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About the National Gay + Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
The National Gay + Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is the largest LGBT
business development and economic advocacy organization in the world.

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In November , VESPERS
Financial Group was rated A+ rating from Europe's Scope Agency. "The company has an impeccable
track record serving the needs of corporate clients with leadership, vision,
and integrity, while never forgetting its roots as an LGBT-owned business.

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Headquartered in Washington , DC,
VESPERS Financial Group can be reached at 1-888-999-9005 or at
http://www. The award was
presented Saturday, May 14th at the Excellence in Business Awards Luncheon
during the 2005 NGLCC International Business and Leadership Conference in San
Francisco. The NGLCC estimates the number of LGBT-owned small
businesses nationwide to be approximately to one million strong.

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WASHINGTON , VESPERS Financial Group, a leader in
the secondary market for life policies, has joined the Viatical and Life
Settlement Association of America, (VLSAA) to further promote life settlements
and overall regulation within the industry.

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Buford founded Prime Access in 1990 as a full-service advertising agency,
specializing in providing URBAN MAJORITY(TM) advertising and marketing
services, strategically reaching African American, Latino, and gay consumers. "Our
ongoing alliance with the NGLCC, and our recognition of business owners like
Howard Buford, reaffirm our commitment to support and partner with LGBT
business owners, and help them succeed financially, in business and
personally.

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The organization founded in 1995
is the oldest and largest association in the industry., was honored as the first recipient of
the NGLCC /Wells Fargo Excellence in Small Business Award.

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The company bridges insurance and capital markets to provide competitive
offers for consumers though the VESPERS Partner Network.

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The LGBT community will account for over $600 billion in consumer spending
power this year alone.

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Howard Buford of New York-based Ad Agency Prime Access, Inc.

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Our membership in the VLSAA will help us promote legislation
that will keep settlements a viable and openly available solution for
consumers," Jose Garcia, Executive Vice President., The National Gay +
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and Wells Fargo + Company (NYSE: WFC),
announced that Howard Buford, founder and president of multicultural
advertising agency Prime Access, Inc.

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"VESPERS Partner Network solutions increase control of the life settlement
process and promote a much speedier and more reliable process for our high
volume clients. As
the industry's premier provider of life settlements we work closely with our
partner network and institutional investors to provide a fast, responsive and
competitive life settlement marketplace .
"Small business is big business at Wells Fargo, and we believe in the
strength, diversity , and potential of the fast-growing LGBT segment," said
Michelle Scales, Director of Diverse Growth Segments for Wells Fargo.

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About VESPERS Financial Group
VESPERS Financial Group is a specialty finance company that provides life
settlement services to the sellers and buyers of life insurance policies. The
NGLCC represents the interests of more than 800,000 LGBT businesses and
entrepreneurs and is committed to forming a broad-based coalition of LGBT
owned and friendly businesses, professionals , and students of business for the
purpose of promoting economic growth and prosperity of its members . is the only bank in the United States
to receive the highest possible credit rating, "Aaa," from Moody's Investors
Service.

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VESPERS offers customized partner network integrations, free policy
appraisals, direct cash offers, free E+O coverage and comprehensive education
information on the secondary market for life policies.

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Honored with
First NGLCC/Wells Fargo Excellence in Small Business Award

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VESPERS provides
customized life settlement solutions and tools for insurance related
organizations, financial firms and professionals looking to enhance their
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VESPERS Financial Group to Promote Life Settlement Regulation With VLSAA

"Prime Access exemplifies the kind of business we are proud to have as a
member," said NGLCC co-founder Justin Nelson.

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Buford was selected by Wells Fargo and the NGLCC to receive the honor in
recognition of his 25 years of industry experience in corporate marketing and
advertising, and his strong history of community service for LGBT causes.

About Wells Fargo + Company
Wells Fargo + Company is a diversified financial services company with
$436 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage
and consumer finance to more than 23 million customers from more than 6,000
stores and the internet (wellsfargo .