November 2nd, 2011 by Emily Cittadino
Check out this interview with Cortera customer Dave Schier, Credit Manager, Jacobus Energy “CPR is definitely the best value out there” “I love Cortera because it really provides me with the tools that I need to effectively do my job as efficiently as possible.” See how Jacobus Energy one of the nation’s premier petroleum provider [...]
May 24th, 2010 by Alex Coté
I just spent 5 days last week at the National Association of Credit Management‘s 114th Credit Congress & Exposition 2010 in Las Vegas – it was my 10th year attending so I’ve seen my fair share of this event over the years. I have to say this is the first time in many years that [...]
May 12th, 2010 by Alex Coté
What a day! Yesterday we launched Cortera Circles™ – another industry first – enabling business professionals from any organization to form their own groups of trusted peers to exchange their ratings and reviews about the businesses they interact with. Here are just a few examples of Circles created by members since we launched – all [...]
May 11th, 2010 by Alex Coté
Today we officially launch Cortera Circles™ – our latest effort to fix an industry that is in need of some new thinking and bring the best of the social web to the world of commercial credit. We have not been shy about our belief that the B2B credit information space is in desperate need of [...]
May 10th, 2010 by Alex Coté
We just wrapped up rehearsals this afternoon at FinovateSpring in San Francisco. You can feel the energy and passion from the demoing companies dedicated to shaking up the commercial and consumer finance space. We have lots to share over the next several days so check back here and on our FinovateSpring page for continuous coverage [...]
May 5th, 2010 by Alex Coté
Over the last couple of weeks there have been a number of media outlets from the Wall Street Journal to Bloomberg BusinessWeek to Clark Howard at CNN all covering the same topic: Freelancers struggling to get paid. Clark Howard’s blog post yesterday hit the point home: “I think there should be a website where independent [...]
March 29th, 2010 by Alex Coté
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had several conversations with credit pros in a variety of industries. And one of the running themes I’ve heard is a general lack of enthusiasm over the current state of business credit reports. “They are all the same”, “they are expensive for what you get” and “the information is [...]
March 17th, 2010 by Alex Coté
I’ve been on the road the last several weeks attending a combination of user groups and industry events in the US and in the UK. And what is striking is how credit professionals react so similarly across countries and industries when it comes to their frustrations with the current state of business information. For example, [...]
March 16th, 2010 by Alex Coté
It’s already been a busy week. We launched a completely redesigned corporate website while also updating our community website to make it even more easy to use and valuable for customers and visitors, alike. Both represent the latest steps in our mission to fundamentally change a space that, frankly, is way overdue for a fresh [...]
December 22nd, 2009 by Alex Coté
Of all the ‘Great Recession’ stories in 2009, perhaps none painted a bigger picture of the Main Street vs. Wall Street divide than the small business credit crunch. You know the storyline well. Battered with high risk debt, banks and other lenders became increasingly reluctant to provide the vital credit lines to the nation’s primary [...]
