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Traffk Acquires Capsci Health’s Mobile Technology

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Traffk(TM), the Los Angeles art district-based insurance technology company, is excited to announce the acquisition of Portland, Ore.-based Capsci Health. Capsci Health's HIPAA compliant, mobile technology platform personalizes health plan members' benefits, allowing them direct access to their plan's benefits, ID cards, preferred providers and telemedicine.

The addition of Capsci Health's mobile capabilities enables underwriting and risk management to occur at the individual health plan member level by combining Traffk's massive data analytics and insurance underwriting technology with individual member level insights and communications.

"This acquisition is another critical component of Traffk's end-to-end insurance technology solution providing for massive, individualized data collection, analysis of that data through AI, machine learning and proprietary algorithms, and the development of next generation insurance products and services that are personalized, sustainable and actionable," Traffk co-founder, Paul Ford, said.

Capsci's CEO, Chris Logan, is equally optimistic and offered, "We are excited to leverage our mobile technology into Traffk's existing platform and pipeline to allow the true potential to be realized."

Ford continued that, "Traffk's efforts to create the unique capability of synthesizing enormous amounts of data into actionable items for improved insurance underwriting and population health management is now magnified by the ability to directly communicate with and affect consumer behavior in a completely secure environment."

Robert Milligan, the Traffk board member who oversees mergers and acquisitions, commented, "Not only is this a brilliant strategic product move, but working with the capable principals of Capsci led to a creative structure of debt and equity that's of great benefit to each company's shareholders."

For more information, visit: https://www.traffk.com/ and http://www.capscihealth.com/.

About Traffk:

Traffk(TM) modernizes the insurance underwriting process with more accurate data insights and risk profiling that allows risk-bearing companies or health plans to manage profitability, risk, market growth, cross-lines sales, marketing and compliance. Its SaaS platform enables an organization to deploy data mining, analytics and rules automation to manage risk, pricing and utilization.

Traffk helps insurance-related companies manage, use and expand their data to improve underwriting accuracy, manage risk, realize market growth and retention and create data-optimized solutions and product offerings. The insurance-optimized risk management platform is powered by insurance experts, data scientists, machine learning and AI.

Traffk provides:

* Data aggregation and management. It collects, integrates, analyzes and transacts data on its SaaS platform. It's HIPAA-compliant and has successfully passed numerous technology assessments and security platform reviews.

* Traffk Risk Index. It transforms cloud data into actionable, dynamic, multi-variant indexes. Its predictive and responsive, insurance-optimized risk modification index and insights use clients' proprietary data, as well as its rich public information database and proprietary algorithms.

* Consumer risk profiles. It indexes membership into risk profiles to enable efficient and dynamic pricing, risk reduction and underwriting.

* Marketing mining. It helps make data actionable, driving deeper understandings of client and/or consumer tendencies and decision characteristics.

Traffk(TM), the Los Angeles art district-based insurance technology company, is excited to announce the acquisition of Portland, Ore.-based Capsci Health. Capsci Health's HIPAA compliant, mobile technology platform personalizes health plan members' benefits, allowing them direct access to their plan's benefits, ID cards, preferred providers and telemedicine.

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Northeast’s Largest Independent Insurance Broker The Capacity Group Joins EPIC

MAHWAH, N.J. /ScoopCloud/ -- The Capacity Group of Companies and EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a unique and innovative national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, announced today that they have joined forces.

Established in 1990, The Capacity Group has grown to become one of the largest full-service independent insurance brokerage groups in the nation. Operating multiple brands from 15 locations across the country, The Capacity Group has assembled some of the world's top-rated providers of specialty insurance and financial services solutions. Today, they are a nationally recognized industry leader and one of the nation's fastest-growing full-service insurance brokerage groups.

EPIC, founded in 2007, is already one of the 20 largest U.S. retail insurance brokers and ranks #26 among the top commercial insurance broker/consultants globally, with a belief in and reputation for service excellence, innovation, community, collaboration and having fun - all in the interest of being a "people first" (clients and team members) organization.

"The Capacity Group has been delivering strategic guidance and service around the risk management, insurance and benefit consulting needs of our clients for more than 25 years," said The Capacity Group's President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Lull. "We believe the decision to join EPIC will help us deliver an even broader and deeper set of capabilities and added value to our clients, with the same commitment to service delivery excellence that has always been a hallmark of our firm. We are thrilled to join forces with a unique and successful company like EPIC."

As part of EPIC, the firm will now operate as The Capacity Group - an EPIC Company, and the Capacity Group's leadership team will continue to play vital roles within the larger EPIC organization.

Said EPIC CEO, John Hahn, "We found a strong cultural partner in The Capacity Group, in an important and highly desirable region where we have wanted to be an even larger partner in the community and see strong opportunities for growth. The Capacity Group, under the leadership of their executive team alongside their impressive team of owner-operators, will add significant value to our clients across the country and create further opportunities for our employees' long-term growth and career success."

EPIC Northeast Region President Thomas O'Neil added, "In addition to the integration and expansion of our respective capabilities, The Capacity Group provides a strong platform in the Northeast to extend our risk management, property casualty insurance, employee benefits consulting, program solutions and private client services to companies across the region and nationally."

The addition of The Capacity Group significantly expands EPIC's capabilities, adding more than 280 top professionals in an additional 15 locations and a strong client base centered in the Northeast.

About The Capacity Group - an EPIC Company:
The Capacity Group - an EPIC Company offers an expansive range of standard and customized insurance and financial products, while providing superior customer service for all types of businesses, industries, and individuals. It has a diversified insurance distribution and product platform in Retail, Wholesale and Specialty Program business, as well as all types of personal, commercial, specialty and benefits lines of business. Headquartered in Mahwah, N.J. the firm has grown organically and through a series of acquisitions and strategic partnerships to become one of the 100 largest insurance brokerage firms in the U.S. It is currently ranked number 39 by Business Insurance magazine, and is among the Top 25 privately held brokerage firms in the U.S. according to Insurance Journal Magazine. For additional information, please visit https://capcoverage.com/

About EPIC:
EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions across California and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.

EPIC now has more than 1,000 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 20,000 clients.

With more than $250 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 20 retail insurance brokers in the United States. Backed by the Carlyle Group, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country. For additional information, please visit http://www.epicbrokers.com/.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dave Hock, of EPIC
650.295.4608
dave.hock@epicbrokers.com

Nicole Conley
408.295.4309 x104
nicole.conley@taniscomm.com

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The Capacity Group of Companies 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. Established in 1990, The Capacity Group has grown to become one of the largest full-service independent insurance brokerage groups in the nation.

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Revenue Cycle and Coding Strategies Merge to Expand Healthcare Consulting Services

AUSTIN, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Medical and radiation oncology consulting firm Revenue Cycle and healthcare coding and compliance consulting and education firm Coding Strategies announce a merger that will bring the two companies together for the benefit of the healthcare industry.

Founded in 1998 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Coding Strategies provides consulting expertise and educational tools for the healthcare industry. Like Revenue Cycle, it offers services to physicians, administrators, coders, and other industry stakeholders. Coding Strategies' educational products include customized training, self-paced online training, webinars, and seminars.

Revenue Cycle specializes in the business aspects of medical and radiation oncology, including operations and oncology coding and reimbursement. Its team of medical and radiation oncology experts consults on oncology reimbursement, compliance, and business operations for everything from single physician offices to large multi-site systems.

"Since I co-founded the company almost 20 years ago, Coding Strategies has been dedicated to empowering healthcare professionals," said president Melody W. Mulaik. "Our nationally certified consultants, along with our comprehensive selection of training options, help our clients protect the financial health of their business, stay compliant, and find solutions to their toughest challenges." Ms. Mulaik will serve as the president of the combined companies.

