History

Atradius – more than 80 years of experience

Atradius was originally founded as NCM in the Netherlands in 1925. At that time, the company was created with the goal of improving trade for companies in the Netherlands.  

In Germany, Atradius' roots stem from Gerling Credit, which was established in 1954. Gerling Credit operated solely out of Germany until 1962 when it opened its first international office in Switzerland.  

In Spain, Crédito y Caución, founded in 1929, has focused on growing organically to become the dominant credit insurer and surety company on the Iberian Peninsula.

The heritage, knowledge and exemplary service standards of these three companies are now combined as one in the Atradius Group, creating in Atradius Collections a global leader in business to business debt collection.

Atradius Collections thus sits within a world-class credit management operation and has over 400 collections specialists working worldwide.

With such a pedigree and global reach, Atradius is equipped to leverage successful debt collection and is able to set a high standard in the market.