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2012年2月25日星期六

JP Loans – Mortgage Broker Brisbane Releases a Comprehensive Guide to Low Doc Home Loans & Bad Credit Home Loans …

Brisbane, Australia (PRWEB) February 25, 2012
JP Loans, mortgage broker Brisbane have just published two guides on securing home loans for customers that have credit or document related limitations. These guides provide the potential borrowers who require low doc home loans and bad credit home loans with some useful tips on what to look for, how to minimize their cost of borrowing and ensure they get mortgages approved fast. To find out more guides and posts about home loans and finance, please visit the company website.
The guides detail several groups of customers who get their applications rejected due to bad credit that results from minor defaults arising out of unpaid utility bill, several numbers of small defaults, major defaults, or discharged bankruptcies. The guides provide tips on how to obtain up to an 80% lending ratio even with these limiting situations. Extensive research, utilizing available resources, and not to mention creating a decent payment history for the last 6 months can work wonders for bad credit home loans, according to these guides.
Low doc home loans are required mostly for the self employed customers who are not able to provide sufficient financial information as per the lending criteria. This type of loan often only requires an income declaration from the borrower or borrower’s accountant. The guide from JP Loans – mortgage broker Brisbane gives the tip that there are lenders in the market who do not even take liabilities, income, or assets of the applicant into account.   
Talking about low doc home loans and bad credit home loans, the Managing Director of JP Loans John Paynter states, “The big advantage of being a mortgage broker is having access to so many lenders and products and there is often also even a great solution for customers with incomplete documentation or a prior default”. Mr. Paynter and his team have helped many such customers to secure hassle free home loans. Meisha Robins, one of their satisfied customers from Brisbane, thanked JP Loans stating “The service you have provided was very refreshing, and I would confidently recommend you to friends. I wish you and your company all the very best”.
About the Company: JP Loans Pty Ltd is Brisbane based mortgage brokers catering to customers throughout Australia. The company specializes in home loans, equipment finance, medical finance and car loans. They not only look for the best solution for now but also for the duration of the loan. They also work with tax specialists, lawyers, financial planners along with many others to deliver you the best scenario for you. What’s more, their service is at absolutely no cost to you!
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China issues green-credit guideline for banks

The Chinese government introduced a “green credit” guideline for commercial lenders on Friday to facilitate economic restructuring in a manner that’s environmentally friendly and saves energy.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission, the top banking regulator, ordered lenders to cut loans to industries with high-energy consumption and high levels of pollution or excessive capacity, and to strengthen financial support for green industries and projects.
The CBRC encouraged banks to evaluate, classify and rate the environmental and social risks inherent in their clients’ businesses and take the results as a key reference in their ratings and access to credit.
“Through credit controls, banks can have an influence on businesses’ awareness of energy savings, emissions-reductions and the benefits to the public,” said Yan Yanfei, deputy director-general of the statistics department at the CBRC.
He said that in the next step, the CBRC will set up some key indexes to make the guideline more specific and try to include adherence to the plan in the rating system.
Lenders also need to improve management of any overseas projects that they support, to ensure that the initiators of those projects comply with local environmental, land, healthcare and security legislation, according to the guideline.
Zhang Rong, the programme manager of environment and social standards at the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, said the guideline is welcome, especially given the increased involvement of Chinese enterprises in the global market, and the increasing number of calls urging the overseas projects to take more care of the local environment and to reduce energy use.
“Actually Chinese banks have already made very good attempts at green credit, and they can learn from the mature technology and management systems that their international counterparts have already been using for some time,” Zhang said.
China Development Bank Corp, which makes nearly half of the total loans supporting overseas projects of Chinese enterprises, has just provided credit to a Chinese company that operates an iron ore mine in Africa. The funds will help the company move surface soil to a place of safety to protect the seeds of local plants, according to Lu Hanwen, deputy director-general of CDB’s Project Appraisal Department II.
By the end of 2011, CDB had lent 658 billion yuan ($104 billion) to support environmental protection, energy-saving and emissions-reduction projects, accounting for 12.7 per cent of the bank’s total outstanding loans.
Yang Bin, deputy general manager of Corporate & Investment Banking at Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co Ltd, said banks have enough motivation to lend green credits because the demand from clients that they undertake green initiatives has been rising constantly.
Such loans have a lower non-performance ratio than other lending because enterprises can usually obtain strong incentives for green projects from the government to repay the loans, he said.
“And the rate of return against cost for green credits is much higher than other lending,” said Yang, adding that evaluating the environmental impact and energy-consumption of their clients will cost the banks little.
“But State-owned enterprises should also be ordered to implement green policies if the government wishes to achieve its energy-saving and emissions-reduction goals,” Yang said.

