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NEXA Lending Launches NEXA Unlimited, Giving Loan Officers Access to 100% of All Loans

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PHOENIX, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NEXA Lending today announced the launch of NEXA Unlimited, a new model designed to fundamentally change what loan officers should expect from their mortgage company.

Through NEXA Unlimited, loan officers can access 100% of the revenues from NEXA loans. No flat fee, no added per-file fee, no correspondent funding fee, no margin added because NEXA shares the purchase advices on every single loan, AND no closing fee. For NEXA CEO Mike Kortas, the premise is simple: loan officers should receive all of the value they create.

“We are providing loan officers access to 100% of the revenues from their NEXA loans,” Kortas said. “If you are producing the business, building the relationships, serving the borrower, and creating the revenue, we believe you should have access to all of it. NEXA Unlimited is about giving great producers what they deserve.”

The significance of NEXA Unlimited goes beyond another company program. NEXA believes it represents a direct challenge to one of the most established economic models in the independent mortgage broker channel: the flat fee as well as all retail models.

Across the broker channel, loan officers routinely encounter flat fees, funding fees, file fees, correspondent fees, closing fees, additional margins, or other transaction-level charges on funded loans.

NEXA Unlimited is not designed to lower those fees, it is designed to eliminate them.

“The question I would ask every top-producing loan officer in America is simple: how does your current company compete with this?” Kortas said. “If you are giving away revenues on every transaction that you do not have to give away, why? What are you getting in return? And if you are a broker owner, you have to ask yourself the same question. How are you going to compete for great producers when someone else can provide them more?”

The Math Behind NEXA Unlimited

The model is aggressive enough that even members of NEXA’s own executive team initially questioned whether the economics could work.

“When Mike first brought this model to me, I thought he was crazy. I genuinely did not believe the math could work,” said Von Maharaj, CFO of NEXA Lending. “Then we ran the numbers…”

According to Maharaj, NEXA’s scale, recent acquisitions, growing production volume, and deliberately lean operating structure fundamentally changed what the company could make possible.

“With the scale NEXA has already achieved, the additional volume coming into the organization, and the incredibly lean way we operate, the math absolutely works,” Maharaj said. “This is a volume business and NEXA has reached a scale where we can provide more to the loan officer while continuing to operate a strong and sustainable company. What initially looked crazy started looking a lot more like genius once you got under the hood.”

NEXA operates with significantly less traditional fixed infrastructure than many mortgage companies, allowing the organization to remain lean and nimble as it grows, that speed was evident in the creation of NEXA Unlimited.

Kortas first began discussing the concept with Maharaj on a Sunday evening and the finance team immediately began modeling the economics and evaluating what additional volume would be required to support it. Within hours, leadership had validated the model.

“We can make decisions differently because of how this company is built,” Maharaj said. “We can run the numbers, validate the economics, get leadership aligned, and move. That ability to evolve quickly is one of the things that makes NEXA different.”

“Too Good to Be True”

Kortas is also directly confronting what he says is one of the most common reactions when mortgage professionals first understand NEXA’s economics.

“It sounds too good to be true.” His answer is simple, it is true.

NEXA has grown to more than 4,000 loan officers and continues to expand through mostly organic growth and some strategic acquisitions. Its business model is built around scale, volume, operational efficiency, and a broader ecosystem of businesses and systems rather than depending solely on revenue taken from each individual transaction.

“NEXA makes money,” Kortas said. “We have simply built the company differently. We do not believe the answer has to be taking more and more from the loan officer on every transaction. NEXA Unlimited is possible because we have spent years building scale and creating a model that does not depend on that. I don’t need to make money on individual loans anymore, I make money on volume.”

A Challenge to the Traditional Mortgage Company

The launch comes as established mortgage entrepreneurs are increasingly evaluating whether maintaining the cost, infrastructure, compliance burden, and administrative responsibility of a standalone mortgage company still creates the best outcome for their businesses and their loan officers.

Recent additions including Anthony Casa and UMortgage, as well as more to be announced later this week, reflect what Kortas sees as a larger industry shift.

For some owners, becoming part of NEXA does not mean becoming less entrepreneurial, it can mean becoming more entrepreneurial. One company preparing to make that move later this week described the opportunity as a chance to become more entrepreneurial than ever by eliminating many of the operational burdens that had previously consumed time and resources. By removing many of the headaches associated with running a standalone mortgage company, owners can redirect their attention toward production, leadership, relationships, growth, and the businesses they actually want to build.

