Coming Summer 2010 To register your interest visit www.traceiq.co.uk


ICM and CCR working together


THE ICM is partnering with CCR to deliver CCR-interactive, in association with Philips’ Homecoll service, the largest and leading national one-day conference in the credit industry’s diary. On October 5 at the Guoman Tower Hotel, CCR-interactive returns bigger and better than ever with outstanding speakers such as Trevor Williams, Chief Economist, Lloyds Banking Group, Corporate; Stuart Hopewell, Credit Manager, FujiFilm; Dr Sandra Frisby, As- sociate Professor and Reader in


Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Nottingham; and Philip King, Chief Executive, Institute of Credit Management. The day also features a hugely popular networking breakfast and lunch and CCR-meetings, where delegates have the opportunity to book private meetings with any of the sponsors. ICM members receive a 10 percent discount, contact Alison Lucas on 01702 341948 or at alison@ccrmagazine. co.uk quoting the code ‘ICM10’. ccr-interactive.com


IN BRIEF IMPATIENT BRITS


RESEARCH from Aviva suggests that Brits have developed into a nation of ‘want it all and want it now’ consumers with 81 percent of Brits admitting they get frustrated when they have to wait to use a product or service they have already paid for. In the last few years the high speed internet, fast food drive-ins and on-demand television has shifted consumer expectation, according to the insurer. aviva.com


NAME CALLING New payment advice from Experian


EXPERIAN has launched a Payment Advice module for its UK Payments Gateway product. This latest tool is said to allow organisations to send automated messages advising consumer and business beneficiaries that payments have been made through a range of channels, including SMS and email. Norman Taylor, Product Manager at Experian Payments, believes the new technology will be well received: “With many companies


Empowering the credit profession


looking to replace paper forms of payment with automated systems, they will need to automate their advice messages as well,” he says. “The Experian Payments UK Gateway now provides a complete offering for companies’ payment needs, both in terms of making payments and quickly advising beneficiaries that the payment has been made.”


experian.co.uk/payments/products/ experian-payments-uk-gateway


Identity fraud is costing the UK more than £1.7bn a year, and is the fastest-growing white-collar crime, increasing by more than 500 percent every year according to Riskdisk. It is now a potential threat to small business owners who are busy with the everyday rigours of running a company and steps need to be taken to avoid becoming a victim. To help companies protect themselves, Riskdisk has compiled a guide to avoiding Identity Fraud, available from: blog.riskdisk.com/index. php/2010/05/your-free-guide-to- identity-fraud-prevention/.


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