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2012年1月27日星期五

Update: Adara Media Secures $12.4 M in Financing Led by August Capital

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwire -01/24/12)- Global precision marketing platform company Adara Media Inc. has secured $12.4 million in funding from venture capital firm August Capital, with participation from returning investors ONSET Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, and Baseline Ventures. This financing will fuel increased investment in Adara Media’s award winning TruPrecision Targeting Platform, delivering highly targeted media and ecommerce campaigns based upon specific customer relevance across top travel and hospitality brands. It will also advance Adara Media’s mission to expand its platform into new verticals and invest in sales, marketing and operational resources.
The funding follows exponential spending increases from Adara Media’s clients in 2011. Working with complex customer data sets and valuable audience segments, such as frequent flyers, business and international travelers, Adara Media enables top brand advertisers to connect with a highly desired consumer base via online media channels.
“This new round of funding from an esteemed group of partners represents continued investment in the growth of our business,” says Layton Han, chief executive officer of Adara Media. “Our business has achieved revenue growth every month during 2011 and is now poised to grow more aggressively and efficiently. We’re excited to have the support of August Capital, and the continued backing of our original lead investor ONSET Ventures, and Morgenthaler Ventures, as we invest heavily in our platform development and continue to expand globally.”
Han added that Adara will also use the funding to take the TruPrecision platform into new vertical categories. The company’s growth in 2011 has come from travel, hospitality and closely related verticals. Through Adara Media’s TruPrecision Targeting Platform, brands can reach and activate more than 225 million traveler profiles.
Dave Marquardt and Tripp Jones of August Capital led the investment in Adara Media. “We pride ourselves on investing in companies that show entrepreneurial excellence and technical innovation,” said August Capital co-founder Dave Marquardt. “Adara Media and its management have shown that this platform can bring brands closer to their best customers through the use of technology. We’re excited about Adara’s future as they expand globally and develop into new verticals.”
Adara Media’s industry leadership has been acknowledged through many industry awards including AlwaysOn OnMedia 100, Red Herring North America, and the Mega Awards, hosted by Airline Information. Adara Media has recently established an office in Chicago and announced the promotion of Scott Garner to EVP of business strategy, now responsible for strategic partnerships as well as new product strategy.
About August Capital:
Founded in 1995, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. These companies represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion, generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. August Capital has invested in more than 80 companies including Adchemy, Atheros, Cobalt Networks, Ebates, Postini, Reputation.com, SayMedia, Seagate Technology, Splunk, Xirrus, and Zulily. The firm’s partners have previously invested in a number of ground breaking technology companies, including Actel, Adaptec, Compaq, Grand Junction, Intuit, Linear Technology, Microsoft, MMC Networks, Skype, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Symantec, and Visio. August Capital is located in Menlo Park, California. For more information, please visit: www.augustcap.com.
About ONSET Ventures:ONSET Ventures specializes in providing an ideal mix of start-up, follow-on, and intellectual capital to entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures, to help transform world-class ideas into sustainable and valuable businesses, through a process of “venture craftsmanship.” The firm has backed over 130 companies since 1984 and now has more than $1 billion under management. ONSET Ventures is located in Menlo Park, California. For more information, please visit: www.onset.com.
About Morgenthaler Ventures:Morgenthaler Ventures is a premier venture capital firm, dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build valuable companies for more than 40 years. Today, the firm has nearly $3 billion under management. Morgenthaler Ventures has invested in approximately 300 companies in the information technology and life science sectors. Representative portfolio companies in the IT space include: Adara Media, Evernote, Lending Club, Practice Fusion, Pageonce, Fundly, SohoOS, Socrata, Rhythm NewMedia, NexTag, Nominum, Voltage Security, JasperSoft and MuleSoft. Morgenthaler Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.
About Baseline:As an early stage seed investment firm, Baseline helps founders develop their ideas into companies. Baseline has invested in more than 60 companies since its inception and helped more than 15 companies exit. Baseline is proud to be a seed investor associated with promising companies including Instagram, Twitter, Weebly, Formspring, Heroku (acquired by Saleforce.com), CoTweet (acquired by ExactTarget), GeoAPI (acquired by Twitter), IndexTank (acquired by LinkedIn), Rupture (aquired by EA), Sendori (aquired by Ask.com), Parakey (acquired by Facebook), Versely (acquired by Cisco), Aardvark and DocVerse (both acquired by Google).
About Adara Media:Adara Media offers a loyalty audience platform that enables top brands to monetize and nurture their loyalty program customers online and helps advertisers reach exclusive, qualified audiences. Using proprietary loyalty data, Adara Media enables advertisers to reach real individuals, ensuring authenticity while maintaining complete anonymity. Adara Media’s brand partners then gain ancillary revenue streams and the ability to deepen their relationships with loyalty consumers through targeted offers and consistent communication. Adara Media was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.adaramedia.com/.
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2012年1月23日星期一

