and the real estate... - August 06, 2008 - Show Me How Videos
60,000 New Registrations in One Month on New Easy-Forex™ Visual Trading Platform
More than 60,000 new users have registered on the new Easy-Forex™ foreign currency trading platform which launched globally on 7 July 2008. - August 05, 2008 - easy-forex
Florida Debt Elimination Company Opens New North Office & Settles Huge Debt Amount for Clients, Helping People Live Debt Free Forever
New North Office will provide services for more than 1000 of CountryWide Debt Solutions clients with improved customer service and debt elimination. - August 02, 2008 - CountryWide Debt Solutions, Inc
Rate1st Provides Expansive New Directory of Financial Resources
Rate1st, America's largest online lending network is proudly announcing the release of its brand new Directory of Financial Resources. The directory will provide a wealth of information, allowing consumers in need of additional information or services, to quickly and easily access sites applicable to their needs. - August 01, 2008 - Rate1st
Exit Timeshares Offers Hope for Distressed Timeshare Owners and Pledges Revenues to the United Way
Exit Timeshares pledges to help distressed timeshare owners faced with tough economic times. Many individuals facing foreclosure and hardships turn to Exit Timeshares to rescue them from their timeshare contract burden. Now timeshare owners have a place to turn to for relief while helping give to a good cause. - July 30, 2008 - Exittimeshares
1.5 Million College Students Expected to Drop Out in 2008 Due to Financial Pressure
40% more students drop out of college due to money issues including student loan debt and credit card debt than academic failure. - July 26, 2008 - Pratt Financial Group
The Federal Foreclosure Assistance Center Introduces Their Public/Private Alliance Model to Work with Government Agencies to Help Homeowners
The Federal Foreclosure Assistance Center has introduced their business model for the development of an alliance between government and private businesses to offer immediate assistance to homeowners at risk. - July 25, 2008 - Federal Banking Coop