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Big Company Red Flags You Can't Afford to Miss

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Monitoring and evaluating the credit risk posed by public companies and other large firms differs significantly in comparison to small and mid-sized businesses. Meanwhile, commercial Chapter 11 filings increased 36% Allianze Trade forecasts bankruptcies in the US to increase by 12% in 2025. Department of Justice's U.S.

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The Imperative for Prioritizing Collections

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(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.”

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Are There Hidden Risks in Your AR Portfolio?

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Economic circumstances may prompt a vendor to either tighten or loosen its credit policies and customer credit limits. Going beyond the impact of macroeconomic trends, a company’s customers operate in dynamic business environments, and for a majority of them, the credit risk they pose is either increasing or decreasing.