Monthly Archives: May 2011

BOL Joins D&B in Launching ‘Online Trust Solutions’

Mr. Min Intanate, Executive Chairman of Business Online Public Company Limited and D&B Thailand attended the press launch of ‘OTS: Online Trust Solutions’ at Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok, with Mr. Sahas Treetippabut, President of Thai e-Commerce Association. OTS or Online … Continue reading

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TransUnion Reports First Quarter 2011 Results: EBITDA up 11.5%

TransUnion Corporation reported revenue of $245.9 million for the first quarter, an increase of 8.3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2010.  On a constant currency basis, revenues increased 5.9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2010.  Operating … Continue reading

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Equifax: Risk Scores Leverage Data on 25M+ Small Businesses, Provide Greater Predictive Power

Recognizing the emerging needs of today’s lenders and trade creditors, Equifax has developed a new class of business scoring solutions that provide a more complete view of how a company meets its credit obligations during changing economic conditions. This new … Continue reading

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Country Risk Climate: Trends To Keep An Eye On

Belarus – another big devaluation and an economy on the verge of a melt-down Greece – the plot is thickening Tanzania – a widening but non-threatening external deficit To read the full story click on the attachment:  Weekly Focus 5-26-11 … Continue reading

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Key Management Changes at D&B

 D&B announced the appointment of four key executives effective June 1 2011: Richard H. Veldran is appointed Chief Financial Officer for D&B reporting to the CEO. Mr. Veldran, currently our Chief Strategy Officer, joined D&B in 2003 and held positions … Continue reading

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People’s Bank of China issues 27 E-payment Licenses

The People’s Bank of China issued electronic payment licenses to 27 qualified third-party payment platforms in China on May 26th 2011 Alipay.com Co Ltd (Alibaba Group); Tenpay.com (Tencent Holdings Ltd) and Shanpay (Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd) were the three most … Continue reading

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Sinotrust Organized Credit Risk Management for China Domestic Funded Enterprise 2011 Forum

On March 29, the “Credit Risk Management for China Domestic Funded Enterprise 2011 Forum” organized by Sinotrust was held in Beijing to address such issues as status quo & development trend, effective instruments and tools, successful practices and cases of … Continue reading

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News from the NACM Credit Congress: Beware of Obfuscation and Fraud on the Internet

During the Executive Exchange session on Collections, Lynnett Harman noted that using the web and various social media platforms has proven very helpful not just in brand building, but with collections of information. However, when using any of these, credit … Continue reading

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News from the NACM Credit Congress

 As trite as it may sound, credit professionals continued to be asked to “do more with less.” Evidence of this was quite noticeable during a pair of Executive Exchange sessions at NACM’s 2011 Credit Congress in Nashville as the need … Continue reading

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Sinotrust Releases Analysis of the Chinese MPV Market in 2010

 The growth of the MPV market will outpace that of the sedan market in the future Beijing, April 8, 2011—-In 2010 the narrowly defined passenger vehicle market achieved a sales volume over 11 million units. Among its various segments, the … Continue reading

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