On July 14th, 2010 the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA) together with IRTA-Europe submitted a two page opinion letter to the European Union Commissioner for Market and Services to effectively protect the status of barter exchanges located within the EU. The EU is considering regulations in Settlement Financial Directive 2009/44/EC that if adopted could adversely [...]
The International Reciprocal Trade Association announced this year’s convention in Pittsburgh, PA from October 28th to October 20th at the Pittsburgh Hilton. The theme of the convention is “Modern Barter: Leading the Way to Global Economic Recovery”. According to the release, this year’s convention should be the biggest IRTA convention in over a decade and [...]
According to a release by Barter 21, the first annual conference planned for Las Vegas has been canceled. “While about 23 exchanges said “YES” to attending a conference and specifically asked for Las Vegas, only 6 exchanges actually filled out the form”, admits Barry Cohen, co-founder of Barter 21. Interested exchanges are encouraged to attend [...]
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New Berlin, Wisconsin, May 27, 2010 — International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTC BB: INLM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, announced today that it has scheduled its annual shareholder meeting for Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel. Shareholders of record on May 7, 2010 will be eligible to re-elect three [...]
If you are interested in participating in a Washington D.C. TimeBank, you are invited to attend the organizing meeting in the upcoming weeks. What: Community Meeting to discuss the creation of a DC wide Time Bank
FavorPals, a new internet barter startup that I have yet to review, released the following statement. Can you imagine a world without money? It starts by tapping the power of collective cooperation and letting people, both locally and around the world, exchange services for other goods and services. As the world’s leading free online bartering [...]
The media industry, after being blasted by the last two years of “underperforming” media assets, has launched a number of web services designed to help facilitate barter transactions. The latest in the foray is a company called Midas Exchange, sponsored by GroupM. WPP said The Midas Exchange will initially operate in the U.S., and that [...]
Bellevue, WA April 15, 2010 ITEX Corporation (OTCBB: ITEX), The Membership Trading CommunitySM, a leading marketplace for cashless business transactions in North America, today announced a one for five reverse stock split of its common stock will take effect as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 3, 2010 (the Effective Time). As a [...]
I heard from Ron Whitney this morning that, “We were able to get the NC Bar to send the issue back to the sub-committee for further review and consideration. That will give us 6 more months to refine our arguments and hopefully prevail.” Hopefully the industry can keep trading with attorneys. If you have a [...]
