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The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is hosting its International Convention & Expo October 14 - 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event has the largest funeral service expo in the world and features a plethora of continuing education (CE) opportunities, pre-convention seminars, general sessions and workshops, product and services exhibits, and social events. The NFDA launched its first convention in Rochester, N.Y., and celebrated the 100th rendition in 1982. The organization currently has over 20,000 individual members which make up nearly 11,000 funeral homes in the United States and 49 countries around the world. Funeral directors from around the globe will participate as attendees and or presenters while exhibitors consist of companies like CrossCheck (details below) that provide goods and services to help funeral directors achieve success and remain profitable.

Last December, the Experian credit bureau released data from its FileOne database (per the Credit.com blog) about what happens financially when someone dies. Yes, this is a pretty sobering subject, and one that we are familiar with here at CrossCheck. You see, CrossCheck has hundreds of funeral homes that rely on us to help them every week. We stand in at the point of sale in a funeral home to help the bereaved pay for the cost of a funeral without having to apply for credit or pay interest or take out another unsecured credit card. Some consumers call our product a “life-saver,” but we wouldn’t use that phrase in this case.