Europe woes won’t stall trade finance in Asia

By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch
HONG KONG(MarketWatch) — Lessons from the global financial crisis and relatively stronger U.S. banks will likely protect Asian businesses from a repeat of the 2008 horror show, even as European debt troubles make trade loans more expensive and difficult to access.
A full-blown euro-zone crisis could still hit demand for Asian products and services harder than it has so far. But unlike the turmoil they faced in the aftermath of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the region’s exporters are unlikely to suffocate this time around, gasping for credit like fish out of water, say bankers and analysts.
“The importance of trade finance to the global economy is better understood now than in 2008,” said Mark Williams, chief economist for Asia at Capital Economics. “One of the factors that contributed to the recovery in 2009 was the $250 billion of trade-finance guarantees announced by the [Group of 20 major economies]. In the event of a second global financial crisis, future guarantees are likely to be forthcoming.”

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Trade finance is often compared to the oil that greases the moving parts of a machine. A simple and frequently used form of trade finance is a letter of credit, which is provided by an importer’s bank to pay for goods shipped by an exporter. As the U.S. dollar is the currency of transaction in most cases, trade is affected whenever there is a scarcity of dollars.
According to Dealogic figures, several European banks have consistently ranked among the top 30 providers of trade finance in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, between 2007 and 2011.
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European banks’ exposure to trade finance in Asia is disproportionately large to their overall loans in the region.
But Capital Economics’ Williams cited the latest data from Bank of International Settlements as showing that euro-zone banks account for only 2.3% of total credit in emerging Asia. That is meager compared to their 47.3% share of lending in emerging Europe and 17.1% in Latin America.
One consequence of the ongoing sovereign-debt crisis in Europe is that it has effectively shut out several major European banks from U.S. money markets. Many of the European lenders that have historically been the big providers of trade finance in Asia are now scaling back their dollar-loan books.

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That is in turn forcing an increase in the interest rates banks charge on trade finance.
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“The reality is spreads have gone up fairly significantly — almost to the 2008 peak levels — over the last six weeks. I think that, in general, there will be some tapering off, but the higher spreads are here to stay,” said Ravi Saxena, managing director and Asia trade head at Citibank

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Saxena said that in the past, exporters could easily convert a letter of credit into money on presentation at a bank. But a scarcity of dollars is making that more difficult.
Edward George, a London-based soft-commodities specialist at Africa-focused Ecobank, said the cost of trade finance has risen by as much as 5 percentage points in some cases over the past year.
“Short-term trade finance has been the worst affected, whereas project finance is mostly protected by long-term agreements,” said George.
The impact is being felt, even after the U.S. Federal Reserve agreed late last year to lower the interest rates on currency swaps with five other major central banks from around the world.
Under such swaps, the Fed provides dollar liquidity to its counterparts, including the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan. Those central banks can then inject dollars into their respective jurisdictions, when required.
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Dollar hoarding

