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Upstream Works Appoints New VP Sales
Upstream Works Software, the world leader in Business Interaction Management software, today announced that it has named Mike Wilson as Vice President of Sales. - July 06, 2011 - Upstream Works Software Ltd
New Hire at SalesGuard Looks to Get SalesGuard Into Every Business in the Country
SalesGuard hires Charles Brown, veteran sales executive, to be its new Director of Business Development - July 05, 2011 - SalesGuard
Farmers & Merchants Bank to Showcase 600-Pound "Tidal Wave" Sculpture at Huntington Beach Fourth of July Parade
F&M Bank joins forces with longtime customer Huntington Beach Surfrider Foundation to stem the tide of beachside litter. - July 03, 2011 - Farmers & Merchants Bank
SWACHA President and CEO Dennis Simmons Appointed to 2011-2012 ASAE Government Relations Section Council
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) announced today the appointment of Dennis Simmons, AAP, to the 2011-2012 Government Relations Section Council. Simmons is the president and CEO of SWACHA, one of the largest not-for-profit regional payments associations in the... - July 02, 2011 - SWACHA
Crescent State Bank Names New Appraisal and Evaluation Administrator
Alice M. Ligon Joins Community Bank - July 02, 2011 - Crescent State Bank
New York Company Secures $1.2 Million in Financing Using BoeFly
BoeFly connects a New York borrower with a Utah bank for an SBA loan. - July 01, 2011 - BoeFly
SWACHA Announces Two-Day ACH Beginners Boot Camp on July 19
What: This intense two-day seminar designed for ACH beginners will go into detail on ACH rules, risk management, compliance issues and much more. When: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Where: SWACHA Office 1999 Bryan, Ste. - June 30, 2011 - SWACHA
Bankers Learn What Questions to Ask During First Calls with Prospects in Upcoming Webinar
Asking the right questions in a first meeting with a prospect can mean the difference between earning a return visit and getting the door closed on a potential sales opportunity. Questioning strategies and other prospecting techniques to be explored in a live webinar for bank sales people on June 28, 2011 entitled First Calls on Prospects. - June 27, 2011 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
Crescent State Bank Names News Vice President, Branch Sales Manager
Gary Williams Joins Community Bank’s Preston Office - June 23, 2011 - Crescent State Bank
SalesGuard Looking to Crowd Source Its Sales Team
Business Coverage experts, SalesGuard, open its doors to recruit new agents through its social marketing campaigns. - June 21, 2011 - SalesGuard
New Clarity Advantage Webinar Explores Why Call Preparation is Vital to a Banker’s Small Business Prospecting Efforts
The opportunity for additional conversation with a small business banking prospect is earned when a banker understands the business, knows what questions to ask, and knows how to interpret the answers—all of which can be gained with proper call preparation. Prospecting strategies like these to be explored in a live webinar on June 28, 2011 entitled First Calls on Prospects. - June 21, 2011 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
SalesGuard Unveils a Program to Help People Make Additional Income in a Tough Economy
SalesGuard, experts in business coverage, provides a new center to help people earn money with unlimited potential. - June 20, 2011 - SalesGuard
SalesGuard to Help Stimulate the Economy by Training and Recruiting New Agents
SalesGuard is opening its doors to bring on and hire new agents and provide all the training. - June 19, 2011 - SalesGuard
Celebrate the Spirit of Independence with Xpress Money
Xpress Money wishes all Filipinos across the world a very memorable and joyous independence day. - June 19, 2011 - XPRESS MONEY Services LTD
The Corvus Group/RSM McGladrey, Inc. Complete Due Diligence on Commercial Real Estate Securitization Portfolio
The Corvus Group, Inc. and RSM McGladrey, Inc. recently completed a due diligence assignment on a performing and securitized commercial real estate loan portfolio with a loan balance aggregating $737 million. - June 15, 2011 - The Corvus Group
SWACHA Awards More Than $10,000 in Scholarships for the Nacha Payments Institute
SWACHA today awarded more than $10,000 in scholarships for the 2011 NACHA Payments Institute. This marks the 10th year SWACHA has provided the NACHA Payments Institute Scholarship and the 5th year for the Keith Daniels Memorial Scholarship. Dallas-based SWACHA awards scholarships to banking professionals for their dedication and involvement both in their financial institution and within the SWACHA membership. - June 15, 2011 - SWACHA
ISMG Launches New FFIEC Guidance Resource Center
Publisher of BankInfoSecurity.com announces the launch of its first Resource Center: FFIEC Authentication Guidance, a microsite dedicated to providing in-depth news and views on the issues surrounding the pending online authentication guidance. - June 15, 2011 - Information Security Media Group
