Mortgage
WICHITA, Kan. (PRWEB) March 01, 2012
Wichita will be the first of 12 planned retail branch locations that Foundation Financial Group is opening across the mid-Atlantic and Midwest in 2012. The Wichita location will initially only provide mortgage services, and plans to provide insurance and other financial services as the branch grows.
The opening of the Wichita retail storefront marks the sixth of a new branch network of storefronts that Foundation Financial Group has launched within the last year. Foundation Financial Group has retail financial services branches in Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; and Toledo, Ohio.
?We are excited to expand further into the Midwest, and we have seen great success with our original retail branches,? said Foundation Financial Group CEO Mark W. Boyer. ?The retail branches give us an opportunity to step out of our office towers and meet our customers face-to-face, which allows for us to provide them with higher-quality service.?
Bobbi Jo Dixon is the branch manager. Dixon received her MBA from the University of Canterbury in 1998 and has lived in Wichita since 1994.
In 2011, Foundation Financial Group launched three new divisions to accompany their established mortgage division. In January, Foundation Financial Group launched its insurance services, offering property, casualty and life insurance to its customers. In November, the company added retirement services. Foundation Financial Group?s tax services division was launched in December 2011. With all its growth, Foundation Financial Group also made the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 list.
About Foundation Financial Group
Foundation Financial Group, one of the nation?s fastest-growing financial services companies, specializes in mortgage lending, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement services, personal taxes and corporate tax services. Foundation Financial Group operates seven regional centers in Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Raleigh, N.C.; Rochester, N.Y.; and Savannah, Ga., as well as a branch network of retail storefronts in Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Mo.; Toledo, Ohio; and St. Paul, Minn. Foundation Financial Group offers mortgage refinancing and first-time buyer lending through traditional financing, as well as Federal Housing Administration and other government-backed home loan programs. Foundation Financial Group enjoys an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, the highest accreditation the BBB gives an industry-leading Federal Housing Administration compare ratio. For more information, call 866-334-1001.
For additional information, interview and image requests, contact The AXIA Public Relations Firm at 866-999-2942, ext. 700.
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Category : Mortgage
New York, NY (PRWEB) February 28, 2012
Big4.com, the premier social networking forum for professionals and alumni of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, Capgemini, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC reviewed a recent Ernst & Young report concerning an upswing in companies ready to go public in Q4-2011.
There were several reasons revealed in Ernst & Young?s U.S. IPO Pipeline Analysis at the end of 3Q-2011 which demonstrated that the U.S. IPO pipeline had a large number of companies ready to go public in 4Q-2011. The recent gains in the stock market did make both companies and investors more confident about IPOs; and the the update, reported during the fourth quarter of 2011, showed 27 effective IPOs were issued, a good increase of 69% from 3Q-2011.
Of the 178 IPOs currently in the pipeline, 37 or 21% are in Technology, 19 or 11% in Oil & Gas, and 18 or 10% in Banking and Capital Markets. On average, the IPOs on file with the SEC have been in registration for 7 months. Big4.com also noted that Jackie Kelley, Americas IPO Leader for Ernst & Young highlighted managerial diligence, endurance and organizational discipline as instrumental to successful companies in 2012.
The optimism centered around new registrants who were still on file as of 4Q-2011. These registrants were mostly consumer finance and mortgage finance companies, like Enova International, Nationstar Mortgage, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, and Ally Financial.
There were some unusual findings, in that technology IPOs noted only a modest increase from 2010 to 2011, but the overall value did increase 72% and raised more than $ 8 billion in proceeds.
Ernst & Young also noted the Oil & Gas sector continued improving in 4Q-2011 with the Southwest US dominating. Ten IPOs were issued in this sector with total proceeds of $ 2.4 billion in 4Q-2011, compared to 5 issues and $ 1.5 billion proceeds in 3Q-2011. In 4Q-2011, five companies entered the pipeline seeking to raise $ 1.2 billion in proceeds.
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Category : Mortgage
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (PRWEB) February 21, 2012
Foundation Financial Group?s employees at its Kansas City retail branch, located at 7607 NW Roanridge Road, volunteered at Harvesters? Volunteer Outreach Center. Foundation Financial Group employees volunteered their time by sorting and repackaging donated products and made a monetary donation to the Harvesters cause.
?I am extremely proud of my fellow employees and our company because we know that giving back to your community matters,? said Christopher J. Kemmy, Foundation Financial Group?s Kansas City branch manager. ?There are many children, families and individuals who don?t know where their next meal is coming from. We are glad we could help support this great organization that helps provide food to people.?
About Harvesters: The Community Food Network
Harvesters is the regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas and is the winner of the 2011 Food Bank of the Year award from Feeding America. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children?s homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Agencies in Harvesters? network provide food assistance to as many as 66,000 different people each week. Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks serving all 50 states.
About Foundation Financial Group
Foundation Financial Group, one of the nation?s fastest-growing financial services companies, specializes in mortgage lending, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement services, personal taxes and corporate tax services. Foundation Financial Group operates seven regional centers in Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Raleigh, N.C.; Rochester, N.Y.; and Savannah, Ga., as well as a branch network of retail storefronts in Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Mo.; Toledo, Ohio; and St. Paul, Minn. Foundation Financial Group offers mortgage refinancing and first-time buyer lending through traditional financing, as well as Federal Housing Administration and other government-backed home loan programs. Foundation Financial Group enjoys an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, the highest accreditation the BBB gives and an industry-leading Federal Housing Administration compare ratio. For more information, call 866-334-1001.
