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SAN FRANCISCO and SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 20, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Sacramento native Cameron Rappleye has joined the firm as a property and casualty insurance broker/producer.

DENVER, Colo., Jan. 19, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan) announced it is now offering Trade Transaction Management Services to investors looking to acquire mortgage assets. Through these services, Titan facilitates the administrative tasks and logistical management of acquiring a loan pool. Using its comprehensive mortgage process and compliance foundation, Titan works in collaboration with investors to provide a deeper understanding of the risks the investor is potentially acquiring.

GREAT FALLS, Va., Jan. 19, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LeaseAccelerator, the leader in Equipment Lease Management Software, announced today that it will host a webinar on Spend Management for Equipment Leases. Drawing upon case studies from Fortune 500 companies, LeaseAccelerator will outline how savings of 6-8 percent can be achieved on leases in categories ranging from transportation and material handling to IT and office equipment.

ATLANTA and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 19, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a unique and innovative national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, announced today that Carlton ‘Carl’ Pilger has joined the firm as Director of Employee Benefits Compliance.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 13, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Ken Glanton has joined the firm’s Birmingham-based National Energy Construction Practice as a Risk Consultant. Glanton joins a rapidly growing team of risk management and insurance professionals serving larger, complex construction and energy companies across the country.

DENVER, Colo., Jan. 11, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Altavera Mortgage Services, LLC (Altavera), the nation’s premier provider of third-party residential mortgage origination services, announced the addition of Debora Aydelotte to Altavera’s executive team. Aydelotte brings more than 25 years’ experience in business line development, risk management and operational expansion and improvement to Altavera, where she will serve as chief operating officer.

ADDISON, Texas, Jan. 8, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) Owner and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bode announced it has rehired former employee Kara Lamphere as director of correspondent lending to manage both its correspondent lending operations and compliance program, as well as to oversee the firm’s purchases of investor-rejected TRID loans.

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Paragon BioTeck, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical and medical device company, will sponsor a special reception during the J.P. Morgan 2016 Healthcare Conference, being held in San Francisco, January 11-14. The conference, which is now in its 34th year, is an invitation-only event intended to create an environment of collaboration by bringing together stakeholders in the corporate, investor and financial sectors to learn about and explore market and sector trends.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 7, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bank of Southern California, N.A. (OTC Pink: BCAL / OTCMKTS:BCAL), announced today that FINRA has approved a change in the Company’s stock symbol. As of Monday, December 21, 2015 the new trading symbol for Bank of Southern California is BCAL. The former symbol, FBBN is no longer valid.

HOUSTON, Texas and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 7, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Ascende, Inc. (Ascende), a premier human capital and employee benefits consulting firm, and EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a unique and innovative national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, announced today that they have joined forces.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent mortgage lending cooperative, today announced the addition of sixteen new lenders to their national network of originating members, announced the Collaborative’s EVP of National Sales and Strategic Alliances, Rich Swerbinsky.

RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 5, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Massey Consulting, a leading accounting software consulting firm, announces that it has been named to Bob Scott’s Insights 2015 VAR Stars. Progressive Media Group’s annual feature of Bob Scott’s Insights VAR Stars, honors a select group of mid-market accounting software resellers.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 28, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Leading national long-term care insurance agency ACSIA Partners is joining the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, a mind-robbing neurodegenerative illness which affects over 5 million Americans. In Austin, Texas, January 15 through 17, 2016, the company will unveil its battle plan in a company conference and an affiliated fund-raising event supporting the Alzheimer’s Association.

ADDISON, Texas, Dec. 22, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) Owner and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bode announced the firm’s interest in purchasing Scratch and Dent loans with TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) infractions, even if a previous investor has rejected the loan for purchase.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 21, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced that mortgage lenders, bankers and REALTORS(R) interested in learning why offering reverse mortgages in their lending portfolio allows them to better serve consumers are invited to attend a ‘Reverse Mortgage Facts’ track at its inaugural User Conference 2016 in San Diego January 20 – 22 at the Sheraton San Diego Hoteland Marina.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 14, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that it has been named a 2015 ‘Excellence in Achievement’ award winner by The BoardRoom magazine as the ‘Insurance Provider of the Year.’

ADDISON, Texas, Dec. 9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) Owner and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bode announced the firm has developed Mid America Concierge, an online marketing support portal for its strategic business partners, including real estate agents and brokers.

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 8, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Texas A and M University-Commerce has expanded the use of Regent Education’s financial aid management solution, Regent 8, to support the administration of financial aid for its entire population. In addition, it has added Regent’s SNAP product to its solution set to automate the financial aid application process for students who are not eligible for federal financial aid but are eligible for state-funded programs.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), an independent lending cooperative serving small- to mid-sized mortgage lenders and community-based lending institutions, has formed a strategic alliance with NAHREP Consulting Services (NCS), announced TMC Vice Chairman David G. Kittle, CMB.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced their newest credit report partnership with Certified Credit Reporting, a nationwide provider of credit reports and mortgage information services. This integration within RV Exchange (RVX), ReverseVision’s flagship reverse loan origination system (RLOS) platform, increases RVX users’ choice of automated credit report services.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 3, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced that noted financial planning expert Jamie Hopkins, Esq., JD, CLU(R), RICP(R), an associate professor of taxation at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania will deliver the keynote address at its inaugural User Conference 2016.