Uniastrum Bank to Sponsor Revival of Sambo Wrestling for Russian Youth
After becoming title sponsor of the long-term social project Sambo for Kids earlier this year, the lender is now set on putting its weight behind the task of ensuring the regeneration of the patriotic sports movement Young Sambo Wrestler. - June 12, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank
Prospecting: Three Attention Grabbers to Get the First Meeting
Consulting and bank sales training firm Clarity Advantage reveals what sales people can do to grab a prospect’s attention and get that first meeting scheduled. This and more to be shared in a live webinar on June 28, 2011 entitled First Calls on Prospects. - June 10, 2011 - Clarity Advantage Corporation
Enmark Partners with CashTrans to Upgrade Its ATM Fleet
Cash Transactions, LLC announces that Enmark Stations, Inc., headquartered in Savannah, GA, has partnered with CashTrans to upgrade its entire ATM fleet. This major storewide upgrade will ensure that all Enmark stores have the latest and most advanced ATM equipment available to their customers and... - June 07, 2011 - Cash Transaction LLC
Uniastrum Bank First-Quarter SME Lending Tops Rb 6.5 Bn
Newly released figures for Q111 show Uniastrum placing 7th in small and medium business lender rankings compiled by Finance magazine. - June 05, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank
Kash Mart Launches New K4FX™ Platform
KashFX Payment industry leader unveisl new platform. - May 27, 2011 - Kash Mart International
Bellwether Community Credit Union Receives NHBCA Business in the Arts Award
The credit union was selected from 31 nominations for their dedication to New Hampshire’s cultural landscape. - May 26, 2011 - Bellwether Community Credit Union
SWACHA and the Albuquerque FBI to Help Financial Institutions Prevent Fraud at Financial Institution Crime Day
To help local banks and credit unions reduce their exposure to fraud, Dallas-based SWACHA has teamed up with the Albuquerque office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to host a Financial Institution Crime Day in Albuquerque on May 26, 2011. SWACHA is one of the largest not-for-profit regional... - May 25, 2011 - SWACHA
Synergistics Premier Banking New Website Announcement
Synergistics Premier Banking announces the launch of its new website, designed with a fresh user-friendly experience and impactful presentation of information regarding its products and solutions. - May 19, 2011 - Synergistics Premier Banking
Free Mortgages Offer Illinois Realtors Hope for Additional Closings
Nail Your Mortgage is helping Illinois Realtors save their clients money and close deals more quickly with free mortgages for the first 100 home buyers who apply by June 1 and close by June 30. - May 18, 2011 - Nail Your Mortgage
TFIFX Introduces the CashBack Account, One of the World’s Most Innovative Forex Trading Accounts
European foreign exchange broker extends its retail product range with a pioneering CashBack forex trading account. - May 17, 2011 - TFI Markets
New Anti-Malware Panel Webinar Debuts from ISMG
Publisher of BankInfoSecurity.com announces the launch of its latest webinar, "Malware: Fight Back Using Layered Security," which will debut June 2. - May 11, 2011 - Information Security Media Group
Uniastrum Bank Launches Interactive Skype Consultation Service
As of May 3, customers can use Skype to discuss the Bank’s many products and services one-to-one with Bank specialists, and contact Uniastrum’s 24-hour Helpdesk or other departments from literally anywhere in the world. Anyone wishing to contact Uniastrum via Skype simply needs to find... - May 08, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank
New DLP Panel Webinar Debuts from ISMG
Publisher of BankInfoSecurity announces the launch of its latest webinar, "Data Loss Prevention: Stop the Next WikiLeaks Breach," which will debut May 24. - May 06, 2011 - Information Security Media Group
SWACHA Hits the Road in May for Direct Deposit and Direct Payment Month
Dallas-based SWACHA, one of the largest not-for-profit regional payments associations in the country, is hitting the road in May to promote National Direct Deposit and Direct Payment month with its “Wheels on SWACHA” mobile billboard. The traveling billboard will encourage consumers to... - May 06, 2011 - SWACHA
Mobile Money Transfer Success Celebrated at MMT Africa in Nairobi Next Week
Safaricom’s CO of the New Products Division Betty Mwangi-Thuo heads up an impressive list of mobile money transfer professionals who will address the annual MMT Africa in Nairobi from 11 May at what is the mobile money transfer industry’s top event on the continent. - May 05, 2011 - Mobile Money Africa
Nail Your Mortgage Announces Giveaway of 100 Free Mortgages: Promotion to Benefit First 100 to Close
