Category Archives: FCIB / NACM

SME Access to Finance in the USA: Small Business Lending Fund Successful but Future Uncertain

The U.S. Treasury reported this week that the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) seems to have done its job. Institutions involved with the program significantly increased their lending to small businesses by $3.5 billion over a $35.9 billion baseline, which … Continue reading

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Economy, Politics, Poor Credit Climate are Credit Professionals’ Top 2012 Concerns

Credit professionals still consider the economy to be their biggest concern for the coming year, according to an annual survey conducted by NACM. For the third straight year, when asked “Looking forward to 2012, as a credit professional, what are … Continue reading

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Ten Years on, China Still Dragging Its Feet on WTO Compliance

China celebrated the tenth anniversary of its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) recently, however a report from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) finds that even after a decade, the booming Asian giant is still falling short on its … Continue reading

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How to Assess and Manage Credit in China

As part of its “Doing Business In” series the recent credit management conference of FCIB (Vienna October 2011) featured a presentation by Dr. Stanki Yuen of the Hong Kong based International Risk Management Consultancy.    The presentation examined the cultural and … Continue reading

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US Bankruptcies Likely to Increase

US Bankruptcies Likely to Increase Though quieter and less market-riling than a move weeks ago by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the United States’ sovereign credit rating on debt and global economic slowdown concerns, another firm has issued a sort … Continue reading

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FCIB Annual International Credit & Risk Management Summit

When:  May 13 – 15, 2012 Where: Le Royal Meridien Hotel, Hamburg, Germany For details visit www.fcibglobal.com

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FCIB’s Annual International Credit & Risk Management Conference

Date:  October 16-18, 2011 Place: Imperial Riding School (Renaissance Hotel) • Vienna, Austria For further information and registration contact:  FCIB’s Annual International Credit & Risk Management Conference℠

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Credit Information: What does ‘Freshly Investigated Credit Reports Mean’?

On June 13, 2011 BIIA posted a story “Customers Turn Competitors” discussing the offering of ‘freshly investigated credit reports’ by credit management associations.  The story was prompted by a discussion within BIIA what ‘freshly investigated credit reports’ means in terms … Continue reading

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Credit Information: Customers Turn Competitors

David Worlock, Co-Chair, Outsell Leadership Programs; Founder of Electronic Publishing and Chairman of BIIA said some time ago:  “One of the oldest maxims of electronic publishing is that customers are the next competitors” This is precisely what is going on … Continue reading

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