MACON, Ga. and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 1, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — OpenClose(R) an enterprise-class, multi-channel, end-to-end loan origination system (LOS) provider, and Lending and Banking Automation Software (LBA Ware), the leading provider of commission automation software, have formed a partnership to seamlessly pass loan information from OpenClose’s LenderAssist(TM) LOS into LBA Ware’s CompenSafe application to automate the entire commission process.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 24, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that it has been ranked #5 among the 2015 ‘Best Places to Work in Insurance’ in the medium employer category (250-999 U.S. employees) by Business Insurance Magazine and Best Companies Group.

NEW YORK, N.Y., Nov. 23, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Klingenstein Fields Wealth Advisors has released a white paper discussing the role of alternative investments in a diversified portfolio. Many investors today are looking for new sources of diversification and uncorrelated sources of return. As a result, alternative investments have experienced significant growth, particularly among high-net-worth investors.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 20, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced that board member Jeffrey S. Taylor, Master CMB, has received the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) Career Achievement Award. The award was presented to Taylor at NRMLA’s 2015 Annual Meeting and Expo held November 16-18 in San Francisco.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 19, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative, an independent mortgage lending cooperative, today announced the formal approval of 10 new preferred vendor partners to their national network, announced the Collaborative’s EVP of National Sales and Strategic Alliances, Rich Swerbinsky.

KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 19, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — November is Long-Term Care Awareness Month, and it’s also National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. ‘Both topics warrant attention this Thanksgiving,’ says Denise Gott, CEO of ACSIA Partners, a leading long-term care insurance agency. ‘The risk of Alzheimer’s looms large, and the risk of needing long-term care looms even larger.’

DENVER, Colo., Nov. 18, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mortgage services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan) announced it has expanded the capabilities of its data reconciliation platform mintrak2(R). Now known as DRMS(TM) (Data Reconciliation Management System), the system has been redesigned beyond its original MERS(R) applications to normalize, compare and reconcile multiple datasets from a variety of sources.

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., Nov. 17, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Quandis, Inc., a leading provider of default management technology solutions, announced today that it developed and incorporated a sophisticated data parsing and analysis component into its Military Search Service. The new functionality assists servicers and default attorneys in adhering to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) in order to avoid non-compliance, lawsuits and fines.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision, Inc. today announced their newest credit report partnership with MeridianLink, a leading web-based platform for ordering and delivery of credit reports. This integration within RV Exchange (RVX), ReverseVision’s flagship reverse loan origination system (RLOS) platform, increases RVX users’ choice of automated credit report services.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that it has been named a 2015 Elite Agency by Insurance Business America, a publication that reports on the latest achievements in insurance and also provides the latest in business best practices in a continually evolving industry.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 13, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ReverseVision today announced it ranked number 367 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500(TM), a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. ReverseVision grew 175.1 percent during this period.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best-execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced that it has acquired certain key assets of PLar Analytics, LLC, a provider of financial models for mortgage bankers, and of PB Pacific Partners, LLC, which offers consulting services on capital markets and mortgage servicing.

GREAT FALLS, Va., Nov. 5, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LeaseAccelerator, the leader in Equipment Lease Management Software, announced today that it will be hosting a webinar on the forthcoming Lease Accounting Standard changes. The company’s experts have been closely monitoring the latest proposals and comments on both FASB 842 and IFRS 16.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 5, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Daniel Garcia has joined as a property and casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Petaluma office. He will report locally to North Bay managing principal, Mike Ryan.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — MCT Trading, Inc. (MCT), a recognized industry leader in mortgage risk management providing pipeline hedging, best-execution loan sales and centralized lock desk services, announced that its COO, Phil Rasori, was named to San Diego Metro (SD Metro) magazine’s prestigious Top 40 Under 40 list for 2015.

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Massey Consulting, a leading accounting software consulting firm, will assist Eli Global and companies with the implementation and configuration of cloud-based, best in class, Intacct ERP.

GREAT FALLS, Va., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — LeaseAccelerator announced today that sales leader and enterprise leasing expert Tim Shockley has joined the company as Vice President of Sales. Tim brings more than 20 years of experience leading top performing teams to provide IT and Financial solutions into Fortune 500 companies.

ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 2, 2015 (SEND2PRESSS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Cloe Guidry has joined the firm’s consulting team in Atlanta.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 29, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today that Charles ‘Chuck’ Simpson, CSP has joined EPIC’s Birmingham-based National Energy Construction Practice as a Senior Risk Control Consultant. This specialty practice group serves large, complex construction, energy and distribution companies across the country.