Consumers Get No Help From Insurance Companies With Petrol Thieves

Increasing numbers of consumers across the UK are finding themselves victims of petrol thieves, and there is little that can be done in terms of recompense from insurance companies. A rash of damaged petrol tanks, pried up to release fuel, have been splashed all over the news, but according to insurance companies, there is [...]

Crescent State Bank Community Banker Named President Of Kiwanis Club Of Apex

Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank (www.crescentstatebank.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Market SM), has announced that Betty Crump, community banker for the bank’s Apex branch, has been named president of the Kiwanis Club of Apex. The club meets weekly to discuss programs and upcoming events in the [...]

M&S Money offers Credit Card Holders the Chance to become an M&S Points Millionaire

M&S Money have announced that customers who hold a credit card with the financial services company will automatically be entered into the draw to become an M&S Points Millionaire.
Customers can be entered into the draw by either buying one or more selected products from M&S Money, registering to manage their account online, and/or opting to [...]

Lloyds TSB Launches Next Generation of Mobile Phone Banking

Lloyds TSB has become the first bank in the UK to offer a range of banking services allowing customers to monitor and manage their money on a mobile phone.
The new Lloyds TSB Mobile Services are unique in giving customers the ability to move money instantly between accounts through a Mobile Banking application and receive text [...]

Crescent State Bank Names Commercial Loan Officer

Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank (www.crescentstatebank.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation, (NASDAQ Global Market SM), has announced that Nikki Clemmons has been named commercial loan officer for the bank’s Wilmington office. In this position, Clemmons will be responsible for establishing and maintaining effective personal business relations with clients, [...]

Emerald acquires Accounting Research Journal

Providing a valuable forum for communication between the profession and academics on the research and practice of accounting, finance, auditing and commercial law, it will continue to be edited by Professor Christine Ryan, Head of Accounting at the Queensland University of Technology.
Cathy Mostyn, Director of Acquisitions at Emerald, comments: “This well-respected and established title is [...]

Barclaycard is Britain’s Most Powerful Credit Card Brand

Barclaycard was the most powerful credit card brand in the UK 2007 according to the latest Issuer Brand Index
Barclaycard was the most powerful credit card brand in the UK in 2007 according to the Issuer Brand Index (IBI) monitored in Cardbeat, a syndicated market research tracking study run by the Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG). This [...]

World First launches blog

World First, one of the UK’s leading foreign exchange brokers is launching The Xchange, a currency research blog where readers can get up to date information on the currency markets.
Regular postings to the The Xchange include daily market updates and a weekly updates for sterling and the Australian and New Zealand dollar. In true blog [...]