"Our alliance with Coding Strategies is a perfect fit," stated Ron DiGiaimo, CEO of Revenue Cycle. "Coding Strategies will add even more depth to our service offerings. Their expertise and educational services align with those we already have in place, and their track record of success speaks for itself." Mr. DiGiaimo will now serve as the Chairman of the Board for Coding Strategies and CEO of the combined companies.

The Revenue Cycle family of companies now includes RC Billing, The Oncology Group and Coding Strategies.

For more information, visit: https://www.revenuecycleinc.com/ and http://www.codingstrategies.com/.

For more information, contact:
Melody W. Mulaik, President
Coding Strategies & Revenue Cycle
melody.mulaik@codingstrategies.com
P: 877-626-3464

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Medical and radiation oncology consulting firm Revenue Cycle and healthcare coding and compliance consulting and education firm Coding Strategies announce a merger that will bring the two companies together for the benefit of the healthcare industry.

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Verify Smart Corporation Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire the Assets of Enabledware, LLC

FERNLEY, Nev. /ScoopCloud/ -- Verify Smart Corporation (OTCBB: VSMR / OTC:VSMR) a Global innovator in financial fraud prevention and digital content distribution, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire the assets of Enabledware, LLC for cash and stock. Enabledware is a global leader in digital signage with offices in the U.S. and U.K.

Its "Venue" digital signage software platform is an all in one integrated IPTV, Digital Signage and Broadcast content management system. This web-based solution brings together digital content from practically any source allowing users to upload any format and play content instantly to any number of end points and on nearly any size screen. "Venue" is unique in the wide variety of content formats that it can accept, convert, combine and deliver.

Enabledware's proven track record includes such clients as Dimension Data, the Qatar Foundation, United Nations, NBA, Royal and Ancient, and Professional Soccer stadiums in France and the U.K. "Venue" integrates with many other companies and systems such as Cisco Systems, Exterity, Brightsign and Samsung to name a few.

Gross revenue to the company through this acquisition is estimated at 15 Million over the next three years. Projected revenue for 2017 is over one million dollars.

Tony Cinotti, President of Verify Smart stated "We are pleased to report this significant milestone to the market and our shareholders. This acquisition will be the basis to accomplish Verify's goal to create a global digital community. Beginning with a revenue stream is both positive and exciting for an emerging company. We will greatly expand and compliment the 'Venue' platform with additional acquisitions, technology and revenue centers at the same time completing a new website, updating our financials and raising additional capital."

Sean Tabatabai, CEO of Enabledware said, "We are excited about working with Tony and his team to broaden our reach into new markets and opportunities. Our combined resources will provide best of breed technology with innovative security and offer the best pricing options for our customers."

ABOUT VERIFY SMART CORPORATION:

Verify Smart Corp is an international technology company that develops and markets innovative solutions for the global digital market. The company also licenses patented technology for the prevention of debit/credit card and electronic transaction fraud. The company is expanding into the growing digital and technical sector and will market innovative digital solutions for Consumer Brands, Educational Institutions and the Sports and Entertainment industries. More information: http://www.verifysmartcorp.com/.

Contact Info:
Verify Smart Corporation
Info@verifysmartcorp.com
775-575-5897

Enabledware, LLC
www.enabledware.com

DISCLAIMER: The above may contain “forward-looking statements,” as defined in the United States Securities Act 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act 1934 which include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future, including but not limited to, the acquisition of new products and/or companies and any revenue that the Company may be able to generate from such acquisitions.

REF: OTCMKTS:VSMR / OTC:VSMR / OTCBB:VSMR

Verify Smart Corp (OTCBB: VSMR / OTC:VSMR) a Global innovator in financial fraud prevention and digital content distribution, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire the assets of Enabledware, LLC for cash and stock. Enabledware is a global leader in digital signage with offices in the U.S. and U.K.

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EPIC Strengthens Southern California Benefits Team with the Acquisition of Benefit Compass

IRVINE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property & casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today it has acquired Benefit Compass Insurance Services, LLC, a specialist in employee benefits brokerage and consulting services.

Based in Irvine, Calif., Benefit Compass provides employee benefit solutions, human resource consulting and employee engagement strategies, with a particular specialty focus on the unique needs of auto dealers.

Benefit Compass will further broaden the specialized benefits and HR consulting services available to EPIC clients, particularly new car auto dealers - a long time area of expertise and focus for EPIC, the broker providing Workers' Compensation Insurance and Employee Benefits Programs to members of the California New Car Dealers Association since 2011.

"The addition of the Benefit Compass team is an exciting development in the continuing growth of EPIC," said John Connell, EPIC President, Employee Benefits of California. "Our clients benefit significantly when we add top professionals like the Benefit Compass team with unique and highly specialized consulting skills and experience."

Benefit Compass co-founders Ron Joy, Alison McCallum and Mark Pattinson added, "We are very proud of the fact that we have always adhered to the simple philosophy of doing what's in the best interest of our clients, and are extremely pleased that this philosophy aligns strongly with EPIC's own culture and values. As part of EPIC, we have access to more resources, experienced professionals in multiple disciplines, and extensive insurance company relationships - all of which will provide added value to our current and future clients."

Since The Carlyle Group became the firm's major investment partner in December 2013, EPIC has nearly tripled revenues, from roughly $80 million to current run rate revenues exceeding $200 million.

About EPIC:
EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.

EPIC now has more than 850 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 13,000 clients.

With more than $200 million in revenues, EPIC ranks among the top 20 retail insurance brokers in the United States. Supported by the Carlyle Group, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country. For additional information, please visit http://www.epicbrokers.com/.

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EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property & casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today it has acquired Benefit Compass Insurance Services, LLC, a specialist in employee benefits brokerage and consulting services.

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JenCap Acquires NIF Group

NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- JenCap Holdings LLC announced today that it has agreed to acquire privately held NIF Group, Inc. (NIF), a managing general agency, program administrator and wholesale insurance broker based in Manhasset, New York, with six offices located on the east and west coasts of the United Sates. NIF was formed by Michael Orlando in 1976 and has grown to over $185 million in annual written premiums. Mr. Orlando, along with a management team led by NIF President Mark Maher, has built one of the largest specialty insurance distribution platforms in the country.

JenCap Holdings (JCH) was formed in March 2016 by The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) and JCH management in to consolidate specialty insurance distribution businesses, including managing general agents, program managers and transactional wholesale brokers. The acquisition of NIF is the fourth transaction by JCH since March and places the company among the largest wholesale brokers in the U.S.

"NIF was a target for JenCap from day one and we are happy to be partnering with one of the most successful independent MGA/specialty brokerage businesses in the country," commented John F. Jennings, President and Chief Executive Officer of JCH. "Michael Orlando and Mark Maher, as well as Michael P. Orlando, John Buckley, and David Vicari have built a tremendous business and we are thrilled that they have chosen JenCap to perpetuate NIF's commitment to excellence and service to their clients."

Michael Orlando stated that "We wanted a partner that felt the same way about our commitment to clients, employees and carriers and we realized early on that JenCap was the right fit."

"We are very enthusiastic about the JenCap transaction," stated Mark Maher, President of NIF. "Our thoughts on how to continue our growth matched up perfectly with the JenCap management model."

John Redett, Managing Director and Co-head of Carlyle's Global Financial Services team, commented, "NIF is exactly the type of entity we were looking to acquire when we started JenCap and we are excited that NIF's management and their entire team will be joining the company. We remain highly supportive of the JCH management team as it continues to expand its distribution network, product offerings and geographical footprint through organic growth and a disciplined yet aggressive acquisition strategy."

About JenCap Holdings Inc.