For additional information, interview and image requests, contact The AXIA Public Relations Firm at 866-999-2942, ext. 700.
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Category : Mortgage
Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) February 21, 2012
DRTV Agency and Infomercial production company, InfoWorx Direct (http://www.InfoWorx.com) has expanded its capabilities as a per inquiry advertising specialist in short form and long form television and radio. The TV infomercial production company and media buying agency has developed a proprietary platform that can deliver :30 second or :60 second lead generator calls using the client’s 800 numbers or by providing clients with toll free 800 numbers forwarded directly to the client?s call center or in house consultants.
“Our newly developed per inquiry advertising system empowers the marketer to dictate the amount they are willing to pay for a response and also controls the number of responses they are willing to handle. We have been specializing in pay for performance TV and Radio programs since 1999,? Ron Perlstein, Executive Producer and Media Director at InfoWorx Direct explained. “Our new system allows the client to choose if they want to run spots 24/7 or custom tailor hours to conform to call center operations.”
In per inquiry TV and Radio advertising, the advertiser can specify how many calls or orders they want and set a price or ?payout? for those results. This allows them to use their performance metrics to maximize the potential of their campaigns.
“We designate one toll free number per campaign, per media outlet, and can answer valid calls which can be :30 or :60 second qualified leads. We can also instantly redirect the calls to any call center or to the marketer’s live consultants,? Perlstein continued. InfoWorx Direct has relationships with hundreds of TV stations, many cable networks, and thousands of radio stations. “The beauty of per inquiry deals is that the client can work within their allowable cost per order and maintain profitability while controlling media costs. Our proprietary platform and media management systems provide complete tracking information, and can even specify call center hours for valid, qualified leads. This allows clients and media to partner with a revenue sharing media campaign,? Perlstein added.
Per inquiry campaigns work especially well for legal, tax relief, insurance, mortgages, reverse mortgages, diabetic recruitment, health care and many soft product offers.
For 20 years, InfoWorx has established itself as a pioneer in direct response TV advertising, and has generated billions of dollars of major “as seen on TV success” for clients including Emerson Electric, Innovation Direct, SnorEnz, Rubbermaid, and iRobot’s Roomba. For additional information on InfoWorx, contact Ron Perlstein, or visit InfoWorx Direct.
InfoWorx Direct, LLC, is a full service direct response agency and media buying service with an evolving infomarketing business philosophy. The InfoWorx scientific approach has led to profitable results and success for established companies and newcomers alike.
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Category : Mortgage
Mansfield, Texas (PRWEB) February 15, 2012
Texas Trust Credit Union is making it easier for members to withdraw money from their accounts and check account balances for free through the Allpoint surcharge-free ATM network, which Texas Trust announced today that it has joined.
With the Allpoint Network, America’s largest surcharge-free ATM network, Texas Trust members receive unlimited surcharge-free transactions through more than 43,000 Allpoint ATMs in the United States and beyond. These ATMS are conveniently located in destination retail outlets including major discount retailers, convenience, grocery, and pharmacy stores.
To find a convenient Allpoint Network ATM, members can visit the Texas Trust ATM locator on its website. When a member enters his or her location, the ATM locator brings up all the nearby Allpoint Network ATMs, providing exact addresses of the ATM sites in closest proximity to the location entered.
The Allpoint Network gives Texas Trust members surcharge-free access to cash in the most convenient locations where they work, live, and play. For example, for Texas Trust members living and working in Mansfield, there are more than 30 ATMs within a 10-mile radius and nearly 750 within a 50-mile radius of the Texas Trust headquarters where they can conduct transactions without incurring a fee.
?The Allpoint Network provides greater convenience for our members,? said Jim Minge, president of Texas Trust Credit Union. ?In addition to Texas Trust ATMs located within our eight branches, members can use any of the Allpoint Network ATMs in the U.S. without being charged a penny.?
About Allpoint
Allpoint is the largest surcharge-free ATM network with over 43,000 ATMs in leading national and regional merchant locations across the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom and Australia. Allpoint provides greater access, convenience and savings to customers of financial institutions while providing institutions the tools to compete more effectively for customers. For more information or to find the nearest Allpoint surcharge-free ATM, please visit http://www.AllpointNetwork.com.
About Texas Trust Credit Union
Texas Trust is one of the largest credit unions in North Texas and the 21st largest in Texas. It has been operating for more than 75 years. As a full-service financial institution, Texas Trust offers checking, savings, mortgages, credit cards, CDs, Money Market accounts, IRAs, and investment and insurance services. Its business services include SBA and conventional loans, electronic payment cards, checking and money market accounts, merchant card processing, online banking, insurance, and the Employee Solutions Network. With 58,000 members and assets of more than $ 680 million, Texas Trust operates in Dallas, Tarrant, and Henderson counties, as well as parts of Ellis and Johnson counties. Texas Trust branches are located in Mansfield, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Cedar Hill, and Athens. For more information, visit http://www.TexasTrustCU.org.
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