The International Credit Brokers Alliance (ICBA), registered in France, was founded in Paris in 1999.   As of 2007, the partnership has grown to include sixteen companies -- with forty-three offices in twenty-three countries over five continents.

Partner companies are brokerages specializing in credit insurance, all of whom hold a leading position in their respective markets.  The ICBA companies enjoy the reputation of knowing credit insurance products thoroughly.  Most supply factoring and political-risk insurance solutions as well; many also provide services such as trade debt collections or rating information.

Partners are independent brokerages, and the principals work actively in the credit insurance industry.  Partner companies are fluent in English; the language within the organization is English.

The aim of ICBA is to offer "glocal" solutions, i.e., advice and guidance that is globally-integrated but locally delivered and supported.  Through ICBA, companies which transact business around the world are able to take advantage of the best suited, best-priced, and local credit insurance and trade finance solutions without losing the benefits of central reporting, coordinated administration, aggregate pricing as  might be desired by management.

• Global coordination: receivables insurance placed worldwide in a way that makes sense for our client's various markets, terms, products, sales strategies and trade-finance requirements.

• Local service and personal guidance: credit insurance expertise delivered in the language, culture and domicile of our clients. 
  

• Central Reporting and Control: the team and architecture of ICBA made available to company management in order to bring a worldwide perspective to every receivables insurance situation -- whether one insurer, three or seven are needed -- with the benefits of   competition, creativity, connectivity and timely feedback brought to clients' far-flung risk-protection programs, both cross-border and domestic.
  

• Cost Savings: renegotiation and coordination of any existing contracts, in order to generate significant cost savings.