JenCap Holdings is a consolidator of specialty insurance distribution and program management businesses, including managing general agencies, specialty program underwriters, transactional wholesale brokers and captive managers. JenCap Holdings has assembled a management team with the sector insight and experience to drive organic growth and strategic acquisitions leveraging technology and advanced data analytics. JenCap Holdings is headquartered in New York.

Media Contact:
John Jennings
Of JenCap Holdings
347-338-3404

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JenCap Holdings LLC announced today that it has agreed to acquire privately held NIF Group, Inc. (NIF), a managing general agency, program administrator and wholesale insurance broker based in Manhasset, New York, with six offices located on the east and west coasts of the United Sates.

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Protector Holdings Acquires Big Savings Insurance Agency

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- Protector Holdings, a joint venture of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and Dowling Capital Partners, announced today the acquisition of Big Savings Insurance Services, the firm's largest acquisition to date. Headquartered in Sacramento, California, Big Savings specializes in providing insurance services to Hispanic consumers; writing auto insurance from 14 California locations including Sacramento, Yuba City, Lodi, Stockton, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Modesto, Turlock, Fresno, San Leandro, San Jose and Salinas.

"The addition of Big Savings to our Premier Insurance Services family continues to make Premier the fastest growing agency in California serving the Latino Marketplace," said Paul Areida, CEO of Protector Holdings. "We now have a total of 47 locations across California and the West, including Modesto, Salinas and Turlock, which are new cities for Premier."

Big Savings has been in business for more than 10 years and was founded by principals Sunny Singh and Donald Singh, who will remain active in the ongoing operations of Premier Insurance Services.

Sunny Singh, President and Co-founder of Big Savings states, "We are excited to join Premier in offering superior insurance products and services to our combined client base. Our size and market position, will allow us to serve our clients even more effectively as we continue competing successfully with the national brokers."

Premier Insurance Services, acquired by Protector Holdings in 2013, targets the growing Hispanic Community in California, providing a wide range of insurance products and services specifically tailored to the cultural preferences of Latino consumers.

"We saw a growing dissatisfaction with the large agencies professing to serve the Hispanic Community and a clear opportunity to align Premier's business model and practices with the traditional, conservative culture and shopping preferences of Hispanic consumers, emphasizing convenience, honesty, service and value," said Areida.

"Respectfully serving the needs of the Hispanic community has enabled Premier to more than triple its customer base since June, 2013," Areida added. "The experienced, knowledgeable Big Savings team shares our belief in doing the right thing and treating clients with honesty and respect. Their addition is an important step in taking our vision and services to an even higher level."

About Protector Holdings and Premier Insurance Services:

Protector Holdings was founded in June 2013 as a partnership between EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance broker/consultant; insurance-focused private equity firm Dowling Capital Partners (DCP); and Premier Insurance Services.

Premier Insurance Services specializes in providing a range of insurance products and services to the Hispanic market in the Western United States. Since its formation in 2004 with a single office in Bakersfield, Calif., Premier has added locations across the state and is now one of the largest non-standard automobile brokers in California.

Protector Holdings, a joint venture of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and Dowling Capital Partners, announced today the acquisition of Big Savings Insurance Services, the firm's largest acquisition to date. Headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., Big Savings specializes in providing insurance services to Hispanic consumers; writing auto insurance from 14 California locations including Sacramento, Yuba City, Lodi, Stockton, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Modesto, Turlock, Fresno, San Leandro, San Jose and Salinas.

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JenCap Holdings Acquires Trivedi-Capacity Associates

specialty insurance distribution

NEW YORK, N.Y., April 21, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- JenCap Holdings, LLC, a consolidator of specialty insurance distribution and program management businesses, including managing general agencies, specialty program underwriters, transactional wholesale brokers and captive managers, has acquired specialist MGA and wholesaler Trivedi-Capacity Associates, LLC. JenCap Holdings, LLC is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group.

Trivedi-Capacity Associates, LLC is a provider of specialty programs focused on commercial risks, particularly in the hotel and Community Association space. With over 40 years of experience, the Trivedi management team provides expertise, simplicity and efficiency to a significant base of independent brokers and agents nationally.

John F. Jennings, President and CEO of JenCap Holdings, commented, "The addition of Trivedi-Capacity Associates reflects our continuing strategy of selectively expanding our product offerings and distribution networks and attracting the best talent, while maintaining a focus on client service and excellence." Trivedi-Capacity will continue to operate from offices in Mahwah, New Jersey, and San Diego, California.

Tushar Trivedi, who will remain the president of Trivedi-Capacity, said, "Being part of a growing and dynamic JenCap Holdings and having Carlyle's financial services team as our financial partner gives us the ability to enhance our suite of products and expand their reach to an even larger group of retail brokers and agents."

JenCap is a holding of Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners II, a $1 billion fund closed in 2014. The fund invests in all verticals of financial services including asset and wealth management, insurance, capital markets, business services, banks and specialty finance.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
John Jennings
347-338-3404
jjennings@wctis.com

Nicole Conley
650-422-3156
nicole.conley@taniscomm.com

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Wholesale Trading Co-Op is Acquired by The Carlyle Group and Rebrands as Wholesale Trading Insurance Services

Wholesale Trading Insurance Services

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and NEW YORK, N.Y., March 24, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Wholesale Trading Co-op Insurance Services, a privately-held wholesale insurance specialist serving a group of leading retail insurance brokers, announced today that The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in wholesale insurance broker JenCap Holdings, LLC and the assets of Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services, which will be re-named Wholesale Trading Insurance Services, LLC. Wholesale Trading is currently owned by its management team and external private investors.

Carlyle's investment will position JenCap Holdings to be a consolidator of specialty insurance distribution and program management businesses, including managing general agencies, specialty program underwriters, transactional wholesale brokers and captive managers. JenCap Holdings has assembled a management team with the sector insight and experience to drive organic growth and strategic acquisition strategies leveraging technology and advanced data analytics.

Following the acquisition, John F. Jennings, current President and Chief Executive Officer of Wholesale Trading, will be named President and CEO of JenCap Holdings. Kristopher Bauer, a founding member of Wholesale Trading and co-head of its Casualty Practice, will be named President of Wholesale Trading Insurance Services. JenCap Holdings will be headquartered in New York and Wholesale Trading will continue to operate from offices in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta and Princeton, New Jersey.

Mr. Jennings commented, "Over the last five years we have built a highly successful business from scratch through hard work and client service excellence. However, it is clear to us that the next five years will require significant investments in technology, data analytics, human capital and acquisitions to expand product offerings and distribution networks. Having the Carlyle Group as our financial partner gives us the ability to make those investments, attract the best talent both inside and outside the industry, and immediately sets us apart from our competitors. This news should be viewed very positively by our retail broker partners and the clients they serve."

Said Kristopher Bauer, "It is important for those we serve to realize that nothing is changing beyond our name and the benefits that we will all derive from our partnership with the Carlyle Group. We will continue 'business as usual' with our same team of highly experienced wholesale brokerage professionals delivering focused, innovative products and services to our retail broker partners."

"We are very pleased that John Jennings and the exceptionally talented professionals at Wholesale Trading will be joining JenCap Holdings," commented John Redett, Managing Director of The Carlyle Group. "John and the entire WTCI team have done a tremendous job building the organization from a start-up, creating a high-growth, client-focused organization in only five years. We look forward to making the necessary investments for the WTCI team and JenCap Holdings to quickly become an even more significant player in the specialty insurance distribution and service business."

Equity capital for the transactions, financial terms of which were not disclosed, will be provided by Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners II. The transaction closed on March 16, 2016.

