The National Association of Credit Management (NACM) is a non-profit organization based in Columbia, Maryland that promotes standards for the business-to-business credit profession, the trade association specializes in education for its membership, advancement of credit industry practices as well as what, which is the credit extended by one trader to another for the purchase of goods and services?
Trade credit
Trade credit
Trade credit is the credit extended by one trader to another for the purchase of goods and services.
 Trade credit facilitates the purchase of supplies without immediate payment.
 Trade credit is commonly used by business organisations as a source of short-term financing.
 It is granted to those customers who have reasonable amount of financial standing and goodwill.
National Association of Credit Management
The National Association of Credit Management (NACM) is a non-profit organization based in Columbia, Maryland that promotes standards for the business-to-business credit profession.
 Founded in 1896, NACM has more than 15,000 members, primarily of credit and financial executives representing manufacturers, wholesalers, financial institutions, and service organizations.
 The trade association specializes in education for its membership, advancement of credit industry practices as well as business credit and accounts receivable management products and services.
American Financial Services Association
American Financial Services Association (AFSA) is a trade association for the U.S. consumer credit industry headquartered in Washington, D.C..
 AFSA’s 350 members include consumer and commercial finance companies, vehicle finance/leasing companies, mortgage lenders, credit card issuers, industrial banks and industry suppliers.
 AFSA is a founding member of Americans Well-informed on Automobile Retailing Economics. National Association for Chiropractic Medicine
The National Association for Chiropractic Medicine (NACM) was a minority chiropractic association founded in 1984 that described itself as a "consumer advocacy association of chiropractors".
 It openly rejected some of the more controversial aspects of chiropractic, including a basic concept of chiropractic, vertebral subluxations as the cause of all diseases.
 It also sought to "reform the chiropractic profession away from a philosophical scope of practice and towards an applied science scope of practice."
 It stated that it was "dedicated to bringing the scientific based practice of chiropractic into mainstream medicine" and that its members "confine their scope of practice to scientific parameters and seek to make legitimate the utilization of professional manipulative procedures in mainstream health care delivery."
 "While the NACM is focused on furthering the profession, its primary focus is on the rights and safety of the consumers."
 The NACM was the object of much controversy and criticism from the rest of the profession.
 It quietly dropped out of sight and its demise apparently occurred sometime between May 30, 2008 and March 6, 2010. Credit Union National Association
The Credit Union National Association, commonly known as CUNA (pronounced "Cue-Nuh"), is a national trade association for both state- and federally chartered credit unions located in the United States.
 CUNA provides member credit unions with trade association services, such as lobbying, regulatory advocacy, professional development, and professional services management.
 The organization operates out of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and an operations center in Madison, Wisconsin.
 CUNA's president and chief executive officer Jim Nussle has led the organization since September 2014. Credit Institute of Canada
The Credit Institute of Canada (CIC) is a not-for-profit organization created by a special Act of Parliament on June 11, 1928.
 The CIC provides credit management resources, education and certification to its members and is the only organization that grants official designations to professionals in the Canadian credit management field. Ohio Credit Union System
The Ohio Credit Union System is an Ohio-based American trade association for credit unions.
 The Ohio Credit Union System is composed of the Ohio Credit Union League (a credit union league), the Ohio Credit Union Foundation (a non-profit organization), OCULPAC (a lobbying organization), and OCUL Services Corp., a service & solutions supplier for credit unions.
 OCUS credit unions have over 2.6 million members and $16.9 billion in deposits and include both federal credit unions and credit unions chartered by Ohio. Fi-linx
fi-linx (intentionally lower-case) is a Credit Union Service Organization owned by Maps Service Agency, a subsidiary of Maps Credit Union, and headquartered in Salem, Oregon.
 A financial software development company, fi-linx products are specifically marketed to credit unions.
 The company has been featured in credit industry related publications such as the "Credit Union Times" and the "Credit Union Journal" and their services are offered both directly and through the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES). Association of Vermont Credit Unions
The Association of Vermont Credit Unions is a federated trade association composed of twenty state and federally chartered credit unions that is itself a member of the Credit Union National Association.
 Founded as the "Vermont Credit Union League" in 1947, the Association's responsibilities include lobbying the state legislators in Montpelier on behalf of its member credit unions, representing credit union interest to pertinent regulators, administering statewide marketing and youth financial education programs, providing education and information sharing among credit union employees and officials, and delivering certain back-office operational support programs to credit unions including a cooperative ATM/debit card program to a majority of credit unions throughout Vermont.
 It is headquartered in Colchester. Credit Union Service Organization
Credit union service organizations (CUSOs) are corporate entities owned by federally chartered or federally insured, state chartered credit unions.
 Under United States federal law and the National Credit Union Administration regulations Part 712, federal credit unions may make an investment in or a loan to a CUSO.
 Aggregate investments in CUSOs by federal credit unions may not exceed 1% of paid in and unimpaired capital, and aggregate loans to CUSOs may not exceed 1% of paid in and unimpaired capital.
 (State chartered credit unions will follow state law and in some instances these limitations may be different.)
 Every CUSO must be subject to a legal opinion to ensure the proposed structure is permissible and does not engage in unauthorized activities, and to ensure that potential liabilities are limited to the funds invested or loaned to it.
 Furthermore, every CUSO must explicitly allow the National Credit Union Administration the right to review its books and records, which must be maintained according to GAAP.
 One of the top affiliations of CUSOs is the National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations.
 NACUSO (www.nacuso.org) is a membership based advocacy organization that provide members a shared collaborative platform to work together on innovation and improving the success of CUSOs and their credit unions.