Credit Group Member Resources

Credit and Finance Resources and Tools:

• Creditworthy: articles, e-newsletter (free)
• Credit Research Foundation’s Credit Assistant: articles, resources and guidelines for credit and accounts receivable management.
• Edgar, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission: public company filings, SEC forms, SIC codes

Financial Information on Public Companies:

• CreditRiskMonitor: U.S. and International public company information (fee based; access via ABC-Amega.com)
• SEDAR: Canadian securities and documents filed by public and private companies in Canada (free)
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: public companies financials (free)

Bankruptcy Resources:

• PACER: listing of bankruptcy filings (fee based)
• Federal Judiciary: bankruptcy statistics (free)
• American Bankruptcy Institute: an association of insolvency professionals; site provides free resources including bankruptcy headlines, statistics, courts and opinions.
• The Daily Bankruptcy News: compendium of news stories from 3rd party sources.
• Lowenstein Sandler: a national law firm

Rating Agencies:

• Dun & Bradstreet (D & B): commercial information; business-specific reports (fee-based)
• Dun & Bradstreet (DNBi): interactive, web-based subscription service; real –time access
• Fitch Ratings: rating agency (fee-based)
• Moody’s Investors Service: rating agency (free)
• Standard & Poor’s: rating agency (free)
• Standard & Poor’s Ratings Direct: online credit analysis reference tool (fee-based)

Industry Associations:

• Credit Research Foundation: education and research in the commercial receivable management industry (some free resources; member-based)
• The Finance, Credit & International Business Association (FCIB): 80-year old resource for international credit and trade finance professionals worldwide.
• The Association of International Credit and Trade Finance Professionals (ICTF): an independent, not-for-profit, member-led association providing a distinct advantage to those who seek greater expertise in the field of international credit and trade finance.
• National Association of Credit Management (NACM): credit management products, education and services (member-based; fee-based)

Currency Converters:

• Oanda: currency conversions – historical and current; exchange rates (free)
• Google Finance: currency converter (free)