Nail Your Mortgage is giving away free mortgages to the first 100 applicants who close on their mortgage by June 30, 2011. Only Illinois residents are eligible and must have an application, with required documentation, submitted by June 1 to qualify. - May 04, 2011 - Nail Your Mortgage
Uniastrum Inks Memorandum of Cooperation on Banking and Financial Activities Between Countries Represented by Business Associations in the ICIE
On April 27 the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Committee for Cooperation in Financial and Credit Policy and the Banking Sector met with representatives of the banking, investment, and insurance sectors of member countries. - May 01, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank
BoeFly Assembles Expert Panel to Discuss IRA Rollover for Business Startups Plan
Free online webinar to be held April 28, 2011 at 2pm EDT - April 20, 2011 - BoeFly
The Corvus Group Appoints New Principals to Executive Leadership Team
The Corvus Group, Inc., a diversified commercial real estate capital services company that serves public and private sector clients nationwide, announced Senior Vice President Marshall Datcher and Managing Director Richard Pryzdia were promoted to principals at the firm. Working from... - April 19, 2011 - The Corvus Group
First Georgia Banking Company Partners with CashTrans to Launch the First Community Bank, Image Deposit Solution in Georgia, "Express Teller ATM"
First Georgia Banking Company unveiled on Friday April 15th, its “Express Teller ATM” solution as a remote branch location in Villa Rica, GA. This innovative bulk cash and bulk check "envelope-less” deposit solution with seamless imaging and posting is the result of a 6 month... - April 18, 2011 - Cash Transaction LLC
Boefly Publishes 1Q/2011 Loan Sale Index
Premiums stay on track for normal sized loans but drop for larger loans under new loan size limits. - April 18, 2011 - BoeFly
Ohio’s Essential Sealing Products Uses BoeFly to Connect with Lenders for an SBA Loan
Cleveland-area manufacturer loan refinancing saves over $200,000 annually in interest expense - April 18, 2011 - BoeFly
UAE Exchange Opens Its Seventh Branch in Bahrain
New branch inaugurated in Ramli Mall, A’ali on 14th April, 2011; Seventh branch in just over three years in Bahrain - April 18, 2011 - UAE Exchange
Charter Stanley Group Go for Listing
Listing goal of May 2012 is realistic. - April 15, 2011 - Charter Stanley Group
Planet Beach Selects Boefly to Assist Its Franchisees in Obtaining Bank Financing
Leading spa franchisor to offer BoeFly’s Concierge Team Services to its franchisees nationwide. - April 15, 2011 - BoeFly
Local Credit Union Makes National List of Top 100 Best Workplaces in Canada
Community Savings, a credit union dedicated to financially empowering the working community within British Columbia, has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Canada. The local credit union made the national list by cultivating a workplace culture that values its employees. In addition to an... - April 15, 2011 - Community Savings Credit Union
Uniastrum Bank's St. Petersburg Branch Grants Rb 400 mn Credit Line to West Bridge Hotel LLC
On April 7, 2011 officials from Uniastrum and West Bridge Hotel LCC signed a credit agreement in the Madrid-Berlin conference room of the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre Hotel. - April 15, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank
UAE Exchange Wins Banker Middle East Products and Dubai Service Excellence Scheme Awards
Winner of Banker Middle East Products Award in Best Exchange Service category; Winner of Dubai Service Excellence Scheme Award in the Best Service Performance Outlet category - April 11, 2011 - UAE Exchange
BoeFly Helps a Small Business in Indiana Connect with Lenders for an SBA Loan
Refinancing Loan saves Design Video Communications, Inc. over $40,000 annually in interest expense - April 08, 2011 - BoeFly
BoeFly Participating in Small Business Lending Summit in Washington, DC
Franchising, Lending, and Governmental Leaders Convene to Discuss Ways to Spur Growth and Create Jobs - April 07, 2011 - BoeFly
Safaricom to Speak at MMT Africa in Kenya in May
Betty Mwangi-Thuo, Chief Officer New Products Division, Safaricom will address the MMT Africa conference and exhibition which is taking place from 11-12 May in Nairobi, Kenya. - April 07, 2011 - Mobile Money Africa
SWACHA Gets Its Wheels Turning in Celebration of PayItGreen Month
SWACHA today unveiled its “Wheels on SWACHA Tour,” at NACHA’s PAYMENTS 2011 conference in Austin to help elevate consumers’ understanding on the environmental benefits of throwing away paper checks, bills and statements, and opting instead for online banking and electronic... - April 06, 2011 - SWACHA
SalesGuard Unveiling a New Class of Business Coverage
Ongoing access to cash that won’t hurt your credit. Business protection with cash coverage up to $250,000. - April 05, 2011 - SalesGuard