Page 185 of Business News issued by the Send2Press® Newswire service.
| From: Capital Auto Group
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 23, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capital Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM will be hosting Cause for Paws for their Project Bark pet adoption event on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 12-4. Come and join the team at Capital CJD for the opportunity to adopt a precious pet in need of a forever home.
| From: Organic Aromas
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 22, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Organic Aromas, a leading maker of premium and specialty Nebulizing Diffusers(R) for aromatherapy, announced today that the Company’s products are to be showcased today for the first time on national network television. Organic Aromas will participate in part of a special segment called “Winter Relaxation Essentials” on CBS’ award-winning talk show “THE TALK.” The show will be airing Feb 22, 2018 broadcast at 2-3 p.m., ET.
| From: Simplifile
PROVO, Utah, Feb. 22, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Simplifile, a leading provider of real estate document collaboration and recording technologies for lenders, settlement agents, and counties, announced that CUMAnet has begun using Simplifile Collaboration and Post Closing services to provide credit union clients with a centralized platform that facilitates the effortless exchange of information with settlement partners. CUMAnet intends to expand usage to facilitate electronic document recording for mortgage satisfactions.
| From: Bank of Southern California NA
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bank of Southern California, N.A., San Diego, Calif. (OTC Pink: BCAL / OTCMKTS:BCAL) and Americas United Bank, Glendale, Calif. (OTC Pink: AUNB), today announced the signing of a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Agreement”) whereby Americas United Bank will merge with and into Bank of Southern California. The merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of all regulatory approvals and the approval of the shareholders of AUB and BCAL, and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018.
| From: Girls Inspired Globally
CAMBRIDGE, U.K., Feb. 20, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Girls Inspired Globally is a new startup that seeks to allow young women to improve themselves and the world through imaginative use of readily available technologies like smart phone apps, online video, and social media.
| From: FormFree
ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 20, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FormFree today announced the availability of its AccountChek(R) automated asset verification service within LendingQB’s web-based loan origination software (LOS). The integration enables lenders to order AccountChek Asset Reports directly from LendingQB’s verifications dashboard.
| From: NEXT Mortgage Events LLC
EDMOND, Okla., Feb. 20, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — NEXT Mortgage Events LLC, a creator of NEXT, the mortgage technology conference for women, has announced the winners of the inaugural 2018 NEXT Who’s Who list. The NEXT Who’s Who recognizes NEXT conference attendees who are demonstrating leadership in the mortgage industry.
| From: SFS Tax Problem Solutions
STUART, Fla., Feb. 20, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SFS Tax Problem Solutions Press announces the release of “Now What? I Got a Tax Notice from the IRS. Help!” (ISBN: 978-0692997154) by Jeffrey Schneider. “Now What?” is available nationwide today in paperback. It will be published in an eBook edition in March and an audio book edition in June 2018.
| From: Union Institute and University
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Union Institute & University’s Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of Dr. Karen Schuster Webb as the university’s sixth president, effective July 1, 2018. Dr. Webb succeeds Dr. Roger H. Sublett, who is retiring after serving Union as president since April 2003. A Board-appointed transition committee will assist Dr. Sublett and President Elect Webb in the coming months.
| From: EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 19, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Michael Feinstein, executive vice president of Frenkel & Company – an EPIC Company, will present at the American Truck Dealers (ATD) 20 Group Meeting on Monday, Feb. 19 at 7 a.m. at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz.
| From: Delta Care Rx
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 16, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Delta Care Rx, a leading pharmaceutical innovator in end of life care, announces a robust integration with Suncoast by Complia Health, a leading global provider of home health care and hospice software solutions.
| From: OpenClose
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 16, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — OpenClose(R), an industry-leading multi-channel loan origination system (LOS) and mortgage fintech provider, announced that it has added staff to its integration and customer support departments. The new hires will help enhance OpenClose’s existing software products, facilitate digital mortgage processes, produce fintech-level innovation and provide excellence in customer support. The company also recently added three senior software engineers to its development team.
| From: ACES Quality Management
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 15, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Risk Management (ARMCO), the leading provider of financial quality control and compliance software ACES Audit Technology(TM), announced that was named among National Mortgage Professional (NMP) magazine’s annual Top 100 Mortgage Employers list for 2018. This is the second consecutive year the company has been recognized with this distinction.
| From: SunBug Solar
ARLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SunBug Solar, a local solar installer in Arlington, Mass. is proud to announce it is now a Certified B Corporation. In so doing, SunBug joins the global movement of people using business as a force for good. B Corps are important because they inspire all businesses to compete not only to be the best in the world, but to be the best for the world.