About The Carlyle Group:

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global alternative asset manager with $183 billion of assets under management across 126 funds and 160 fund of funds vehicles as of December 31, 2015. Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, many of whom are public pensions. Carlyle invests across four segments - Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and Investment Solutions - in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. Carlyle has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation. The Carlyle Group employs more than 1,700 people in 36 offices across six continents.

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Titan Lenders Corp. Announces Acquisition by MetaSource LLC

mortgage services

DENVER, Colo., March 21, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Mortgage services expert Titan Lenders Corp. (Titan) announced it has been acquired by Utah-based MetaSource, LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

MetaSource provides an array of technology-driven services and solutions, including business process outsourcing (BPO), business process management (BPM), enterprise content management (ECM), workflow and customer service experience. The acquisition of Titan broadens the company's footprint in data-centric mortgage services.

"We welcome Titan to the MetaSource family," said Adam Osthed, President & CEO of MetaSource. "Not only does Titan bring a combination of solutions and mortgage industry expertise, but it was also apparent that our mission and values were in alignment."

"From its inception, Titan's mission has focused on bringing much needed transparency and standardization to the mortgage process," said Mary Kladde, CEO of Titan. "Titan was a natural fit for the MetaSource approach to improving mortgage operations, and we foresee this relationship proving fruitful for mortgage industry participants through access to the combined suite of MetaSource and Titan solutions."

About MetaSource:

MetaSource is a technology driven provider of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) / Business Process Management (BPM) services integrated with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and workflow solutions and customer experience processes to meet clients' goals and objectives. They service a variety of industries for a national clientele through our global network of PCI Level 1, Version 3 compliant, SOC / AT101 Type II / AT 101 (formerly known as SAS70) and HIPAA compliant processing centers. MetaSource employs over 800 worldwide and supports more than 4,000 installations as EMC's largest distributor of the ApplicationXtender Content Management product suite through a network of over 130 Channel Partners.

About Titan Lenders Corp.:

Denver-based Titan Lenders Corp. ( http://www.TitanLendersCorp.com/ ) was originally founded to meet the mortgage industry's increasing appetite for a variable cost solution to operational challenges. Today, that mission has expanded to include supporting strategic channel growth for lenders, servicers and investors evolving their businesses in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. As such, Titan's core offerings have expanded to include MERS audit services, data reconciliation, document custody and whole loan purchase review.

Twitter: @TitanLenders @MetaSource #mortgage

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Diverse Technology Solutions Inc. acquires cloud hosted Unified Communications VOIP telephony provider ‘Voitual’ of Delray Beach, Florida

cloud hosting service

ISLIP TERRACE, N.Y., March 8, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Diverse Technology Solutions Inc. (DTS) a N.Y. based cloud hosting service provider has acquired cloud hosted Voice Over IP (VOIP) telephone service provider Voitual (www.Voitual.com) of Delray Beach Florida. The newly formed company DTS VOIP LLC will acquire the assets of Voitual rebranding the companies Hosted PBX Voice Over IP telephony service as DTS-VOIP adding another cloud product to the portfolio of DTS's successful cloud hosting solutions.

DTS holds a 51 percent stock ownership position in DTS VOIP LLC with the founding partners of Voitual retaining a 49 percent ownership position in the newly created company. The asset purchase includes the Voitual client base, all intellectual property and infrastructure supporting the hosted VOIP telephony environment.

"Our cloud service revenue has grown 300 percent in the past 2 years. We believe that adding a cloud hosted voice service to our portfolio of products uniquely positions us as a complete provider catering to clients that want one finger to point at for all of their cloud hosting voice or data needs," stated Ken Blume, DTS CTO. "The acquisition allows Voitual to leverage the existing infrastructure and capital investments of DTS to provide an affordable Cloud hosted UCaaS Unified Communications as a Service."

"This new engagement was the culmination of 6 months of planning on behalf of our mutual company's management teams. With cloud services today making up 65 percent of DTS revenue the decision was easy to expand on our offerings by adding a cloud hosted voice solution for our customers. This new product offering is exciting as it complements our hosted email, virtual desktop and server offerings. In essence we can now be the all-in-one solution acting as a single point of contact for our clients seeking to save money on IT expenses by leveraging cloud technology to support their business," said Clayton Hart DTS CEO.

Mark Kruger, Voitual's CEO and a 35 year veteran in both the on premise and hosted phone system space added. "Our merger with DTS made sense on many levels. We realized the value of their organization and the positive impact it will have on our future. Our Mitel based hosted voice platform has been a hit in the South Florida market for several years. Partnering with DTS opens up the northeast market for us and allows for cross selling of our services within our customer bases. The combination of hosted voice and data products DTS will now be able to offer is one that is very unique in the sea of cloud service providers. Finding a provider that can do it all is rare. Our technical expertise will allow DTS VoIP to develop cutting edge applications and integration between our Unified communications platform and DTS's virtual desktop solution."

About DTS:

Diverse Technology Solutions is a leading provider of cloud based hosting services to the business community. The flagship Virtual Desktop hosting service DTS-VDESK provided by DTS helps businesses save up to 70 percent on their overall IT costs. This powerful Microsoft server based platform enables any business to move their core network applications and data to a secure private cloud environment

About Voitual:

Voitual is a hosted PBX Unified communications telephone service provider delivering a Mitel engineered voice service over the Internet. The hosted PBX platform is a feature rich unified communications solution enabling the ease of dial tone anywhere you can find an internet connection. The ease of use and deployment of this cutting edge phone service enables users to simply plug a handset into any internet connection and provide fixed pricing for outbound local and long distance calling.

For more information, visit: http://www.diverse-technology.com/.

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Clayton Hart
Diverse Technology Solutions Inc.
Clay[at]dtstech.net
631-224-1200

Twitter: @dts_tech

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Protector Holdings Acquires BetterWay Insurance Services

Premier Insurance Services

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 7, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Protector Holdings, a joint venture of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and Dowling Capital Partners, announced today the acquisition of BetterWay Insurance Services.

Headquartered in Concord, California, BetterWay specializes in providing insurance services to Hispanic consumers; writing auto, motorcycle, RV, boat, homeowners and renters insurance coverage from additional California locations in Fairfield, Sonora and Visalia.

"The addition of BetterWay to our Premier Insurance Services family continues to make Premier the fastest growing agency in California serving the Latino Marketplace," said Premier Insurance Services President, Rick Genest. "We now have a total of 34 Premier locations across California and the West."

Premier Insurance Services, acquired by Protector Holdings in 2013, targets the growing Hispanic Community in California, providing a wide range of insurance products and services specifically tailored to the cultural preferences of Latino consumers.

"We saw a growing dissatisfaction with the large agencies professing to serve the Hispanic Community and a clear opportunity to align Premier's business model and practices with the traditional, conservative culture and shopping preferences of Hispanic consumers, emphasizing convenience, honesty, service and value," said Genest.

"Respectfully serving the needs of the Hispanic community has enabled Premier to more than triple its customer base since June, 2013," Genest added. "The experienced, knowledgeable BetterWay team shares our belief in doing the right thing and treating clients with honesty and respect. The addition of BetterWay Insurance Services is an important next step in taking our vision and our client services to an even higher level."

About Protector Holdings and Premier Insurance Services:

Protector Holdings was founded in June 2013 as a partnership between EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance broker/consultant; insurance-focused private equity firm Dowling Capital Partners (DCP); and Premier Insurance Services.

