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Written By: United TranzActions In today’s digital age, convenience and flexibility are paramount. As more consumers shift towards online shopping and digital transactions, businesses must adapt to meet these changing demands. Offering your customers the ability to pay online and

Kendall Payton, social media manager Artificial intelligence is an ever-evolving tool, integrating itself into society. AI can be used for simple and complex tasks—whether for creating grocery lists and meal plans or as complicated as coming up with a workout

Jamilex Gotay, senior editorial associate In an ever-changing and often volatile economy, the B2B credit sector is constantly evolving, demanding that professionals adapt and innovate. However, staying ahead of the curve can be challenging without the right resources. NACM’s Thought

Scott Blakeley, Esq. A payment trend affecting credit teams across all industries is customers disregarding supplier-set trade terms, and extending these terms. Private U.S. companies reported a continued increase in their average accounts-receivable days. This is despite the fact that

Written By SupplierWiki The Tortured Supplier’s DepartmentHey NACM Members, We’re SupplierWiki. We create free educational content for retail suppliers, helping them recover from deductions and chargebacks and ultimately become A+ suppliers. Our articles and free resources cover major retailers like

A heartfelt shoutout to everyone who rocked the house at our two Foundation Fundraising events! Your incredible participation and generous sponsorships make these events, and we can’t thank you enough. Together, we raised funds that are now going straight to

By: Bruce S. Nathan, Esq, Scott Cargill, Esq, John P. Schneider, Esq, Lowenstein Sandler LLP As originally published in the Credit Research Foundation’s publication, Perspective by CRF (Q2 2021) 1 Claims trading is an efficient avenue for creditors of bankrupt

By Michael A. Brandess and Mark S. Melickian, Creditors’ Rights Attorneys at Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP In the timeless words of Larry David, business credit is pretty good right now. According to the American Bankruptcy Institute, April 2021

What encouragement we are beginning to feel with Covid numbers finally decreasing, vaccinations climbing in the general population, and people starting to get out around a bit more. I’m feeling nearly giddy about the near possibilities of seeing credit peers

Written by: Brenda Barnes, Export Manager, Geo. S. Bush & Co., Inc.Congestion at the seaports is in the news and has been for several months now. Most of what is seen on television are the ports of Los Angeles and

Most project developers and general contractors respect the right of a potential lien claimant to record a construction lien in order to protect their right to payment. Periodically, however, there are those who seek to put undue pressure on a

Frank Sebastian – Account ExecutiveCalifornia Region Hello! I’m Frank Sebastian and came to NACM-Commercial Services in October ‘20 after taking several months off and previously working for Reebok/Adidas for almost 20 years. I never imagined I would be working for

By Shannon Abnal, NACM Commercial Services What are industry group members talking about these days? You guessed it. Covid-19. The economy. How their firms are coping. How they are coping. What it feels like to be a credit manager in

If you have been using Internet Explorer to access your NACM reports or as your internet browser now may be the time to break up and move on to another option. Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer. If you use, I.E.,

Raul Mendoza – Account ExecutiveLos Angeles, CA My position here at NACM Commercial Services is Account Executive and has been for the last 35 years, but I actually started working for NACM when I was 16 during my holiday and

As we speak with hundreds of business executives, there are two primary thoughts that seem to be on the top of their minds. They want to know what the economic recovery curve looks like for the next year and what

NACM Commercial Services bids farewell to Joshan Collins on May 8, 2020. By her own admission, Joshan is a NACM “lifer!” Over the course of her career, Joshan has logged 40+ years working with four different NACM Affiliates! Joshan spent

Dear NACM CS Members, We’re experiencing an extraordinary moment in our country and around the world – an instance where day-to-day activities and routines, both within our personal and professional lives, have been shuttered and extremely altered. What has become

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