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Publication for Equipment Lessees Launched by The Lessee Advocate LLC

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Lessee Advocate, LLC, announced today that it has launched the first publication dedicated to helping corporate equipment lessees improve their...

Taycor Financial Encourages Small Businesses to Take Advantage of Sect. 179 Tax Deduction While Helping Needy

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Taycor Financial is a leading provider of equipment leasing and financing and has launched a nationwide drive to encourage small...

Financial Foundation Group Denver Helps to Clean Up Environment

DENVER, Colo. -- The first half of 2009 has been an exciting and rewarding year for the representatives of the Financial Foundation Group, also...

Taycor Allocates $45 Million For Unique Medical Equipment Financing

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Taycor Financial and its affiliates have allocated $45 million for vendors of medical equipment and dental equipment. Device manufacturers and...

Financial Foundation Group Colorado is Building more than Just Wealth

FT. COLLINS, Colo. -- 2009 has been all about helping others for the Financial Foundation Group (FFG). With the recent stock market fluctuations and...

Cal Net Technology Group CEO and YAO's Liesel Pritzker to Fight Poverty Through Microfinance

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Cal Net Technology Group (www.CalNetTech.com) has announced that Founder & CEO Zack Schuler will serve on the board with Young...

Taycor's Free Equipment Financing Calculator Shows Businesses How to Affordably Lease Business Equipment

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "Many business owners don't realize that they can get the equipment they need for very little cash out of pocket,"...

New Currency Counter Cleaning Card from KICTeam Extends Life of Equipment Used in Banking and Other Industries

AUBURN, Maine -- A Currency Counter Cleaning Card utilizing Waffletechnology(TM) is being released today by KICTeam. This advanced design employs state-of-the-art cleaning card "waffles"...

Proposed Online Belgium Bank Seeks Foreign Bank Partner or Investor

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Maurits Paul Rijkeboer announces the launch of Money.Be, a new online bank that operates out of Belgium. "The current state...

Banking Veteran Marshall V. Laitsch Joins Board of 1st Pacific Bancorp

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- 1st Pacific Bancorp (NASDAQ: FPBN), the parent of 1st Pacific Bank of California, announced today the appointment of Marshall V....

KICTeam Develops New Cleaning Product for Epson's TM-J9000 Check Scanners

AUBURN, Maine -- KICTeam, the industry leader in the manufacture of technical cleaning cards, is pleased to announce that the company has developed the...

KICTeam and Canon USA Use Waffletechnology in the New Canon CR-Series Check Transport Cleaning Card

AUBURN, Maine -- KICTeam, the industry leader in the manufacture of cleaning cards, and Canon U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a leading provider of digital imaging...

Clareity Security Expands TEXT-pass+ Features to Include Cell Phone Alerts

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Clareity Security Financial Services Group, a leading supplier of financial industry information security and identity authentication solutions announced today that their...

Ecologic Leasing Solutions Acquires Captara Software

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ecologic Leasing Solutions announced today that it completed the acquisition of Captara Corporation, a San Francisco, Calif.-based...

American Financial Strategies to Match CEOs with Wealth-Qualified Investors

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -- American Financial Strategies (AFS) and its experienced executive team of professionals officially launched its unique and exclusive CEO / investor...

Capital Market Tech Partners with Better ATM Services

MESA, Ariz. and LONDON, U.K. -- Capital Market Technologies (OTCBB:CMKT) has reached an agreement with Better ATM Services, Inc. to license the rights to distribute Better ATM Services' patented, groundbreaking technology throughout the European markets. Better ATM Services' breakthrough process enables existing automated teller machines to dispense gift cards and other pre-paid media, premiums, and incentives from ATM trays - just like cash.

Bondtrac, Inc. Launches Direct Counterparty Fixed-Income Live Order Message System

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Bondtrac, Inc. (www.bondtrac.com), a privately-held fixed-income information and analytics provider announced today the launch of Bondtrac Live Order Message, a pre-trade disclosed direct counterparty message system for the fixed income industry. The Live Order Message system maintains full price transparency with orderable offerings directly between counterparties without intermediary mark-up or commissions.

Frank J. Mercardante Resigns from 1st Pacific Bancorp Board of Directors

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- 1st Pacific Bancorp (NASDAQ: FPBN) announced today that Frank J. Mercardante, a member of the board of directors of 1st Pacific Bancorp since July 2007, resigned from the Company's board. Prior to his appointment as a director of 1st Pacific Bancorp, Mr. Mercardante was Chairman and CEO of Placer Sierra Bank and previously was President and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Community Bancorp since 1998.

New York Based Implementation Solutions LLC Opens Newest Office in Sydney, Australia

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Implementation Solutions LLC, a technology consulting firm that services global investment management customers, announced today that it has formulated a subsidiary organization in Australia named Implementation Solutions PTY LTD. Simultaneously it also announced the opening of its seventh office, this time on Kent Street in Sydney, Australia.

KIC Products Announces the Release of a Panini Waffletechnology Check Processor Cleaning Card

AUBURN, Maine -- Panini and KIC Products are pleased to announce the release of the Panini Waffletechnology Check Processor Cleaning Card. This product is designed to work with Panini My Vision X(R) Check Scanners through strategic positioning of the Waffletechnology design.

Bondtrac, Inc. Announces Live Bond Market Products with Full Price Transparency

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Bondtrac, Inc. announced today the launch of LiveNetwork, a series of fully disclosed, true counterparty pre-trade information systems for the fixed income industry. Building on the success of Bondtrac's direct access bond offering information and analytics products, LiveNetwork delivers innovative functionality for real time intra-firm fixed income information and order management.

Convexity Leverages CorrectNet's Expertise – infiPOINT Platform Delivered for Investor Reporting

CorrectNetNEW YORK, N.Y. -- CorrectNet, Inc. today announced that Convexity Capital Management LP has completed the launch of a new investor reporting application powered by the industry leading infiPOINT platform. The application enables Convexity to deliver account statements, reports and fund level documents to investors in Convexity-managed funds.

LaCrosse Global Fund Services to Utilize CorrectNet infiPOINT Platform for Enhanced Manager Reporting

CorrectNetNEW YORK, N.Y. -- CorrectNet today announced that LaCrosse Global Fund Services has selected the infiPOINT(TM) platform as its hedge fund manager reporting application. The system enables LaCrosse to provide hedge fund clients with online access to hundreds of back-, middle- and front-office reports on operations management.

Fetter Logic and Advisors Clearing Network Announce Agreement

DENVER, Colo. -- Fetter Logic, Inc., the premier full service provider of advanced data and information management solutions to the financial services industry announced today that it has entered into an agreement to assume all aspects of sales and operations for Advisors Clearing Network, Inc. (ACN).

iMAX Business Solutions Continues Expansion with Southwest Sales Office

SCOTTSDALE, Az. -- iMAX Business Solutions, the leading Internet provider of credit card machines and credit card terminals, is pleased to announce the opening of their Southwest sales office. The office is currently under construction in Scottsdale, Arizona. and should open winter 2006.