New Strategies for Offshore Merchant Accounts

A1 Merchant Accounts Announces New Strategies for Offshore Merchant Accounts

A1 Merchant Accounts, a leading online merchant service provider, is revealing new strategies for high-risk businesses with offshore merchant accounts.

Carlsbad, CA  -  September 29, 2007 -- A1 Merchant Accounts, a leading online merchant service provider based in southern California, has some new strategies for high-risk business clients using offshore merchant accounts. The point of these strategies is to protect the reputation of the business as they earn money overseas.

With a high-risk business such as travel, online pharmaceutical, adult escort, telemarketing, multimarketing or various high level businesses that operate offshore merchant accounts, A1 Merchant Accounts say it is important to look more reputable than the competition. In fact, they say that these types of businesses must struggle to increase their reputation twice as much as a more low-risk business with only U.S. merchant accounts.

Some of the most important strategies for risky businesses with offshore merchant accounts have to do with monitoring their public relations. It is important for these business owners to keep an eye on the overall workings of their company, according to A1 Merchant Accounts, as well as information about their competitors. It is also crucial to stay current with information about their particular industry in general, particularly in regards to the Web.

For high-risk businesses with offshore merchant accounts, A1 Merchant Accounts believes being an active member of the cyber-community is an essential step to creating a solid reputation. This includes monitoring by the hour, and creating customized RSS feeds with keyword searches as a basis. It is also advantageous for this type of business owner to make use of Technorati.com, Icerocket.com, Google.com/blogsearch, Yahoo! News, Google News, MSN News and Blogpulse.com to stay on top of information about their industry, and opinions about their own business.

Business owners with precarious offshore merchant accounts may also want to create accounts in google.com/alerts and alerts.yahoo.com to get the latest on their industry, and monitor postings on forums and groups. It is best to use as many resources as possible to build a solid online reputation, rather than being viewed as a questionable business that consumers are afraid to give money to. With a little patience, A1 Merchant Accounts believes all businesses can create a good word-of-mouth reputation through blogs and industry-related resources.

For more information about merchant accounts, visit www.a1-merchant-accounts.org.

About A1 Merchant Accounts:
A1 Merchant Accounts is one of the leaders in the merchant accounts market for both small and large companies; retailers and wholesalers. They provide merchant accounts for businesses that take orders by phone as well as ecommerce Web sites. In order to provide top notch services, bulletproof security and the lowest fees on the market, they partner with the largest banks and processing networks in the country. They are always in constant search for better and safer solutions, as well, using the latest technologies available. No matter what account type a company prefers, they can be sure they are using the best and latest tools available on the market when they work with A1 Merchant Accounts.

Press Contact: Mike Cheslar
Company Name: A1 Mercant Accounts
Phone: 760 300 5563
Website: http://www.a1-merchant-accounts.org

Reduce Debt from Citizens Financial Group

Tips to Reduce Post-Holiday Debt from Citizens Financial Group

The holidays are a festive time of year, but often spending goes unchecked and can potentially lead to troublesome financial situations. Start the year on solid financial ground with helpful tips from Citizens Financial Group.

Providence, R.I. (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 -- The holidays are a festive time of year, but often spending goes unchecked and can potentially lead to troublesome financial situations. Start the year on solid financial ground with helpful tips from Citizens Financial Group.

Below are a few simple ways to reduce and eliminate post-holiday debt before the situation becomes unmanageable:

•    Establish a monthly budget - Record all of your on-going expenses, as well as your outstanding debt on a spreadsheet, so you can see where your money is really going. Include dates that payments are due, minimum payments and credit card interest rates. Once the necessities have been paid, prioritize which bills you will pay off next. Eliminate balances on high interest credit cards and pay more than the minimum on the rest if possible. Open a savings account with the money remaining from your budget each month.
 
 •    Investigate alternative borrowing options - An important thing to consider is whether to consolidate all your debt into one monthly payment. If needed, opening a home equity loan or line of credit can lower your interest rate, which will reduce monthly payments and give you fewer bills to pay each month. Consolidation can also make budgeting much easier. 
 
 •    Look to the future - The new year offers an opportunity to act as a 'clean slate' from previous spending mistakes. Take this opportunity to get a copy of your credit report and make sure that everything is being reported fairly. Consumers should get a free copy of their credit report once a year. Also, take stock of the number of credit cards in your wallet. If possible, reduce the number of credit cards to avoid re-accumulating debt. 
 
