Bankers Integration Group Strengthens State of Art Online Financing For Auto Dealers With Five Additional Lenders

DETROIT, Sept. 8 -- Bankers Integration Group (BIG) Inc., a state-of-the-art decisioning engine that approves auto loans in real-time, today announced an alliance with five more lenders. They are:

  *  Bay View Acceptance Corporation
  *  Consumer Portfolio Services
  *  Crescent Bank & Trust
  *  InterState Net Bank
  *  Nationwide Acceptance

Mike Dunn, Bankers Integration Group Chairman and CEO, and Ted Cunningham, Vice Chairman of Sales and Marketing, announced the new lenders.

The new lending partners join National City Bank and Fireside Bank to the portfolio of institutions providing loans to auto dealers around the country through the BIGFNI technology.

Bankers Integration Group, which is being spearheaded by Harold "Red" Poling, the former Chairman of Ford Motor Company and Ted Cunningham, former Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing for DaimlerChrysler, is a leading finance and insurance portal and application provider. BIG works with some of the most respected technology and information systems firms in the country for auto dealers to increase their loan business and find the best possible financing online.

"BIGFNI is a win-win for auto dealers," Dunn said. "Dealers have, at their disposal, both the lenders and the decisioning software they need in today's fast-paced, competitive, selling climate. And now with the addition of these new lenders, we are providing the dealer with a full spectrum of lending options ... from prime to sub-prime to extended term."

BIGFNI also provides dealers with assistance in the important management arena of compliance issues such as FTC Safeguards Rule, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Patriot Act. BIG does not charge for these services ... they pay the dealer to use their system.

Headquartered in Laguna Niguel, CA and its sales/marketing office in Detroit, there is additional information on Bankers Integration Group available at http://www.bigfni.com/ .