Premier Insurance Services specializes in providing a range of insurance products and services to the Hispanic market in the Western United States. Since its formation in 2004 with a single office in Bakersfield, Calif., Premier has added locations across the state and is now one of the largest non-standard automobile brokers in California. Information: http://www.mypremierinsurance.net/index.php

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Paul Areida, of Protector Holdings
714.699.7180
pareida@protectorholdings.com

Nicole Conley
650.422.3156
nicole.conley@taniscomm.com

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Capital Automotive Group welcomes Bobby Murray Chevrolet

Bobby Murray Chevrolet

RALEIGH, N.C., March 2, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Automotive Group of North Carolina announced today the acquisition of Bobby Murray Chevrolet, 1820 Capital Blvd., Raleigh. The name will change to Capital Chevrolet. This brings to thirteen the number of auto brands represented by Capital.

From Charlotte to Wilmington, Capital Automotive Group (CAG) is part of the Parks-Michael Automotive Group and is one of the fastest growing privately owned automotive businesses in the East with over thirty automotive dealerships, Fifteen locations of Carolina Collision Centers, 2,000 employees.

Founded 30 years ago by Tim and brother Chester A. "Junie" Michael III with Hubert Parks, Capital Automotive Group has earned a solid reputation by recognizing that their success begins and ends with both employee and customer satisfaction.

"We are extremely excited about Bobby Murray Chevrolet joining up with our Capital family," said Tim Michael, CAG Principal. "One of our founding partners, Hubert Parks and Bobby Murray were best of friends for decades."

Mr. Michael continued, "When Mr. Murray opened his Chevy store some 50 years ago, he established a standard for customer care that Hubert and our team adapted. It's a very easy fit...seamless really. And we will maintain most all of the wonderful staff of employees that made Bobby Murray Chevy a jewel in GM's crown."

Bobby Murray, Jr. agreed, "Our dealership families have had a relationship that spans generations. We couldn't find a better home for the business my Dad began than Capital Auto Group. It assures us that our philosophy about the importance of superior customer care will endure."

Sokal Media Group, having worked with Capital stores since its inception in 2003, will fuel and drive the new Capital Chevrolet through strategic planning, media consultation, digital relevance, and creative execution in the North Carolina market.

"It's wonderful to see a long-standing family dealership like Bobby Murray Chevrolet come into an outstanding group like Capital," said Mark Sokal, president of the advertising agency. "I have every confidence that the customers will quickly come to trust that they are in very competent hands."

Coming in as new General Manager and Raleigh native is Josh Barbour. "I've been with Capital Auto Group for nearly 13 years. My dad has worked for CAG for over 20 years and I've followed in his footsteps." Barbour is stepping in from Capital Ford of Wilmington where he was a successful General Manager.

In addition to the newest member, Capital Chevrolet, Capital Auto Group represents Ford, Lincoln, Honda, Nissan, Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai, Polaris/Gem, Fuso Trucks, Yamaha and Kia.

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Sunshine Capital, Inc. Announces That Daniel J. Duffy Has Joined The Company’s Advisory Board

Daniel J Duffy

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., Feb. 16, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sunshine Capital, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SCNP) today announced that micro-cap stock magnate and mergers-acquisitions expert Daniel J. Duffy has agreed to join the Company's Advisory Board.

Mr. Duffy is currently incarcerated in Florida and fighting his 2010 conviction in a murder-for-hire case. Mr. Duffy has also agreed that he will not be compensated for being on the Advisory Board to ensure compliance with Florida DOC Administrative Code, Title 33, which would prohibit such compensation.

"It is an honor to have Mr. Duffy with us, advising us on corporate structure, mergers and acquisitions, and building shareholder value," stated President and CEO of Sunshine Capital, Inc., Mr. Lindel Regis. "This step is what this Company needs, and even though Mr. Duffy is incarcerated, no one can ever dispute what he has done in the stock market as a trader, President and CEO of multiple public companies."

On November 30, 2015 Mr. Duffy signed a three book deal with Sunshine Capital, Inc. Now Mr. Duffy will advise the Company on how to execute many of the proven strategies he has been trained to do, to allow Sunshine Capital, Inc. to rapidly achieve its goals and build shareholder value.

"I will use all my knowledge of the markets and my extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions to ensure that Sunshine Capital, Inc. grows rapidly, just like in 2003 when I took my first public Company from a zero asset company to well over $140M company in executed and pending mergers and acquisitions," stated Advisory Board Member Daniel J. Duffy. "In the next thirty days the shareholders can expect to see dramatic changes to the Company that will benefit all shareholders."

Mr. Duffy, a graduate from St. John's University with a degree in Business Management, has a history as one of the best micro-cap stock traders and President and CEO of multiple public companies. Mr. Duffy's knowledge in public companies, financing, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions is indisputable.

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REF: Pink Sheets:SCNP / Pink:SCNP / Pink OTC SCNP

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Crime Scene Clean Up Parent Company Announces Acquisition of 3 BioHazard Firms

Crime Scene Clean Up

PATCHOGUE, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Prestige Worldwide Group, parent company of CrimeSceneCleanup.com, announced today that it has acquired KRI Crime Scene Cleanup of Texas, Crime Scene Inc. of Maryland and Crime Scene Clean LLC of Texas, three of the largest biohazard firms in the U.S. This deal marks one of the largest of its kind in the crime scene cleanup industry and now makes CrimeSceneCleanup.com the leading firm in the business. They now offer services from New York to California and from Texas to Michigan.

"With the purchase of these three major competitors, we see a clear window for a potential public offering in the near future," said James Michel, president of CrimeSceneCleanup.com. "We expect to see our revenue grow over 60 percent and to exceed 10 million this coming year. This is a very exciting time for us, establishing such a large footprint in this niche industry. A violent crime or suicide occurs every 20 seconds in the U.S. We're now set up to provide help anywhere, anytime," added Michel.

Crime Scene Clean Up provides comprehensive crime scene cleanup services after a homicide, suicide, criminal activity and accidents. They also are tops in the business when it comes to blood cleaning, hoarding environment restoration, infectious disease decontamination, odor removal, mold remediation, meth lab decontamination, tear gas removal as well as water, sewerage, and flood cleanup.

The crime scene cleaners at CrimeSceneCleanup.com are biohazard cleanup experts when it comes to disposing of toxic materials. They are experienced and trained in handling the full gamut of hazardous waste, all of which require particular specifications for proper removal and remediation. When they are finished at a crime scene, their teams leave a location spotlessly clean and safe for inhabitants.

The purchase of the three additional crime scene cleanup businesses will now help Prestige Worldwide Group and CrimeSceneCleanup.com extend their long list of cleaning and remediation services to clients throughout the United States.

About Crime Scene Clean Up:

CrimeSceneCleanup.com is a crime scene cleanup and bio-hazardous waste removal firm. They are owned and operated by parent company, Prestige Worldwide Group. The main headquarters is based in Patchogue, New York. The company specializes in cleaning and removing any debris and contaminants from a crime scene location. They also provide hazardous waste removal services. Some of the many types of cleanups conducted by Crime Scene Clean Up include OSHA certified crime scene cleaning, asbestos abatement, EPA Lead certified RRP, biohazard cleanup, blood cleanup, suicide cleanup, hoarding cleanup, mold remediation and more.

For more information about Crime Scene Clean Up, visit our website at http://www.crimescenecleanup.com/ or call 1-844-255-2491.

Crime Scene Clean Up
319 W. Main St.
Patchogue, N.Y. 11772

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Ascende, Inc., a Leading Human Capital and Employee Benefits Consulting Firm, Joins EPIC

Ascende Inc

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.

Founded in 1995, Houston, Texas-based Ascende is one of the largest independent employee benefits consulting firms in the country, providing solutions in a variety of human capital related fields, including health and welfare, benefit plan administration, retirement, investment advisory, pharmacy management, wellness, communications, global benefit solutions, mergers and acquisitions consulting and human resources consulting services.

EPIC, founded in 2007, is one of the 20 largest U.S. retail insurance brokers, with a belief in and reputation for service excellence, innovation, community service, collaboration and having fun - all in the interest of being a "people first" (clients and team members) organization.

