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American Trade System (ATS)
The American Trade
System (ATS) is a
project designed to
combine a financial
model, a duplicate of an
existing Swiss
operation, with a unique
sales and marketing
organization that has
devised a business plan
to complete the project.
The objective is to
operate a trade system
and make available to
American businesses the
same services provided
by the WIR Bank
Cooperative (WIR) to
Swiss companies.
WIR, a banking
organization operated as
a cooperative, has
60,000 business members
who use WIR’s services
to increase sales, cash
flow and profits. In a
country of less than 8
million people, WIR
generates 6 billion
dollars in business
volume. Like the Swiss
system, ATS is a
Business-to-Business
operation (B2B) that
provides services to the
Sectors listed on the
left.
The American Trade
System consists of three
major elements:
1.
The
Infrastructure
ATS provides the infrastructure for the
operation, consisting of all elements
required to operate the trade system, a
model that closely resembles a banking
operation. It is a duplicate of
Switzerland’s WIR Bank Cooperative (WIR)
(www.wir.ch), which
successfully operates a trade system in
that country. WIR also operates a
traditional Swiss bank.
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2. The
Financial Services
Duplicating
the Swiss model, ATS has established a
credit extension mechanism and a new and
unique source of financing. The system
is self-capitalized and operated in
accordance with all legal requirements,
sound fiscal policies and total
transparency. The system allows for the
monetization of various types of assets,
converting them to working or investment
capital, resulting in increased sales,
cash flow and profits. WIR provides
services to 19% of ALL Swiss businesses.
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3.
A
Virtual Support Team - Hawk Call Center
WIR’s trade system is
supported by a marketing
group, referred to as
the Support Team. They
are highly trained and
responsible for bringing
new members into the
system and to facilitate
the use of the WIR
system and its trade
credit, the WIR Franc.
They are responsible for
a large portion of the
system’s volume.
The
Hawk Call Center is
experienced in operating
Virtual Support (Sales)
Teams and fully capable
to duplicate the WIR
operation and improve it
through the use of
advanced technology and
proprietary
methodologies.
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The Plan
The company has sufficient
experience in the financial
arena to organize the
duplication of the Swiss
financial model, however, we
are first-and-foremost a
marketing organization and
feel the project would be
better served by bringing in
a financial services
organization capable of
running the administration
and day-to-day operation of
the system, and us
concentrating on operating
and growing the Support
Team. The Company
is currently exploring
partnerships, or other
arrangements, with
organizations capable of
undertaking the
administrative and financial
elements of the operation.
WIR System
Overview
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Functions, market penetration,
membership and financial benefits.
(slides)
"How Trade Credits Work"
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How the
trade credits flow from business
to business and from sector to sector. (slides)
Italian TV Report
- TV Network report on the WIR
Bank trade system
operation.
(video)
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