 •    Start saving - Once you have paid off all of your credit cards, look into contributing to a high interest money market account or certificate of deposit. By establishing a variety of investments, your financial portfolio will be more diversified and you will be better prepared to meet your financial goals in the future.
 
 •    Plan ahead for the next holiday season - Develop a realistic budget, contribute money to a savings account throughout the year and spend only what you can afford.

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the 10 largest commercial banking companies in the United States ranked by assets and deposits. It is headquartered in Providence, R.I., and, through its subsidiaries, has more than 1,600 branches, more than 3,300 ATMs and more than 24,500 employees. Its two bank subsidiaries are RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. They operate a 13-state branch network under the Citizens Bank brand in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont, and the Charter One brand in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. CFG has non-branch retail and commercial offices in about 40 states. CFG provides financial products to individual, small business and commercial banking clients. Specializing in full-service product packages, CFG offers checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, home equity loans, mortgage financing and more. CFG is owned by RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc). For more information, visit CFG's Web site at www.citizensbank.com.

Press Contact: Barbara Cottam
Company Name: Citizens Financial Group
Phone: 401-456-7849
Website: www.citizensbank.com

DOMAIN LISTING CENTER - Spam, Scam, Rip-off, and Fraud

The following spam email message has been going out for a few years. It was a scam in the past and it's a scam now. NEVER do business with anyone that sends SPAM. Always check into something that doesn't seem right. If you have not heard about them before, don't assume it legitimate. And don't waste your money on useless offers that warn about a "Final Notice", but don't use a company email address.

An Internet company that doesn't have a web site and expects you to send the order in via postal mail! Can this be anything more than a scam for those too unaware to know better...?
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New Online Life Insurance Product Offered By AgStar Financial Services

AgStar Financial Services Offers Customers MyTermSM, a New Online Life Insurance Product

Speed and convenience make term life insurance simple for banking customers

NEWARK, N.J.- February 13, 2008 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) today announced an agreement between its Individual Life Insurance business and AgStar Financial Services to offer MyTermSM, a simplified issue term life insurance policy available through the Internet, to AgStar Financial Services customers. Through an online automated underwriting process that can be accessed from virtually anywhere, MyTermSM delivers a policy in about 10 minutes to qualified customers that can then be saved electronically or printed locally.

"We've created this access point for consumers who look to their financial institution as their trusted advisor," said Jim Avery, president of Prudential's Individual Life Insurance business. "MyTermSM provides a fast, easy and convenient way for many consumers to select a high-quality life insurance product that's well suited for their needs and fits within their budget."

MyTermSM is a new term life insurance product issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company (Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey in NY and NJ) designed to be attractive to the mass middle market consumer. The buying process and service of the policy are supported by state-of-the-art technology operating in a real-time environment. Through a secure Web site, customers choose from a 10, 20 or 30-year level term life insurance policy with face values between $50,000 and $250,000. "Prudential has created an elegant, easy-to-use online direct-to-consumer simplified issue term insurance application," according to a July 2007 assessment of simplified issue online sales platforms conducted by Kehrer-LIMRA. The report also notes that Prudential's system has truly been designed for the consumer from start to finish.

"MyTermSM is a perfect complement to the wide range of products and services we offer to help our customers reach their financial goals, and we're pleased to offer a product backed by the financial strength of Prudential," said Joan Templin, Director, Insurance Administrator at AgStar Financial Services, one of the first to offer their customers Prudential's new insurance product.

"More and more consumers are using the Internet to handle their financial transactions as well as research and buy a whole host of products and services," says Joan Cleveland, senior vice president, Business Development in Prudential's Individual Life Insurance business. "Giving the consumer the ability to purchase life insurance when and how they want and in the amount they'd like is a natural outcome of this rising trend toward online management of one's personal finances and purchase decisions."

MyTerm is available through a number of select regional banks and other financial institutions. MyTermSM (form number PFT-2007, followed by state codes) is not available in all states. MyTermSM is issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company except in New York and New Jersey, where it is issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey. Each Pruco company is located in Newark, NJ, and is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Insurance policies contain exclusions, limitations, reductions in benefits and terms for keeping them in force. A licensed financial professional can provide the costs and complete details.

AgStar Financial Services, ACA, headquartered in Mankato, Minn., operates in 69 counties in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin serving rural communities and agribusinesses throughout the U.S. as part of the Farm Credit System. The company primarily serves the cash grain (corn and soybean production), swine and dairy industries. AgStar has also developed successful programs in loans, leases, crop insurance, tax services, accounting, family business planning and rural home mortgages. Visit agstar.com for more information.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $648 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2007, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com.