"Ascende has been delivering strategic guidance and service around benefit programs and HR needs to our clients for over 21 years, and we believe the decision to join EPIC will help us deliver an expansive new set of capabilities to our clients and additional value, with the same commitment to service delivery that Ascende has been a hallmark of our firm. We expect that our clients will immediately benefit from EPIC's broader resources including risk management, property & casualty insurance, workers' compensation, management and executive liability, and private client services," says Ascende Chief Executive Officer Jim Watt. "We are thrilled to join a unique and successful company like EPIC."

As part of EPIC, the firm will now operate as Ascende, Inc. - an EPIC Company. Jim Watt will assume additional responsibility as EPIC's President, Southwest Region, and the Ascende leadership team will continue to play vital roles within the larger EPIC organization.

Said EPIC CEO John Hahn, "We found a strong cultural partner in Ascende, in an important and highly desirable region, where we have wanted to be a partner in the community and see strong opportunities for growth. EPIC has been investing heavily in our employee benefits consulting capabilities across the country and Ascende, with the leadership of Jim Watt and his team in the Southwest, will add significant value to our clients and create further opportunities for all of our employees' long term growth and career success."

EPIC President Peter Garvey added, "In addition to the integration and expansion of our respective benefits platforms, Ascende provides a platform in the Southwest to extend our risk management, property casualty insurance, program solutions and private client services to companies across the region and nationally. We could not be happier to have the entire Ascende team join the EPIC family."

The addition of Ascende significantly expands EPIC's employee benefit capabilities nationally, adding nearly 100 top professionals and a strong client base in the Southwest to EPIC's existing team of more than 200 employee benefits professionals across the country.

About Ascende - an EPIC Company:

One of the largest independent employee benefits only consulting firms in the country, Houston-based Ascende specializes in health and welfare consulting, benefit plan administration, retirement and investment advisory, wellness, communications, global benefit solutions, mergers and acquisitions consulting and human resources consulting services.

Ascende also offers services unique to the employee benefits industry through the Ascendent(R) Pharmacy Coalition, a purchasing cooperative that reduces pharmaceutical costs to employers.

For additional information, please visit http://www.ascende.com/ .

About EPIC:

EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property & casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence. EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a "Best Place to Work" in multiple regions across California and as a "Best Place to Work in the Insurance Industry" nationally.

EPIC now has more than 850 team members operating from offices across the U.S., providing Property Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 13,000 clients.

For additional information, please visit http://www.epicbrokers.com/ .

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MCT Trading, Inc. Acquires Assets of PLar Analytics, LLC and PB Pacific Partners, LLC

mortgage risk management

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.

The deal expands MCT's advisory services to include specialization in mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation business. This new MSR Services Group will be headed by Phil Laren, founder of PLar Analytics and PB Pacific Partners. MCT's acquisition includes certain key assets of PLar Analytics', PB Pacific Partner's customer base and its proprietary Enhanced Servicing Model (ESM). Mr. Laren is now a full-time employee at MCT.

"This deal is a natural fit for MCT. We have been utilizing the ESM model for over two years; it has multiple advantages over other valuation models," stated Curtis Richins, president of MCT. "With Phil Laren running our new MSR Services Group, we have expanded our service offerings, enabling us to deliver even more tangible value to our lender clients."

MCT clients will benefit immediately as a result of the acquisition with more granular analysis of the "retained" vs. "released best execution" decision-making process and access to the "best-in-class" MSR pipeline valuation services. MCT also intends to integrate PLar Analytics' ESM and MSR software with MCTlive!, its award-winning secondary marketing technology platform for real-time trading, analytics and best-execution.

"Given Mr. Laren's extensive capital markets experience and industry-leading knowledge of MSR valuation, he is well-equipped to effectively assist MCT's clients strategically and operationally as they evaluate retained execution opportunities," said Phil Rasori, COO at MCT. "He created a very sophisticated, proven valuation model. Our clients are looking to MCT for advice in selecting the best servicing partners and then implement best practices, which strengthens our value proposition for lenders."

"I am extremely excited to join the team at MCT and look forward to growing the MSR Services Group," said Laren. "Many lenders need specialized guidance in an effort to accurately value their servicing portfolios to maximize profitability and manage risk. They will need help in evaluation potential new partners, such as sub-servicers. The new group that we're establishing will be key in supporting existing MCT clients as they grow and in penetrating larger accounts."

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

About MCT Trading:

MCT Trading (MCT) is a risk management and advisory services company providing independent analysis, training, hedging strategy and loan sale execution support to clients engaged in the secondary mortgage market. Founded in San Diego, California in May 2001, the company has expanded to include field sales and support offices in Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco and Charlotte. MCT is a recognized leader in the industry and currently supports more than 150 clients on the HALO (Hedging And Loan sales Optimization) Program. The company also develops and supports MCTlive!(TM), an award-winning real-time, trading and best-execution secondary marketing platform. MCT's LockCentral(TM) is the industry's largest outsourced centralized lock desk service. For more information, please visit http://www.mct-trading.com/ or call (619) 543-5111.

About PB Pacific Partners and PLar Analytics:

Founded in 2009, PB Partners, LLC is an established consulting firm focused on providing long-term capital markets advisory services for lenders. It developed an advanced, easy-to-use approach to mortgage servicing valuations called the Enhanced Servicing Model (ESM). PLar Analytics, LLC is a sister company to PB Partners that engineered a proprietary servicing solution that was licensed by lenders and vendors. It has a number of advantages not typically found in other servicing models. The founder of both companies, Philip Laren, is a well-respected mortgage banking professional in capital markets expertise.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Joe Bowerbank
Profundity Communications, Inc.
949-378-9685
jbowerbank@profunditymarketing.com

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Sunshine Capital, Inc. Announces New Controlling Interest In Company, New Business Plan and New Corporate Headquarters

DIB Funding Inc

PEMBROKE, Fla., Nov. 6, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sunshine Capital, Inc. (Pinksheets-SCNP) today announced that controlling interest of its publicly traded common shares has been acquired by newly formed Delaware company, DIB Funding, Inc., which has ownership of the forthcoming diversified media company, Widjits, Inc. It is anticipated that Widjits Inc. will become its own publicly traded company and possible dividend shares will be issued to existing shareholders of Sunshine Capital, Inc. as of a future dividend date.

The current Board of Directors and Company management have tendered their resignations and current President and CEO, Mr. James Bartel, will stay on with the company as a board member. Mr. Bartel established the company as Sunshine Capital, Inc. in 1988. Mr. Bartel has made sure this deal would benefit his shareholders in that no reverse split would occur in this transaction.

The Widjits brand will be developed alongside strategic lines, beginning with a cartoon strip and then leveraging its properties in nine key areas: social media, publishing, advertising, animation, video, web services, retail, apps and gaming. Three-dimensional (3D) development will begin as soon as possible. Widjits will principally target the youth markets and position itself in the mobile space as well as on PCs.

The main goal of Sunshine Capital, Inc. will be to build shareholders' value. In the coming months shareholders can expect to see a vast array of changes, including additions to the management team, new Board of Directors' members and the implementation of a new business plan. The company believes that a dramatic change will come to both the revenue and bottom line of the company through strategic mergers and acquisitions.

The execution of the business plan will include Sunshine Capital, Inc. becoming a holding company for a diverse group of profitable private companies. The company believes that within one year it will acquire a large enough company with audited financials that will allow Sunshine Capital, Inc. to obtain a listing on a higher exchange such as the American Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.

