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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

After, the Great Recession of 2008, commercial bankruptcies peaked in 2009 and did not drop below pre-recession levels until 2012. Clearly, the level of Business Credit Risk is going to remain elevated as we move through 2024, bringing with it the potential for corresponding increases in bad debt and delinquency.

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Is Granting Credit Terms Worth the Risk?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Imagine a world where extending trade credit was completely risk-free, and granting open terms of sale to business customers required no second thought. In such an ideal scenario, every customer would have both the ability and the integrity to pay their bills in full and on time, eliminating any need for a credit management.

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Seven Observations from Silicon Valley Bank's Failure

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Any enterprise extending credit to another business needs to have real treasury expertise. The role of credit should not be focused on preventing bad debt losses, but rather maximizing profits. Likewise, being heavily concentrated in a single industry is another good reason for working with a credit insurer.

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How to Accept Credit Card Payments for your Small Business

Lendio

If you’re trying to decide whether you should accept credit card payments, it’s never been easier. This guide will help you to decide whether you should take advantage of the estimated 441 million open credit card accounts in the United States. Why accept credit cards? Why you might not be able to accept credit cards.

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13 Surprising Factors That Affect Your Credit Score (and Why Small Business Owners Should Care)

Fundera

When a credit bureau computes your credit score, their job is to produce a number that estimates—given your past and current financial history—how likely you are to default on future debts. There are five notable components of a personal credit score. There are five notable components of a personal credit score.

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Configuring ADS to generate interactive PDF for Adobe Reader 9.x and higher

SAP Credit Management

Collect PDF forms usage statistics in production environment as outlined in Note 2714231 — this will enable you to accurately outline the scope of print forms to be tested and fixed. PDF version Compatible Adobe Reader Release year 1.6 extension level 1 8.1 extension level 3 9.0 extension level 5 9.1 extension level 6 9.1

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UK Credit Cards: More Consumers Missing Second, Third Payments

FICO Blog

FICO’s latest market report of UK card trends suggests that consumers managed their credit card debt to keep lines of credit open for the festive season as spend increased month on month. percent more accounts with three missed payments The reliance on credit cards for cash withdrawals dropped, month-on-month, by 10.4