“If you are a broker owner, put the ego and the title aside for a minute and ask what is actually best for your loan officers, your business, and your family,” Kortas said. “If you are running a small or midsize IMB and carrying all of that overhead, compliance responsibility, infrastructure, and stress, call us. Let us show you another way, and if you are a producer somewhere else receiving less and getting less, ask yourself why.”

For Kortas, NEXA Unlimited is ultimately about resetting expectations.

Loan officers generate extraordinary value for mortgage companies; they build the relationships, they earn the trust, they find the borrowers, and they originate the loans. NEXA believes the economics should reflect that.

The next era of the independent mortgage industry will not be defined by which company can charge the lowest flat fee, it will be defined by which company is willing to give the loan officer everything, NEXA believes that number should be 100%.

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AGFUND wins international award for excellence in inclusive banking and social impact

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 Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal credits the founders of AGFUND’s microfinance banks for laying the foundations of its development impact

BANGKOK, Oct. 17, 2026 /CNW/ — The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) won the “Excellence in Inclusive Banking and Social Impact” award at the 2026 Sustainable Development Goals Awards, organized by the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) in cooperation with the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG).

AGFUND CEO Hammam bin Nasser bin Juraid accepted the award in Bangkok, Thailand, alongside the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.

HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, President of AGFUND, said the recognition acknowledges AGFUND’s experience using financial services to empower underserved communities, strengthen livelihoods and promote economic independence.

He credited the founders of AGFUND’s microfinance banks, particularly the late Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, for establishing institutions centered on empowering people.

He added that the award reflects over two decades of commitment, the dedication of financial inclusion banks and partners, and clients who transformed financing into businesses and family income. He emphasized expanding opportunities and measuring success through lasting improvements in people’s lives.

Prince Abdulaziz stressed that the recognition reflects the value of institutions reaching excluded populations and encourages broader access and economic opportunities for families.

AGFUND’s financial inclusion banking network has served more than 1.3 million clients and disbursed over US$1.37 billion in financing since inception. Women represent 59 per cent of borrowers, demonstrating its contribution to economic empowerment.

Presented by WSBI, established in 1924, together with ESBG, the award recognizes an approach linking financial services, social impact and sustainable development.

Following its first bank in Jordan in 2004, AGFUND expanded across nine countries: Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Mauritania and Sierra Leone, focusing on communities underserved by conventional financial institutions.

The network has issued more than 1.5 million loans, opened over 927,000 savings accounts, established 112 branches and employed more than 1,500 people. Its services finance micro and small enterprises and income-generating activities, improving livelihoods and economic independence.

AGFUND plans to strengthen development partnerships, advance digital solutions and innovative financial products, and integrate financing with training, capacity development, market access and risk protection.

It is also exploring geographic expansion, particularly in Africa, through institutional partnerships that adapt successful approaches to local needs and extend sustainable financial inclusion to more communities.

Website – https://agfund.org/

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GAC Showcases Multiple Models at Canton Fair: Systemic Global Expansion as a Response to High‑Level Opening‑Up

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GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On 15 October, the 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) kicked off in Guangzhou. Dubbed “China’s No.1 Exhibition” with a 70‑year history, it serves as a vital window for global merchants to understand China, and one of GAC’s stages to connect with the world. For international buyers, GAC serves not only as a sourcing platform but as a trusted channel for experiencing Chinese automotive innovation and building long-term local partnerships. Having made its debut in 2012, GAC has participated in the fair 30 times to date. Together with the Canton Fair, it has witnessed the transformation of Made‑in‑China products into Chinese global brands.

This transformation is reflected in GAC’s global expansion journey through a string of continuously refreshed sales figures. Overseas sales stood at 90,000 units in 2024, hit 130,000 units in 2025, and exceeded 197,000 units in January‑September 2026, representing a year‑on‑year surge of 138.9%. GAC is sprinting full steam ahead toward its annual target of 300,000 overseas units. GAC has accomplished a shift from “product export” to “system‑level global expansion”.