Due to dramatic changes that are about to occur to Sunshine Capital, Inc. the company will be updating its information on OTCMarkets.com website and its new corporate website once some of these changes have taken place. The company will announce shortly who will be chosen to lead Sunshine Capital, Inc. as its President and CEO. The company is currently in final negotiations with an expert in mergers and acquisitions who has a stellar track record with public companies.

The current corporate headquarters in Nevada will change immediately to: 15800 Pines Blvd., Suite 3061, Pembroke Pines, FL 33027. The company's new corporate phone number will also change to (561) 877-1747. The company's current Nevada office will continue to operate its security consulting business.

Forward-Looking Statements:

The private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking information made on the company's behalf. All statements, other than statements of historical facts which address the company's expectations of source of capital or which express the company's expectations for future with respect to financial performance or operating strategies, can be identified as forward-looking statements. Such statements made by the company are based on knowledge of the environment in which it operates, but because of factors previously listed, as well as other factors beyond control of company, actual results may differ materially from expectations expressed in forward-looking statements.

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Asentinel acquires eMOBUS – extends Mobility Managed Services portfolio

Telecom Expense Management

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 20, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Asentinel, a leading provider of lifecycle Technology and Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of eMOBUS, a rapidly growing disruptor in the field of Mobility Managed Services (MMS). Combining easy-to-use software and expert services, eMOBUS makes managing enterprise mobility frictionless, allowing companies to quickly lower costs, automate tedious support tasks and enable BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device).

Headquartered in San Diego, Calif. with a software development office in Silicon Valley, eMOBUS serves over 500 innovative companies like Netflix, Silicon Valley Bank and NetSuite. With the acquisition of eMOBUS, Asentinel will strengthen its MMS offering and accelerate its entry into the technology expense management market.

"We started eMOBUS with the vision to make managing mobility services frictionless for enterprises. Now joining the Asentinel team, we have the resources to expand this vision globally and into additional expense categories," said Moe Arnaiz, CEO of eMOBUS.

"Asentinel has developed a fully-integrated, end-to-end solution that delivers the TEM value proposition required by large enterprise clients," said Tim Whitehorn, Asentinel CEO. "With the addition of eMOBUS, we are uniquely positioned to address the explosive growth in the global TEM and Mobility marketplace." eMOBUS will be combined with the existing Asentinel offering.

About Asentinel:

Asentinel, a leading provider in Technology and Telecom Expense Management (TEM) and Mobility Managed Services (MMS), meets the needs of customers by providing lifecycle solutions delivered through a customer-focused, technology-driven SaaS platform. Asentinel holds the only comprehensive United States patents in TEM for its groundbreaking software. The company serves a growing client base of Global 2000, Fortune 1000 and multinational entities that rely on the power of TEM and MMS to reduce spend, automate processes, manage inventory and maximize business intelligence and actionable analytics. Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm with over $3B of capital under management, acquired Asentinel in 2014.

For more information, please visit https://www.asentinel.com/.

Media Contact: Jenny Wallace, of Asentinel, Jenny.wallace@asentinel.com or 901-312-6514.

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Verify Smart Corporation Acquires Controlling Interest in Surf Smart Solutions, LLC

financial fraud prevention

FERNLEY, Nev., Aug. 25, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Verify Smart Corporation (OTCBB: VSMR / OTCMKTS:VSMR), a global innovator in financial fraud prevention and digital content distribution to the mobile channel, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of 55 percent of Surf Smart Solutions, LLC a Wyoming based online software security company. Surf Smart Solutions markets patented anti-keylogging software through its web portal www.iSurfSmart.com and numerous other affiliated sites.

A keylogger is a malicious software program, usually called "spyware" or "malware," that records every keystroke made on a keyboard including mobile devices. Keyloggers can be installed without the user's knowledge or consent when visiting a website, reading an e-mail, installing a program, or performing other typical activities. Once installed, the keylogger records all keystrokes, and then e-mails the information and other data to the computer hacker.

Surf Smart keystroke encryption secures everything you type, in real time, at the point of origin (when you type on the keyboard), making your keystrokes invisible to undetected keyloggers hiding on your computer.

"This acquisition strengthens Verify Smart's position in the identity verification and computer security market place and positions us to take a leading role in combating the growing cybersecurity problem," commented Anthony Cinotti, President of Verify Smart Corp. "The most successful way to protect your keystrokes is by installing iSurfSMart anti-keylogging software in addition to your existing anti-virus software."

About Verify Smart Corporation:

Verify Smart Corp is an international technology company that develops and markets innovative solutions for the global wireless market. The company markets and licenses specialized applications for the prevention of debit/credit card and electronic transaction fraud in the global marketplace.

The company's patented technology, United States Patent No. 8,285,648 and various international patents dramatically reduces fraud for consumer clients, credit card companies, financial institutions and merchants by identifying the user in an electronic transaction.

The company is also focused on delivering and marketing innovative wireless channel solutions for Consumer Brands, Educational Institutions and primarily the Sports and Entertainment industries.

For more information, visit: http://www.verifysmartcorp.com/.

Contact Info:
Verify Smart Corporation Investor Relations
Info@verifysmartcorp.com
775-575-5897

Surf Smart Solutions, LLC
http://www.iSurfSmart.com/.

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EPIC expands Employee Benefits Practice with the acquisition of Executive Financial, Inc. in Southern California

Peter Lizotte

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 18, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today it has acquired Executive Financial, Inc., an employee benefits consulting firm specializing in executive benefits, life, and disability insurance strategies.

Founded in 1995 by Peter Lizotte, Los Angeles, Calif. based Executive Financial will considerably broaden the specialized brokerage and consulting services available to EPIC clients across the country and position the company for significant growth in the Executive Benefits segment.

"Peter and his team have built a terrific firm and practice," said Jim Gillette, EPIC Managing Principal in the Southern California Region. "Their addition is an exciting development in the continuing growth of EPIC. Our clients benefit significantly when we add top professionals with a unique and highly specialized practice who bring depth and expertise to our brokerage and consulting platforms."

Added Peter Lizotte, "As a part of EPIC, we now have access to best in class compliance, communication and wellness services, not only to support our existing clients but also to successfully compete for new business. Additionally, we are very excited about the opportunity to significantly expand our proprietary Executive Disability Income and Life insurance programs under the EPIC brand."

Since The Carlyle Group became the firm's major investment partner in December 2013, EPIC has completed nine strategic acquisitions/purchases, adding nearly 400 team members in multiple locations across the United States.

Peter Lizotte can be contacted at:
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Address: 4601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90010.
Phone: (323) 965-6408
Email: plizotte[at]executivefinancial.com.

About EPIC:

Headquartered in San Francisco, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has nationwide presence with a depth of industry expertise across key lines of insurance, including commercial property and casualty, employee benefits, unique specialty program insurance, and private client services. Since its founding in 2007, EPIC has grown revenue from $5 million to $160 million through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions, and remains a fixture on the insurance industry's "Best Places to Work" lists. Its strategic partners include private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Stone Point Capital.

To learn more, visit http://www.epicbrokers.com/.

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EPIC Strengthens Auto Dealer Programs with the acquisition of Sorci Insurance Brokerage Inc.

Workers Compensation Insurance

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 12, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property & casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today it has acquired Sorci Insurance Brokerage, Inc., a specialist in providing comprehensive Workers' Compensation Insurance services to New Car Auto Dealers in California.

Founded in 1979 by Tom Sorci, Los Gatos, Calif. based Sorci Insurance Brokerage will further broaden the specialized Workers' Compensation Insurance consulting services available to EPIC clients, particularly new car auto dealers - a long time area of expertise and focus for the firm. EPIC has been the licensed broker providing Workers' Compensation Insurance and Employee Benefits Programs to members of the California New Car Dealers Association since 2011.

