International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB: ITNM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of National Commercial Exchange of St. Louis, MO (NCE). As one of the oldest trade exchanges in North America, NCE is the leading barter network in the St. [...]
The NATE Board is excited to announce that the 2011 NATE Convention will be held in Phoenix, AZ! The Convention will be held June 2 – June 5 at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa Hotel. The Phoenix Marriott Mesa Hotel & Convention Center is conveniently located just 15 minutes from Scottsdale and Phoenix Sky Harbor International [...]
The NATE conference held an additional honor for Oshry as he was awarded the Distinguished Service award. Other honorees included Sharon Connelly, Exchange Enterprises (Connecticut);Maurya Lane, Barter Business Exchange (North Carolina); Rachel Taylor Hooper, Alamo Barter (Texas). “It’s quite an honor to be named president of NATE’s board of directors and to receive the Distinguished [...]
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 [...]
The International Reciprocal Trade Association, IRTA and The National Association of Trade Exchanges, NATE have announced that they are working together in a cooperative effort to modernize and up date the current Certified Trade Broker (CTB) program that is offered by both Industry Associations. In a joint statement issued by NATE President Gary Oshry and [...]
According to an article on the website for the National Association of Trade Exchanges, NATE has reintroduced Sales Genie access for NATE members. The Nate Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of enough Sales Genie lines for each member to have access for 2.5 hours per day. We hope that you will utilize this, and [...]
The National Association of Trade Exchanges has published the city of choice for the NATE 2010 convention: New Orleans. From the NATE website: 2010 Convention will be in New Orleans, LA hosted by Crescent City Trade. More information will follow.
Check out our special report from Barry and Catherine Cohen of Barter 21, who attended the NATE conference two weeks ago.
NATE, the National Association of Trade Exchanges, has relinquished the old web domain, nate.org, for the new domain www.natebarter.com. NATE is also sporting a newly updated website. Check it out.
Members of the National Association of Trade Exchanges (NATE) came together October 25 – 27 in Las Vegas with a renewed spirit to get the organization relaunched with new vigor. During the business meeting, the by-laws were changed to increase the NATE board from five to seven members. Maurya Lane of Barter Business Exchange and [...]