| From: California Safe Schools
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 14, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — California Safe Schools celebrated the outstanding efforts of more than 800 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Plant Managers and their supervisors at four luncheons honoring elementary, middle school, and high school Plant Managers for their exceptional efforts in implementing the most stringent school pesticide policy in the nation for the past 20 years.
| From: Medical Care Alert
NORTHVILLE, Mich., Feb. 14, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Medical Care Alert, a leading provider of medical alert systems to senior citizens nationwide, has been named to the University of Florida’s Gator100 list of fastest growing alumni companies for the second year in a row.
| From: Union Institute and University
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Union Institute & University’s Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is awarded accreditation by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Union is a national university with academic centers located in: Ohio, Florida, and California.
| From: RMA (Redevelopment Management Associates)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 13, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As the craft brewery trend matures, RMA ( Redevelopment Management Associates) is advising city leaders on the smartest ways to continue tapping into the beer industry as a tool for revitalization. In states such as Florida, the full-service economic redevelopment firm, still sees growth potential for craft breweries. In other areas, the firm is guiding cities to develop attraction plans for distilleries, co-op breweries and brewpubs.
| From: Miami Mold Specialist
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 13, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Eco-friendly mold inspection, mold removal, and indoor environmental service provider in South Florida, Miami Mold Specialists, continues to enhance service offerings, updates HVAC mold removal protocols with new line of high tech equipment.
| From: NEXT Mortgage Events LLC
EDMOND, Okla., Feb. 12, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — NEXT Mortgage Events LLC, a creator of events for women mortgage executives, has announced that Pavaso, a mortgage industry leader in eClosing and consumer management technology solutions, led a charity effort that raised over $2,200 for Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, at NEXT, the mortgage industry’s only technology-centric conference for women executives.
| From: Mortgage Quality Management and Research LLC
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 12, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage Quality Management and Research, LLC (MQMR), a leader in mortgage risk management and compliance services, announced it has hired Mitchell Nomura as internal audit manager. In this role, Nomura will apply his more than 30 years of experience overseeing compliance and risk management departments at bank and non-bank lenders to leading MQMR’s team of expert internal auditors as they identify compliance and operational risks for mortgage lender clients.
| From: TeamSnap
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 12, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TeamSnap, the household name in sports-tech management, announced today the expansion of their integrated payment platform with the launch of a new Invoicing feature – designed to make collections easier for sports administrators, coaches, parents and players.
| From: LBA Ware
MACON, Ga., Feb. 12, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LBA Ware(TM), a leading provider of automated compensation software and systems integration solutions for mortgage lending and retail banking, announced today that its CEO Lori Brewer has been named to Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine’s “2018 Hot 100” list. Brewer was recognized for her entrepreneurship and innovation in pioneering the development of a first-of-its-kind software solution to automatically calculate loan officer (LO) compensation.
| From: Global DMS
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 12, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Global DMS, a leading provider of cloud-based valuation management software, announced that it launched EVO-Commercial(TM) (EVO-C) at the MBA’s CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo being held in San Diego from February 11 – 14. The new platform is 100 percent configurable, fully customizable, quick and easy to implement, eliminates numerous steps in the workflow process, lowers system maintenance costs and empowers end-users as well as management teams, among many other efficiency gains.
| From: Simplifile
PROVO, Utah, Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Simplifile, a leading provider of real estate document collaboration and recording technologies for lenders, settlement agents, and counties, announced that Simplifile Vice President of Strategic Planning Nancy Alley and Vice President of Sales Vicki DiPasquale were named to Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine’s 2018 Hot 100. The honor, now in its sixth year, recognizes “100 movers and shakers who are heating things up in the mortgage world.”
| From: Click n' Close Inc.
ADDISON, Texas, Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Cooksey Team, a top producing retail branch of Mid America Mortgage, Inc., announced today its founder Michael Cooksey has been honored by housing industry trade magazine Mortgage Professional America (MPA) on its 2018 Hot 100 list.
| From: Click n' Close Inc.
ADDISON, Texas, Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) announced today that owner and CEO Jeff Bode has been honored by Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine in publication’s sixth annual Hot 100 list of mortgage industry professionals who have made a notable impact over the past year.
| From: TRK Connection
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — TRK Connection (TRK), a leading provider of mortgage quality control and origination management solutions, announced today that Chief Technology Officer Randy Abbey has been named to Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine’s 2018 Hot 100. He was recognized for contributing unique technology-based innovations in mortgage quality control (QC) and risk management.
| From: Cloudvirga Inc.