IFS-A140613, Ed. 11/2007

Contacts

Prudential Financial, Inc.
Janet Gillespie, 973-802-8012
janet.gillespie@prudential.com

Fed Cut Rates Trigger Mortgage Refinance Applications

Online Mortgage Portal Receives Spike in Refinance Applications after the Fed Cut Rates

LendingGateway.com receives hundreds of online enquires to get into a fixed rate despite the interest rate drop.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) September 28, 2007 -- Over the last week, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, LendingGateway.com received an increase in online enquires and phone calls about how this will affect the home loan market. Despite the Federal Reserve's intentions of alleviating the "sub-prime" home loan chaos through the rate cut mortgage rates continued to increase.

"The most common thing we see is people that have adjustable rate mortgages worried about their interest rate increasing and affecting their ability to meet their monthly loan payment," explains Scott Olson, COO at LendingGateway.com, "the best advice our loan consultants give is to look into re-financing their existing home loan from an ARM to a safer fixed rate."

In addition to an increase in online mortgage applications, LendingGateway.com, also saw a jump in several debt consolidation enquiries on their online form at https://apply.lendinggateway.com/forms/debt.php.

"Although we advise consumers to get into a safer fixed rate not everyone qualifies," says Alexander Capio, Owner and CEO of LendingGateway.com. "This is why we often steer our online home loan shoppers into repairing or establishing their credit." Alex also explained how the expansion into Auto Finance, Student Loan, and Debt Consolidation has proven successful for many people who needed a better FICO score to qualify for a better interest rate on their home loans.

LendingGateway.com is a privately owned online advertising company working with lenders and consumers. Borrowers can get help with their loans by visiting http://www.lendinggateway.com/apply.html and completing the short application. Lenders interested in the free listing or finding out more about LendingGateway.com's premium services should visit http://www.lendinggateway.com/affiliate.html or call toll-free (888) 278-4792.

Press Contact: Evan Pickens
Company Name: Lending Gateway, LLC
Phone: 888-278-4792
Website: http://lendinggateway.com

Finance, Banking, Legal, Insurance and Real Estate Industries Demand Anti-Spam

Study: Users in Finance, Banking, Legal, Insurance and Real Estate Industries Demand Better Anti-Spam Technologies

Email users rate better anti-spam technology as top choice to improve email experience. Users in finance, banking, legal, insurance and real estate industries get 39% less spam. They waste 65% more time each day searching for the 30% of the good email trapped by anti-spam filters than others.

Northborough, MA (PRWEB) September 11, 2007 -- Brockmann & Company released its latest industry report on the email experience for business users in the finance, banking, legal, insurance and real estate industries. The report, entitled "Email in Finance, Banking, Legal, Insurance and Real Estate Industries" is available for a limited time for free download on http://www.brockmann.com.

This report is one in a series of research on business users' experience with email: The Problem with Email reviews the business case for investing in anti-spam technology, The Spam Index Report compares the experience of 520 email users with nine different anti-spam technologies recommending that challenge-response technology delivers the lowest average Spam Index, and the highest user satisfaction, and Mobilizing Email which presents a new policy framework for balancing mobile user needs with IT goals.

Email is the most important communications service for users in the finance, banking, legal, insurance and real estate industries. Yet, only 16% of users are very satisfied with their email experience.

Peter Brockmann, President and Research Director of Brockmann & Company said, "That's because users spend 65% more time each day than others dealing with spam searching for the 30% more good email trapped by their anti-spam filters than their peers in other industries."

Brockmann added, "No wonder, better anti-spam technologies is rated as the most frequent choice to improve the email experience."

The report shows that although users in the finance, banking, legal, insurance and real estate markets receive about the same total volume of email as others, the principal sources are different in a few important ways. Users receive 39% less spam than others but more email from customers and coworkers as well as more email from automated business processes. Nevertheless, the most frequently cited recommendation to improve the email experience is better anti-spam technology.

About Brockmann & Company
Brockmann & Company is a consulting & advisory firm serving high tech equipment & application vendors and service providers. Clients accelerate growth through customer research & thought leadership. Our motto: "In God we trust, all others bring data." Learn more at http://www.brockmann.com

Press Contact: Peter Brockmann
Company Name: Brockmann & Company
Phone: 508-904-0171
Website: http://www.brockmann.com