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• TIA and P3 Member Listings Integrated in 3sixty Search Results

  Starting in January 2010, load search results will display P3 and “TIA Performance Certified” logos for load providers who qualify. This will help carriers to identify top brokers and 3PLs at a glance, while searching for freight on 3sixty Freight Match Read More... Posted Monday, December 21, 2009 3:51 PM by Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: freight match, load board, broker credit

• Credit Patrol Monitors Brokers, Protects Carriers Against Bad Debt Risk

  TransCore introduced CreditPatrol , a credit monitoring service designed specifically for motor carriers and truck freight brokers. The new service alerts subscribers to any changes in their own credit record or that of their transportation business partners. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:41 PM by Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: days-to-pay, broker credit, Credit Patrol

• Top Brokers "Lead with Their Wallets" to Preserve Carrier Relations

  “Freight broker failures have skyrocketed at least 74% in the past 12 months,” according to a recent front-page story in Transport Topics . The article quotes credit monitoring agency executives, who report that 66 brokers have gone bankrupt since September Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:58 PM by Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: broker credit, TransCredit, carrier settlement

• 5 Ways to Fight Fraud and Reduce Bad Debt

  Two California residents, both Russian citizens, were sentenced in June on charges related to a double-brokering scheme that yielded $2.9 million over three years. Beginning in 2005, Nicholas Lakes and Viacheslav Berkovich of Los Angeles hacked into the Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:18 PM by Editor | 3 Comments Filed under: trailer tracking, 3sixty Freight Match, economy, broker credit, fraud prevention, Credit Patrol

• Effects of the Credit Crisis on Transportation Companies: Conversation with Winston Aston, CEO of TransCredit

  The transportation industry was shaken in mid-September by the credit freeze and accompanying financial uncertainty, but it adjusted quickly to the new environment. A glance at TransCore’s customer credit records for the months of August, September and Read More... Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 1:27 PM by kenharper | 0 Comments Filed under: TransCore, economy, days-to-pay, broker credit, Winston Aston, TransCredit

• Carriers Enjoy Fast Payment from Brokers with Good Credit

  Regardless of their own credit scores, all carriers depend on the creditworthiness of an important customer group: freight brokers. Freight brokers with good credit are more likely to pay carriers on time, even if shippers are slow to pay the broker. Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 4:57 PM by peggyd | 0 Comments Filed under: economy, debt collection, quick-pay, days-to-pay, broker credit