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Cloudvirga(TM), developer of intelligent mortgage point-of-sale (POS) platforms, today announced that its Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Kyle Kamrooz has been named to Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine’s annual Hot 100 list of the leaders and visionaries making the biggest impact on America’s mortgage industry. Kamrooz was recognized for spearheading Cloudvirga’s transformative contributions to reducing mortgage back-office costs through digital mortgage technology.
| From: Matic Insurance Services
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Matic, a digital insurance agency whose technology enables borrowers to purchase homeowner’s insurance during the mortgage transaction, announced today that company co-founder and COO Benjamin Madick has been named one of Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine’s “Hot 100.” Madick was recognized for his career-long contributions to the mortgage industry and for establishing the strategic partnerships that have fueled Matic’s rapid growth.
| From: FormFree
ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FormFree(R) today announced that company founder and CEO Brent Chandler has been recognized by Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine in its annual Hot 100 list of mortgage professionals whose contributions are shaping America’s home finance future. Chandler was recognized as the creator of AccountChek(R) – the mortgage industry’s first automated asset verification tool – and for advancing innovative approaches to income and employment verification using asset data and augmented intelligence (AI).
| From: ReverseVision Inc.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 8, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, the leading provider of technology and training for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) industry, announced today that Vice President of Sales and Marketing Wendy Peel has been named to Mortgage Professional America (MPA) magazine’s Hot 100 list. Peel was selected for her influential role in bringing HECM loans into the mortgage mainstream as part of a Generational Lending approach to serving borrower needs across the consumer lifecycle.
| From: LBA Ware
MACON, Ga., Feb. 7, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LBA Ware, a leading provider of automated compensation software and systems integration solutions for mortgage lending and retail banking, announced that South Carolina-based Movement Mortgage has implemented CompenSafe(TM) to automatically calculate commissions for its loan originators (LOs) located in 700 branches across 49 states.
| From: SOKAL
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 6, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sokal Media Group is pleased to announce that they are the agency of record for the Maguire Family of Dealerships. Maguire is driven by values such as loyalty, trust, commitment, security, and support for their customer base. The Maguire Family of Dealerships guarantees you will leave their showroom as a satisfied customer.
| From: Bank of Southern California NA
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 6, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bank of Southern California, N.A. (OTC Pink: BCAL / OTCMKTS:BCAL) announced quarterly earnings of $1,134,397 for the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to $1,088,043 for the third quarter of 2017 and $902,476 for the fourth quarter of 2016. For the year, net earnings were $3,964,692 in 2017, a 32% increase compared to $3,009,251 for 2016. Results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 2017 include a $200,000 increase in income tax expense due to recent Tax Reform legislation.
| From: EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 6, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Benefits Strategy Consultant Suzannah Gill has been recognized as a 2018 Rising Star in Advising by Employee Benefit Adviser. Although she was the firm’s youngest producer when she joined EPIC, Gill quickly became known as a company and industry thought leader.
| From: NEXT Future Transportation Inc.
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Feb. 5, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — C2SMART, a Tier 1 USDOT University Transportation Center based at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, and NEXT Future Transportation have agreed to collaborate on the creation of a cyberphysical test bed to test NEXT’s designs for modular self-driving vehicles. C2SMART will build and use scale models of NEXT’s vehicles along with simulations to test routing algorithms and operational policies for shared autonomous vehicles, helping the company to propose and start field pilots in cities.
| From: Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc.
WILLISTON, Fla., Feb. 2, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs, Inc. is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, located in Williston, Fla. On January 20, 2018 its Founder and CEO, Carol Borden and National Canine Program Director, Nate Burney were at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. to accept the 2018 VETTY Award for outstanding efforts in Veterans Mental Health.
| From: Wondershare Inc.
SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 2, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Industry leader Wondershare Technology specializes in providing software to streamline and bring simplicity to today’s busy world. Today it announced the launch of its revolutionary new data recovery software, Recoverit.
| From: RMA (Redevelopment Management Associates)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Feb. 1, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Redevelopment Management Associates (RMA) today announced that they have terminated their contract as Managers to the Pompano Beach CRA, a position the firm has held since 2009. Despite the redevelopment agency’s newsworthy success in transforming the city, the firm’s principals, Kim Briesemeister and Chris Brown, felt that terminating their contract was their only option due to the hostile environment that has been pervading the CRA meetings over the past few months. The termination letter submitted on February 1, 2018 will result in a 90-day transition period.