The situation is aggravated by hoarding of U.S. dollars, even when they are available.
“Demand for U.S. dollars remains high, but the supply has dried up, and many banks are hoarding U.S. dollars for their preferred clients,” said George.
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2012年1月19日星期四

CashUSA.net Debuts New Look and Improved Functionality

Redesigned Consumer Site Connects Borrowers with Short-Term Loans
(PRWEB) January 18, 2012
CashUSA.net announces the re-launch of its flagship consumer-lending site, which features an easier online application and streamlined user-interface. For consumers who find themselves in a financial bind, the options today are more limited than ever before. Banks are tougher on loan applicants than they were just a few years ago; so, where can a cash-strapped consumer turn when the car’s clutch goes out or the roof starts to leak?
CashUSA.net provides working people with access to its extensive network of payday-loan providers, who offer short-term loans at higher interest rates in exchange for almost immediate approval and funding. The length of the loan usually only runs until the borrower’s next payday, at which point the loan and all interest and fees must be paid in full. Although not meant as a long-term financial strategy, payday loans are a useful short-term tool to alleviate a financial crisis.
“The new site makes it even easier for working people to get the money they need without having to jump through hoops,” said company spokesperson Todd McMillan. “Our site delivers a service that’s urgently needed in a time of shrinking household income — small loans with quick turnaround times, which fit the needs of today’s consumer.”
No credit check is required for payday loans made through the Cash Advance USA network of lenders. Requirements for a payday loan secured through CashUSA.net are kept to a minimum, making it possible for nearly anyone with a job to qualify:
Once a borrower fills out a loan application through the new CashUSA.net, it is distributed to all the payday loan providers in the network. Because the payday loan providers in the network know they are competing with each other, many offer lower interest rates and fees than commonly found at local retail payday loan centers.
After a borrower chooses a loan, provides an e-signature on the document and returns it to the lender, the loan funds are electronically transferred into the borrower’s checking account. The whole process, from application to transfer of money, usually takes about an hour. This is a speed banks just cannot match.
Payday loan providers in the Cash Advance USA network offer loans ranging from $100 to $1,500. The borrower’s income helps determine how much a payday loan provider will lend to that person. Most payday loan providers will not lend more than the borrower can reasonably pay back on his or her next payday.
The Truth in Lending Act requires that all lenders provide detailed information on the cost of a loan to a potential borrower. This detailed information is referred to as the loan’s terms and includes the loan amount, the interest rate of the loan, the loan fees, and the length of the loan.
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James McCormick
CashUSA.net
818-779-5874
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2012年1月10日星期二

dar Education Lending Announces an Initiative to Help Colleges Provide Private Student Loan Consolidation Options to …

Cedar Education Lending announced that it is working with College Financial Aid and Alumni Offices to help spread the word about Private Student Loan Consolidations to recent graduates.
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 10, 2012
Cedar Education Lending announced that it is working with College Financial Aid and Alumni Offices to help spread the word about Private Student Loan Consolidations to recent graduates.
Financial Aid offices at colleges and universities throughout the country do a terrific job advising students of Federal loan programs, grant-aid, scholarships, private loan and other financial aid opportunities,” said Ms. Samantha Karageorge, Cedar’s CMO. “Prior to graduating, students often have the chance to meet with their Financial Aid Office to discuss their outstanding Federal loans and repayment responsibilities upon graduation. This often is not the case with their Private Student Loans. Furthermore, most colleges don’t provide information or advice to recent graduates about the availability of Private Student Consolidation Loans like those offered by Cedar Education Lending.”
More specifically, Cedar has already begun working with a number of Alumni offices to include information about Private Student Loan Consolidations in the services and benefits sections on their websites, including advice, consolidation loan calculators, and links that would enable graduating students or recent graduates to better understand their options in regard to Federal and Private Consolidation Loans. This initiative will enable students to better plan for their financial future and make navigating the process a lot easier.
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Samantha Karageorge
Cedar Education Lending
201-321-9932
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