"The addition of Tom and his team is an exciting development in the continuing growth of EPIC," said Curt Perata, EPIC Regional Director of Property & Casualty in Northern California. "Our clients benefit significantly when we add top professionals like the Sorci team with unique and highly specialized consulting skills and experience."

Tom Sorci added, "We are very proud of the fact that we have always adhered to the simple philosophy of doing what's in the best interest of the client, and extremely pleased that this philosophy aligns with EPIC's culture. As part of EPIC, we will have access to more resources, experienced professionals in multiple disciplines, and extensive insurance company relationships - all of which will benefit our clients."

Sorci went on to say, "The Sorci Insurance team has been together for more than twenty-five years and we are all very pleased that we will remain together as we join EPIC. Now united, the best is yet to come."

Since The Carlyle Group became the firm's major investment partner in December 2013, EPIC has completed eight strategic acquisitions/purchases, adding more than 300 team members in 14 new locations across the United States.

Tom Sorci can be contacted at:
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
15495 Los Gatos Blvd. #7, Los Gatos, CA 95032
877-356-3399
tom.sorci[at]epicbrokers.com.

About EPIC:

Headquartered in San Francisco, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has nationwide presence with a depth of industry expertise across key lines of insurance, including commercial property and casualty, employee benefits, unique specialty program insurance, and private client services. Since its founding in 2007, EPIC has grown revenue from $5 million to $160 million through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions, and remains a fixture on the insurance industry's "Best Places to Work" lists. Its strategic partners include private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Stone Point Capital. To learn more, visit http://www.epicbrokers.com/.

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Protector Holdings Acquires Oasis South Insurance Services

Premier Insurance Services

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March, 31, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Protector Holdings, a joint venture of EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) and Dowling Capital Partners, announced today the acquisition of Oasis South Insurance Services.

With 8 locations across California's San Diego County, Oasis South specializes in providing insurance services to Hispanic consumers, writing auto, motorcycle, RV, boat, homeowners and renters insurance coverage.

"With the addition of Oasis South to our Premier Insurance Services brand portfolio, we now have more than 30 Premier locations across California and the West," said Protector Holdings CEO Paul Areida.

Premier Insurance Services, acquired by Protector Holdings in 2013, targets the growing Hispanic Community in California, providing a wide range of insurance products and services specifically tailored to the cultural preferences of Latino consumers.

Areida added, "Respectfully and effectively serving the needs of the Hispanic community has enabled Premier to more than triple its customer base since June, 2013. The addition of Oasis South and the expansion of our operations in San Diego County is an important step in realizing our vision to become the premier provider of insurance services to the Latino marketplace in California and the West."

About Protector Holdings and Premier Insurance Services:

Protector Holdings was founded in June 2013 as a partnership between EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance broker/consultant; insurance-focused private equity firm Dowling Capital Partners (DCP); and Premier Insurance Services.

Premier Insurance Services specializes in providing a range of insurance products and services to the Hispanic market in the Western United States. Since its formation in 2004 with a single office in Bakersfield, Calif., Premier has added locations across the state and is now one of the largest non-standard automobile brokers in California.

For more information, visit: http://protectorholdings.com/ .

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Emilio N. Francisco, PDC CEO, Announces Acquisition of EB-5 Regional Center

private equity firm

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 27, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Emilio N. Francisco, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of private equity firm PDC Capital Group (www.pdccapitalgroup.com), announced the acquisition of ZGlobal Southern California EB-5 Investment Regional Center (http://zglobalregionalcenter.com).

The EB-5 visa is a federal program launched in 1990 that allows foreign nationals to apply for permanent residency in the U.S. in exchange for investing $1 million in a U.S. business. Each investment is required to generate at least 10 jobs.

ZGlobal has been designated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to provide investment opportunities to foreign investors interested in participating in the EB-5 Investor Visa Program and obtaining green cards.

One advantage to designation as a regional center is that a regional center can claim indirect job creation resulting from investment projects. The ability to claim the creation of indirect jobs allows the applicant to more easily meet the EB-5 program job creation requirements.

PDC Capital Group is a private equity firm that specializes in real estate development projects funded through EB-5 visa investments.

"We are very excited about our partnership with ZGlobal Regional Center," said Emilio N. Francisco, Chief Executive Officer of PDC Capital Group. "Working through the center will give us a broader platform to connect with investors interested in our EB-5 projects."

About PDC Capital Group:

PDC Capital Group, LLC, is a private equity firm specializing in EB-5 investment projects. In identifying and executing new projects, PDC Capital Group's goal is success for three groups: success for investors, success for the community where the project is located, and success for its project partners. For more information, please visit http://www.pdccapitalgroup.com/ .

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Energy Optimizers, USA sells lighting affiliate Lighting Optimizers, USA to focus on core business

Greg Smith

TIPP CITY, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The owners of Energy Optimizers, USA have sold its affiliate company, Lighting Optimizers, USA, to Eco Engineering. This decision was made to ensure continued world-class service for Energy Optimizers' clients, while allowing the company to focus on and expand its core business of vendor-neutral energy efficiency projects for the educational, governmental, commercial and industrial markets.

Eco Engineering has acquired all of the assets of Lighting Optimizers, USA, and will become the principal provider of lighting design and upgrade services to Energy Optimizers, USA. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nearly 100% of Lighting Optimizers, USA's associates were hired as full-time associates by Eco Engineering.

Greg Smith, president of Energy Optimizers, USA, and wife Stephanie founded Lighting Optimizers, USA, in 2011 to provide turnkey, professional lighting retrofit design and installation services for Energy Optimizers. Both companies, Energy Optimizers and Lighting Optimizers, have experienced tremendous growth in the past few years, topping numerous lists for fastest growing companies including Forbes Magazine's Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the United States.

"We realized that we needed to step back and focus on the core business, but not until we found a partner that could provide the same standards of quality, professionalism, competitive pricing and innovation that we demand of ourselves for our customers," Smith said.

Lighting is Eco Engineering's specialty, and Eco Engineering will become Energy Optimizers' partner in managing the lighting portion of their energy management agreements. "The services Eco Engineering provides are a natural fit for us," Smith said. "By combining the buying power of the two companies, we will be able to provide our customers the most competitive pricing while utilizing high quality products and service for our Energy Optimizers customers."

Both companies are working together to ensure that all current projects are completed as promised and to meet client expectations for satisfaction.

"There will be no change to clients in the pricing, implementation, warranty or management of current or proposed projects." said Bob Hausmann, Senior Project Manager for Energy Optimizers, USA.

Energy Optimizers, USA has experienced rapid growth since the business began in 2009. The company is ranked in the Top 500 of INC. Magazine's list of 5,000 fastest growing companies in the U.S. (2014) and was named the Fastest Growing Company in the region for two consecutive years by the Dayton Business Journal (2013, 2014).

Energy Optimizers, USA will expand its reach into the K-12 and higher education markets throughout the Midwest while delving more deeply into the local government, commercial and industrial markets. To date, customers have saved more than $8.4 million in energy costs while improving their facilities and protecting the environment. The companies eclipsed $14 million in revenue in 2014 and seek to reach $20 million in revenue by 2016.

About Energy Optimizers, USA:

Energy Optimizers, USA works with educational, governmental, commercial and industrial customers to implement energy savings opportunities to reduce operational costs, including lighting retrofits, renewable energy projects (wind and solar), HVAC retrofit projects, building automation retrofits and energy education programs. The company is ranked in Top 500 of INC. Magazine's list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in the U.S. (2014), was named the Fastest Growing Company in the region for two consecutive years by the Dayton Business Journal (2013, 2014), and was named a BBB Eclipse Integrity Award Finalist (2012).

To learn more about Energy Optimizers, USA, visit their website at http://energyoptusa.com/ or call them at (937) 877-1919.

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