SAN DIEGO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced it established an outsourced service that implements and manages a centralized lock desk for mortgage bankers that offers them a viable alternative to operating an in-house lock desk.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized leader in mortgage pipeline hedging and risk management services, announced that its COO, Phil Rasori, will speak on a panel at the Mortgage Insight Conference on April 26 in Sacramento, Calif. The session will analyze the future of the mortgage business and address the challenges and opportunities facing loan originators.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- 360 Mortgage Group LLC, a privately owned wholesale mortgage bank, announces that it has added 20-year mortgage lending veteran Gino Berchock as an account executive in its Southern region, specifically targeting the Georgia market.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- 360 Mortgage Group LLC, a privately owned wholesale mortgage bank, has added Glenn Bonds as account executive for its Mid-Atlantic region. In his more than 15 years' mortgage industry experience, Bonds has held leadership positions and earned a reputation for optimizing broker performance

PHEONIX, Ariz. /eNewsChannels/ -- LendingQB, a provider of seamless mortgage lending technology, announced an innovative new service that helps lenders understand and measure the impact of technology on their business, which will be introduced at the MBA Technology Conference and Exposition. Known as the Enterprise Process Assessment (EPA), it provides lenders with an extensive breakdown of their operations, workflows and technologies to determine a strategy to reduce cost per loan and optimize enterprise-wide performance.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah /eNewsChannels/ -- Progressive Finance, a merchandise lease to own financer, has recently integrated click-sign functionality with their online contracts. This new system will allow for stores to forgo the process of printing contracts for the customers to physically sign, and instead allow the customers to digitally sign their contracts from a computer, tablet, or smart phone.

CAMPBELL, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- GCA Equity Partners, LLC today announced that it has opened the GCA California Real Estate Fund, LLC - a new investment offering available to qualified California residents. The fund's 8 percent preferred annual return rate and real-estate secured investment portfolio can help meet the retirement planning needs of those residents born between 1946 and 1964, collectively known as the 'baby boom' generation.

COSTA MESA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- LendingQB, a seamless mortgage lending platform provider, announced that iServe Residential Lending, LLC, a retail mortgage banker, has reported a dramatic increase in employee productivity, slashed technology costs, and reduced costs per loan since implementing LendingQB. iServe selected LendingQB approximately a year ago because it eliminated having to use multiple platforms, databases and integrations.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of default management mortgage technology solutions, announced it launched a solution that connects mortgage service companies with a nationwide network of real estate vendors. The module provides a centralized Web portal that creates a medium for vendors to list the services and expertise they provide, and for mortgage companies to locate vendors based on their business needs.

MANCHESTER, Vt. /eNewsChannels/ -- CONIX Systems, Inc. (CONIX), a leading international provider of payment processing solutions to the financial services industry, is proud to announce that Dwight E. Williams has joined its team. Dwight brings 17 years of business banking and branch management experience to the CONIX sales team.