Credit Manager’s Index Preview: New Data Will Fuel Optimists and Pessimists...
The Credit Managers' Index, to be unveiled Wednesday afternoon, is set to show the overall index was largely unchanged over the last month. But, given that September had been seen as a major success,...
View ArticleCMI Preview 1: January Maintains Gains, Signaling Potential for Staying Power
The January Credit Manager’s Index (CMI), to be unveiled Tuesday afternoon, is expected to illustrate a small positive increase from the holiday-assisted December index. It’s much like the positive out...
View ArticleCMI Preview: Gains Continue in February
Expect to see continued gains from the February Credit Managers’ Index (CMI) when it’s released Wednesday morning. In addition to solid growth in the overall index, certain key categories received a...
View ArticleSWIFT-ICC Collaborate on “Electronic Letter of Credit”
Two global service providers recently joined forces to create a new way to facilitate trade finance. SWIFT, a financial messaging provider for institutions in 210 countries, and the banking commission...
View ArticleNew Credit Managers’ Index Confirms Third Spring Slump in As Many Years
The latest Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), now available at NACM’s website (www.nacm.org), finds an manufacturing and service sector swoons in play yet again in 2012 despite what was seen as strong...
View ArticleCredit Congress '12: Kahn, Wynn Deliver Positive Super Session Rallying Calls
NACM National Chairman Marshall Kahn, CCE, kicked off the second full day of the 2012 Credit Congress with news that NACM enjoyed its second consecutive year of profitability after a couple of lean...
View ArticleNY Fed Study Find Small Businesses Struggling to Garner Credit
A poll of small business owners finds that the perception on the street is that it is unlikely they’ll be approved for the credit they ask for – whether via a partial amount granted or full-on denial...
View ArticleBanks Optimistic on Small Business Lending
Small business lending is expected to increase according to the most recent survey of bank risk professionals published by the Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO). Bankers expressed widespread optimism...
View ArticleCredit Managers’ Index for October Falls
The October Credit Managers’ Index, available now at www.nacm.org, reflected the mood of the overall economy, one with some aspects point in a positive direction and others decidely the opposite. The...
View ArticleSales Woes Have Negative Impact on Credit Managers’ Index for December
Though a number of favorable factors that help comprise the National Association of Credit Management’s Credit Mangers’ Index (CMI), problems with sales ultimately outweighed the positive toward the...
View ArticleCMI Sends Mixed Signals, Dips Slightly in January
The January Credit Managers' Index (CMI), published by the National Association of Credit Management (NACM), dipped slightly as it painted the picture of an economy in transition. To find the kind of...
View ArticleCMI Celebrates 10 Years of Remarkably Accurate Economic Predictions
The latest edition of the National Association of Credit Management's (NACM's) Credit Managers' Index (CMI) marks its 10th-year anniversary of providing financial professionals, economists and...
View ArticleCredit Managers’ Index Expected to Rebound
The Credit Managers’ Index (CMI), due for release by NACM on Thursday morning, isn’t expected to set any records, but the February statistics do appear set to track more favorably than in January. One...
View ArticleNACM Unveils Certified Credit and Risk Analyst Designation to Focus on...
New learning tracks and the evolution of professional designations are part and parcel for keeping up with the varying and progressing needs of today’s business professionals, including those in...
View ArticleIndustries to Watch: Solar
As predicted in a 2011 Business Credit magazine article, the United States’ solar energy industry has taken its share of lumps over the last two years, but there are still those purporting the massive...
View ArticleCredit Managers’ Index for April Posts Significant Decline
The National Association of Credit Management’s CMI for April 2013 for April 2013, available by Tuesday afternoon, is expected to report less than optimistic conditions, including more companies...
View ArticleFCIB Partners with U.S. Agencies, Expands Role as Export Facilitator
The Finance, Credit and International Business Association (FCIB) is already an important global source of exporting education and professional networking. Now, however, the association is expanding...
View ArticleBradbury, Van Damme Honored by FCIB in Prague
At this week’s Finance, Credit and International Business Association’s (FCIB’s) Annual International Credit and Risk Management Summit in Prague, two FCIB members—Angela Bradbury, ICCE and Daniel Van...
View ArticleFCIB Prague: Late Payment Directive Cultural Change Could be Slow, Still...
In a meeting that followed the Finance, Credit and International Business Association’s (FCIB’s) Annual International Credit and Risk Management Summit, members of the European Commission promoted the...
View ArticleFCIB Hosting Spring Conference at NACM’s 117th Credit Congress & Exposition
The Finance, Credit and International Business Association (FCIB) will hold its first Spring Conference at the National Association of Credit Management’s (NACM’s) 117th Credit Congress &...
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