At the GAC booth, XT80, AION i60 and AISTALAND GX7 showcased intelligent driving, three-electric systems and premium cabins. The energy-ecology zone featured DC ultra-fast charging piles, 7 kW smart home chargers, multi-in-one electric drive units and PV-Storage-Charging-Swapping Technology, addressing range anxiety. Opening day drew buyers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and Africa. At the Music & Cuisine Festival, GAC built three immersive spaces blending smart mobility, Cantonese cuisine, camping and sports. The XT80, AION N60, GAC S7 and AISTALAND GT7 served as lifestyle carriers, letting guests enjoy morning tea, global cuisines and intangible cultural heritage.

GAC will advance its ONE GAC 2.0 strategy, deepening localized operations and expanding its systematic global layout. As a tribute to the Canton Fair’s 70th anniversary and a new business card for China’s auto industry, GAC will help drive Chinese intelligent manufacturing onto the global stage.

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Highland and Bath Counties, Virginia Go Live on a Shared Caliber Hosted CAD Environment

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Two neighboring rural counties, two dispatch centers, one common platform supporting more than 900 square miles of mountainous terrain

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Caliber Public Safety announced that Highland County and Bath County, Virginia went live on Caliber Hosted CAD on Tuesday, October 6, with both counties operating within a shared hosted environment. The arrangement gives each county its own dispatch operation while placing both on a common platform, creating a practical foundation for coordination between two neighboring jurisdictions.

For rural agencies, interoperability is usually a question of what happens when an incident crosses a county line. Mutual aid is routine in this part of western Virginia, where Highland County covers roughly 416 square miles with about 2,300 residents, and Bath County covers more than 500 square miles with about 4,100 residents. Together, the two counties serve a largely forested and mountainous service area with a small number of dispatchers and responders on any given shift.

The shared tenant approach addresses that directly. Each county retains the configuration, workflows, and local control it needs to run its own center. Both counties work from the same underlying platform, which removes the technical barriers that normally sit between separate CAD systems in adjacent jurisdictions.

“Two counties sharing one hosted CAD environment is not something you see often in rural public safety, and it took real coordination between both counties and our teams to get there,” said Michael Sturgeon, Senior Project Manager at Caliber Public Safety. “What matters is what the dispatchers and responders have now. Each county runs its own center the way it needs to, and neither one is working in isolation anymore.”

Capabilities Delivered

Highland County, which joined the Caliber CAD customer base with this project, is now operating Hosted CAD with integrated mapping and CJIS query, along with Google Places address validation and a LinX interface for regional information sharing. The county also uses Caliber’s Online RMS for sworn and non-sworn personnel. For dispatchers covering a county with one of the highest mean elevations east of the Mississippi River, verified addressing and immediate access to criminal justice data reduce the guesswork that slows down a call.

Bath County is operating Hosted CAD with mapping and CJIS query, plus interfaces to PulsePoint, RapidSOS with alerts. The RapidSOS connections put caller location and device data in front of the dispatcher at the start of the call, which matters in terrain where a caller may not be able to describe where they are. The PulsePoint interface extends cardiac arrest notifications to trained citizens and off-duty responders nearby, a meaningful addition in a county where response distances are long.

A Migration, Not Just an Implementation

Bath County has been a Caliber premise CAD and Online RMS customer for years. As part of this project, the county moved its premise-based system onto Hosted CAD, and Caliber completed a data conversion to bring the historical CAD databases forward into the new environment.

That piece is often the sticking point for agencies considering a move off a premise system. Years of call history, incident records, and master index data represent case continuity, state reporting obligations, and institutional knowledge. Data conversion is a formal, structured component of every Caliber implementation, with Caliber’s team managing the technical transformation, validation, and loading so that historically critical records carry over intact.

Caliber products are hosted at Nlets, the International Justice and Public Safety Network, and meet FBI CJIS policies, standards, and guidelines. The facilities include multi-site hot backup disaster recovery and redundant network paths to key state and federal entities.

Project Teams

The go-live required coordination among both counties and Caliber’s Professional Services, Deployment, Training, Engineering, and Support teams. Caliber congratulates the public safety professionals of Highland County and Bath County on a successful implementation and looks forward to a fruitful partnership.

About Caliber Public Safety

Caliber Public Safety provides integrated technology solutions for law enforcement, fire/EMS, corrections, and 911 communications agencies. The Caliber platform includes CAD, Mobile, Online RMS, and JailTracker, all built by and for public safety professionals. With a focus on reliability, interoperability, and ease of use, Caliber serves hundreds of agencies across the country, helping first responders spend less time on technology and more time serving their communities.

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