Your Virtual Credit Manager

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Beware—Commercial Bankruptcies Are Accelerating In our current economic climate, watching out for customer red flags is essential. That’s because commercial bankruptcies have been rising and are expected to continue rising. Trustee Program estimates that bankruptcy filings will double over the next three years.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

AUGUST 1, 2023

Commercial bankruptcies began rising earlier this year after an unprecedented lull during the Covid crisis. Historically, bankruptcies have tended to peak after an economic crisis has passed and that appears to be what is happening now. When a customer files bankruptcy, it immediately stops any payments coming from them to you.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo by Melinda Gimpel on Unsplash ) The American Bankruptcy Institute recently reported that, “The 6,067 total commercial chapter 11 bankruptcies filed during the first nine months of 2024 represented a 36 percent increase over the 4,561 filed during the same period in 2023.” Trustee Program.

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Your Virtual Credit Manager

MARCH 26, 2024

Meanwhile, the number of commercial bankruptcies is accelerating. In February, Epiq Bankruptcy reported that commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings climbed 118 percent year-over-year. Ongoing Portfolio Monitoring was critical to turning up the customer intelligence that avoided a huge bad debt loss.

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